With the 28th G1 Climax now wrapped up, New Japan Pro Wrestling will be heading back on the road next month for its Destruction Tour for six shows (including the Road To Destruction events) through out the month of September. As announced earlier today, the September 23rd show will feature a first round match in the tournament to crown a new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, now that the title has been officially vacated due to Hiromu Takahashi’s injury (check that out here), when KUSHIDA goes one-on-one with BUSHI.

The rest of the lineups for the Destruction tour have also been announced and are as follows:

Road To Destruction – September 7th

• Ren Narita & Shota Umino vs. Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi
• Juice Robinson, David Finlay, Michael Elgin & Ayato Yoshida vs. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Bad Luck Fale & Taiji Ishimori
• Toa Henare vs. Beretta
• Gedo & Hirooki Goto vs. Taichi & Taka Michinoku
• BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito) vs. Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Takashi Iizuka
• Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI
• Tomohiro Ishii & Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi

Road To Destruction – September 8th

• Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino vs. Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji
• Ayato Yoshida vs. Chase Owens
• Togi Makabe, David Finlay, Toa Henare & Michael Elgin vs. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Bad Luck Fale & Taiji Ishimori
• Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito vs. Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, Takashi Iizuka & Taka Michinoku
• Tomohiro Ishii, Will Ospreay & Toru Yano vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi & Yujiro Takahashi
• Juice Robinson & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Beretta & Kazuchika Okada

Road To Destruction – September 9th

• Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
• Michael Elgin, Ayato Yoshida, Ren Narita & Shota Umino vs. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Bad Luck Fale & Taiji Ishimori
• Hirooki Goto & Gedo vs. Taichi & El Desperado
• Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taka Michinoku, Takashi Iizuka & Minoru Suzuki
• Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toa Henare vs. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI)
• Tomohiro Ishii, Will Ospreay, Beretta & Toru Yano vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi
• Satoshi Kojima Comeback Match: Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Juice Robinson, David Finlay, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe

Destruction (Hiroshima) – September 15th

• KUSHIDA, Tiger Mask & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Roppongi 3K
• Toa Henare vs. Bad Luck Fale
• Michael Elgin & Ayato Yoshida vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
• Will Ospreay & The Besties vs. Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Kota Ibushi
• NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Title: (C) Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taiji Ishimori vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, David Finlay & Juice Robinson
• Gedo, Hirooki Goto & Toru Yano vs. Taichi, Takashi Iizuka & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr, Taka Michinoku & El Desperado
• Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe vs. Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI & Jay White
• IWGP Heavyweight Title: (C) Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii

Destruction (Beppu) – September 17th

• Yota Tsuji, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Yuya Uemura, Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi
• David Finlay & Ren Narita vs. Toa Henare & Shota Umino
• Ayato Yoshida vs. Takashi Iizuka
• Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger & KUSHIDA vs. Roppongi 3K & Will Ospreay
• The Besties vs. Killer Elite Squad
• EVIL, BUSHI & SANADA vs. El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr.
• Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, Juice Robinson & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada, Jay White, YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano
• NEVER Openweight Title: (C) Hirooki Goto vs. Taichi
• Tetsuya Naito vs. Minoru Suzuki

Destruction (Kobe) – September 23rd

• Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
• Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. SHO & YOH
• Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado
• Ryusuke Taguchi, Ayato Yoshida, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima
• The Besties vs. Killer Elite Squad
• Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Toa Henare vs. Will Ospreay, YOSHI-HASHI & Jay White
• EVIL, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. & Taka Michinoku
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament Semi-Finals: KUSHIDA vs. BUSHI
• IWGP Heavyweight Title Challenge Certificate Match: (C) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada

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