Former WWE NXT Star To Debut For New Japan Pro Wrestling, "Destruction" Line-Ups Announced
- New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the line-ups for their Road To Destruction Tour, which begins on September 4th, and the Destruction shows. Former WWE NXT star CJ Parker will debut for NJPW under the name Juice Robinson while Kazuchika Okada will defend his IWGP Heavyweight Title against AJ Styles on October 12th at King of Pro Wrestling. Below are the cards:
September 4th:
David Finlay vs. Jay White
Yuji Nagata & Sho Tanaka vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Yohei Komatsu
Tomoaki Honma, Jushin Thunder Liger & Captain New Japan vs. Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Gedo
Togi Makabe, Katsuyori Shibata & Tiger Mask IV vs. Kota Ibushi, Tetsuya Naito & Juice Robinson
Kazuchika Okada, Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga & Cody Hall
Hirooki Goto, Ryusuke Taguchi & Mascara Dorada vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Rocky Romero & Beretta
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & KUSHIDA vs. Bad Luck Fale, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Kenny Omega
September 11th:
Yohei Komatsu vs. David Finlay
Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV vs. Jay White & Sho Tanaka
Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Ryusuke Taguchi, Mascara Dorada & Juice Robinson vs. Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI, Gedo, Rocky Romero & Beretta
Kazuchika Okada & Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Cody Hall
Bad Luck Fale, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Kenny Omega & Tama Tonga vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, KUSHIDA & Captain New Japan
Tetsuya Naito & Kota Ibushi vs. Katsuyori Shibata & Togi Makabe
Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hirooki Goto & Tomoaki Honma
Destruction in Okayama live on NJPW World, September 23rd:
Katsuyori Shibata, Yuji Nagata, Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu vs. Tetsuya Naito, Manabu Nakanishi, David Finlay & Jay White
Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Mascara Dorada
NWA Jr Heavyweight Championship
Steve Anthony vs. Tiger Mask IV
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Karl Anderon & Doc Gallows
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Matt Sydal & Juice Robinson vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Cody Hall
Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, Rocky Romero & Beretta vs. Hirooki Goto, Tomoaki Honma, Captain New Japan, Ryusuke Taguchi & Alex Shelley
Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs. AJ Styles & Yujiro Takahashi
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship
KUSHIDA vs. Kenny Omega
NEVER Openweight Championship
Togi Makabe vs. Kota Ibushi
Destruction in Kobe, live on NJPW World September 27th:
Yohei Komatsu & Sho Tanaka vs. Jay White & David Finlay
Yuji Nagata, Tiger Mask IV & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Manabu Nakanishi, Captain New Japan & Juice Robinson
Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Ryusuke Taguchi & Mascara Dorada vs. Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, Rocky Romero & Beretta
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tetsuya Naito
Kazuchika Okada, Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano vs. AJ Styles, Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish vs. Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA
Tokyo Dome Heavyweight Title Shot
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Hirooki Goto vs. Shinsuke Nakamura