{{Infobox Wrestling event |name=Destruction '10 |image= |promotion=New Japan Pro-Wrestling |date={{dts|2010|10|11}}<ref name=Destruction10/> |venue=Ryōgoku Kokugikan<ref name=Destruction10/> |city=Tokyo, Japan<ref name=Destruction10/> |attendance=8,800<ref name=Destruction10/> |liveevent= |event=Destruction |lastevent2='09 |nextevent2='11 |event2=New Japan Pro-Wrestling events |lastevent = Dominion 6.19 |nextevent = Wrestle Kingdom V }} '''Destruction '10''' was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on October 11, 2010, in Tokyo, at Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event featured nine matches, two of which were contested for championships.<ref name=Destruction10>{{cite web | url = http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=100 | title = Destruction'10 | accessdate=October 18, 2013 | work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling | language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name=Destruction10SN>{{cite web | url = http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other/live/2010/2010101101/index.html | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101013013627/http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other/live/2010/2010101101/index.html | title = 新日本プロレス「Destruction'10」 | archivedate=October 13, 2010 | date=October 11, 2010 | accessdate=October 18, 2013 | work=Sports Navi | publisher=Yahoo! | language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name=Destruction10PWH>{{cite web | url = http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/destruction.html#2010 | title = Destruction 2010 | accessdate=August 14, 2015 | work=Pro Wrestling History}}</ref><ref name=Destruction10NS>{{cite web | url = http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/report/2010/nj_101011.html | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101015225341/http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/report/2010/nj_101011.html | script-title=ja:新日本プロレス「Destruction'10」 | archivedate=October 15, 2010 | date=October 11, 2010 | accessdate=July 5, 2016 | work=Nikkan Sports | language=Japanese}}</ref>
DDT Pro-Wrestling representatives Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi and Pro Wrestling Noah representatives Atsushi Aoki and Go Shiozaki worked the event as outsiders.<ref name=Destruction10/> It was the fourth event under the Destruction name.
==Storylines== Destruction '10 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== During the event, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi captured the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) in the first title switch of the event.<ref name=Destruction10/><ref name=Destruction10NS/> In the main event, 2010 G1 Climax winner and freelancer Satoshi Kojima defeated Togi Makabe to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the second time.<ref name=Destruction10/><ref name=Destruction10NS/>{{-}}
==Reception== The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match was later named the 2010 Match of the Year by ''Tokyo Sports''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/wrestling/wrestling_past5/ | script-title=ja:東京スポーツ プロレス大賞 | accessdate=January 20, 2014 | work=Tokyo Sports | language=Japanese}}</ref>
==Results== {{Pro Wrestling results table |results=<ref name=Destruction10/><ref name=Destruction10SN/><ref name=Destruction10PWH/><ref name=Destruction10NS/> |times=<ref name=Destruction10/> |match1=Manabu Nakanishi defeated Tama Tonga |stip1=Singles match |time1=06:11 |match2=Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson) and Tiger Mask defeated Chaos (Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii and Yujiro Takahashi) by disqualification |stip2=Six-man tag team match |time2=11:32 |match3=Complete Players (Gedo, Jado and Masato Tanaka) defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger, Tomoaki Honma and Wataru Inoue |stip3=Six-man tag team match |time3=09:55 |match4=Tajiri defeated Toru Yano |stip4=Singles match |time4=06:48 |match5=Golden☆Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) defeated Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) (c) |stip5=Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship |time5=15:05 |match6=Koji Kanemoto and Yuji Nagata defeated Atsushi Aoki and Go Shiozaki |stip6=Tag team match |time6=17:14 |match7=Hirooki Goto defeated Shinsuke Nakamura |stip7=Singles match |time7=16:08 |match8=Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Tetsuya Naito by submission |stip8=Singles match |time8=19:59 |match9=Satoshi Kojima defeated Togi Makabe (c) |stip9=Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |time9=19:12 }}
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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}}
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