{{short description|2007 Japanese wrestling event}} {{Infobox Wrestling event |name=Destruction '07 |image= |promotion=New Japan Pro-Wrestling |date={{dts|2007|11|11}}<ref name=Destruction07/> |venue=Ryōgoku Kokugikan<ref name=Destruction07/> |city=Tokyo, Japan<ref name=Destruction07/> |attendance=6,500<ref name=Destruction07/> |event=New Japan Pro-Wrestling events |lastevent2=Wrestle Kingdom I |nextevent2=Wrestle Kingdom II |event2=Destruction |lastevent3=''First'' |nextevent3='08 }} '''Destruction '07''' was a professional wrestling television special event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on November 11, 2007, in Tokyo, at Ryōgoku Kokugikan.
The event featured nine matches, two of which were contested for championships.<ref name=Destruction07>{{cite web | url = http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=841 | title = Destruction ’07 | accessdate=July 5, 2016 | work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling | language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name=Destruction07PWH>{{cite web | url = http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/destruction.html#2007 | title = Destruction 2007 | accessdate=August 14, 2015 | work=Pro Wrestling History}}</ref><ref name=Destruction07NS>{{cite web | url = http://www6.nikkansports.com/battle/report/flash1.html | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071113072841/http://www6.nikkansports.com/battle/report/flash1.html | script-title=ja:新日本プロレス「Destruction '07」 | archivedate=November 13, 2007 | date=November 11, 2007 | accessdate=July 5, 2016 | work=Nikkan Sports | language=Japanese}}</ref> The event featured outside participants from American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).<ref name=Destruction07/> It was the first event under the Destruction name.
==Production== ===Storylines=== Destruction '07 featured nine professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm |title=How Pro Wrestling Works |last=Grabianowski |first=Ed |accessdate=September 13, 2014 |work=HowStuffWorks, Inc. |publisher=Discovery Communications |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm |archivedate=November 29, 2013 }}</ref>
==Event== The event featured outside participants from American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), with whom NJPW had a working relationship at the time. In addition to Christopher Daniels, Rhino and Senshi, Ron Killings was also scheduled to wrestle at the event, but did not make the event.<ref name=Destruction07/><ref name=Destruction07NS/> The event saw Shinsuke Nakamura make his return to the ring after a shoulder injury, which had sidelined him since the previous August.<ref name=Destruction07/><ref name=Destruction07NS/> During the event, Dick Togo and Taka Michinoku successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against former four-time champions, Gedo and Jado, and Hiroshi Tanahashi successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Hirooki Goto.<ref name=Destruction07/><ref name=Destruction07NS/>{{-}}
==Results== {{Pro Wrestling results table |results=<ref name=Destruction07/><ref name=Destruction07PWH/><ref name=Destruction07NS/><ref name=Destruction07WON>{{cite magazine | last = Meltzer | first = Dave | authorlink = Dave Meltzer | date = November 19, 2007 | title = Wrestling Observer Newsletter | magazine = Wrestling Observer Newsletter | location = Campbell, California | issn = 1083-9593 | page=11}}</ref> |times=<ref name=Destruction07/> |match1=Koji Kanemoto and Wataru Inoue defeated Ryusuke Taguchi and Yujiro |stip1=Tag team match |time1=06:40 |match2=Togi Makabe defeated Milano Collection A.T. |stip2=Singles match |time2=09:39 |match3=Tiger Mask defeated Ron Killings via forfeit |stip3=Singles match |time3= |match4=Bono Tiger and Tiger Mask defeated G.B.H. (Tomoaki Honma and Tomohiro Ishii) |stip4=Tag team match |time4=06:20 |match5=Triple X (Christopher Daniels and Senshi) defeated RISE (Minoru and Prince Devitt) |stip5=Tag team match |time5=17:23 |match6=Rhino defeated Toru Yano |stip6=Singles match |time6=09:18 |match7=Legend (Akira, Jyushin Thunder Liger, Masahiro Chono, Riki Choshu and Super Strong Machine) defeated Mitsuhide Hirasawa, Taichi Ishikari, Takashi Iizuka, Takashi Uwano and Tetsuya Naito |stip7=Ten-man tag team match |time7=08:21 |match8=Dick Togo and Taka Michinoku (c) defeated Gedo and Jado |stip8=Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship |time8=20:16 |match9=RISE (Giant Bernard and Shinsuke Nakamura) defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata |stip9=Tag team match |time9=16:45 |match10=Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Hirooki Goto by submission |stip10=Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |time10=31:32 }}
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==External links== *[http://www.njpw.co.jp/ The official New Japan Pro-Wrestling website] {{2006 NJPW events}} {{New Japan Pro Wrestling events|Destruction}}
2007 Category:2007 in professional wrestling Category:2007 in Tokyo Category:November 2007 in Japan Category:Professional wrestling shows in Tokyo