{{Infobox Wrestling event |name=Destruction (2012) |image=Destruction (2012).jpg |caption=Promotional poster for the event, featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito and Hirooki Goto |promotion=New Japan Pro-Wrestling |date={{dts|2012|09|23}}<ref name=Destruction12/> |venue=Kobe World Memorial Hall<ref name=Destruction12/> |city=Kobe, Japan<ref name=Destruction12/> |attendance=8,000<ref name=Destruction12/> |liveevent= |lastevent=G1 Climax 22 |nextevent=King of Pro-Wrestling |event=Destruction |lastevent2=2011 |nextevent2=2013 |event3=New Japan Pro-Wrestling events |lastevent4 = Dominion 6.16 |nextevent4 = King of Pro-Wrestling }} '''Destruction (2012)''' was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on September 23, 2012, in Kobe, Hyōgo, at the Kobe World Memorial Hall. The event featured nine matches, two of which were contested for championships.<ref name=Destruction12>{{cite web | url = http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=617 | title = NJPW 40th anniversary Destruction | accessdate=October 18, 2013 | work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling | language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name=Destruction12SN>{{cite web | url = http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other/live/2012/2012092306/index.html | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120926035323/http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other/live/2012/2012092306/index.html | title = 新日本プロレス「Destruction」 | archivedate=September 26, 2012 | date=September 23, 2012 | accessdate=October 18, 2013 | work=Sports Navi | publisher=Yahoo! | language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name=Destruction12PWH>{{cite web | url = http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/destruction.html#2012 | title = Destruction 2012 | accessdate=August 14, 2015 | work=Pro Wrestling History}}</ref> It was the sixth event under the Destruction name.
==Storylines== Destruction 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 the professional wrestling return match of both Katsuyori Shibata and Kazushi Sakuraba, two longtime mixed martial artists, who defeated Hiromu Takahashi and Wataru Inoue.<ref name=Destruction12/> The event also featured outside participation from freelancer Daisuke Sasaki, Kaientai Dojo representative Kengo Mashimo and Pro Wrestling Noah representative Naomichi Marufuji, who unsuccessfully challenged Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in the main event.<ref name=Destruction12/> During the event, Kota Ibushi successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Ryusuke Taguchi.<ref name=Destruction12/>{{-}}
==Results== {{Pro Wrestling results table |results=<ref name=Destruction12/><ref name=Destruction12SN/><ref name=Destruction12PWH/><ref name=Destruction12SL>{{cite web | url = http://Superluchas.com/njpw-resultados-njpw-40th-anniversary-destruction-23092012/ | title = NJPW: Resultados “NJPW 40th Anniversary – Destruction” 23/09/2012 | author=Dark Angelita | date=September 23, 2012 | accessdate=July 5, 2016 | work=Superluchas | language=Spanish}}</ref> |times=<ref name=Destruction12/> |match1=Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Tomohiro Ishii) defeated Captain New Japan and Tama Tonga |stip1=Tag team match |time1=09:16 |match2=Alex Shelley, Bushi and Kushida defeated Chaos (Alex Koslov, Gedo and Rocky Romero) |stip2=Six-man tag team match |time2=09:37 |match3=Low Ki defeated Daisuke Sasaki |stip3=Singles match |time3=08:45 |match4=Suzuki-gun (Harry Smith, Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki) defeated Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) and Yuji Nagata |stip4=Six-man tag team match |time4=12:02 |match5=Togi Makabe defeated Kengo Mashimo |stip5=Singles match |time5=09:02 |match6=Laughter7 (Katsuyori Shibata and Kazushi Sakuraba) defeated Hiromu Takahashi and Wataru Inoue |stip6=Tag team match |time6=03:03 |match7=Kota Ibushi (c) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi |stip7=Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship |time7=17:06 |match8=Hirooki Goto, Karl Anderson and Tetsuya Naito defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura and Yujiro Takahashi) |stip8=Six-man tag team match |time8=15:08 |match9=Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Naomichi Marufuji |stip9=Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship |time9=23:35 }}
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==External links== *[http://www.njpw.co.jp/ The official New Japan Pro-Wrestling website] {{2012 NJPW events}} {{New Japan Pro Wrestling events|Destruction}}
2012 Category:2012 in professional wrestling Category:September 2012 in Japan