# Destruction (2012)

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{{Infobox Wrestling event
|name=Destruction (2012)
|image=Destruction (2012).jpg
|caption=Promotional poster for the event, featuring [Hiroshi Tanahashi](/source/Hiroshi_Tanahashi), [Kazuchika Okada](/source/Kazuchika_Okada), [Shinsuke Nakamura](/source/Shinsuke_Nakamura), [Togi Makabe](/source/Togi_Makabe), [Tetsuya Naito](/source/Tetsuya_Naito) and [Hirooki Goto](/source/Hirooki_Goto)
|promotion=[New Japan Pro-Wrestling](/source/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling)
|date={{dts|2012|09|23}}<ref name=Destruction12/>
|venue=[Kobe World Memorial Hall](/source/World_Memorial_Hall)<ref name=Destruction12/>
|city=[Kobe](/source/Kobe), [Japan](/source/Japan)<ref name=Destruction12/>
|attendance=8,000<ref name=Destruction12/>
|liveevent=
|lastevent=[G1 Climax 22](/source/G1_Climax)
|nextevent=[King of Pro-Wrestling](/source/King_of_Pro-Wrestling_(2012))
|event=[Destruction](/source/NJPW_Destruction)
|lastevent2=[2011](/source/Destruction_'11)
|nextevent2=[2013](/source/Destruction_(2013))
|event3=[New Japan Pro-Wrestling](/source/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling) events
|lastevent4 = [Dominion 6.16](/source/Dominion_6.16)
|nextevent4 = [King of Pro-Wrestling](/source/King_of_Pro-Wrestling_(2012))
}}
'''Destruction (2012)''' was a [professional wrestling](/source/professional_wrestling) [pay-per-view](/source/pay-per-view) (PPV) event promoted by [New Japan Pro-Wrestling](/source/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling) (NJPW). The event took place on September 23, 2012, in [Kobe](/source/Kobe), [Hyōgo](/source/Hy%C5%8Dgo_Prefecture), at the [Kobe World Memorial Hall](/source/World_Memorial_Hall). The event featured nine matches, two of which were contested for [championships](/source/Championship_(professional_wrestling)).<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](/source/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!](/source/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](/source/NJPW_Destruction) name.

==Storylines==
Destruction featured nine [professional wrestling matches](/source/Professional_wrestling_match_types) that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and [storylines](/source/Narrative_thread). Wrestlers portrayed [villains](/source/Heel_(professional_wrestling)), [heroes](/source/Face_(professional_wrestling)), or [less distinguishable characters](/source/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms) 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](/source/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](/source/Katsuyori_Shibata) and [Kazushi Sakuraba](/source/Kazushi_Sakuraba), two longtime [mixed martial artists](/source/Mixed_martial_arts), who defeated [Hiromu Takahashi](/source/Hiromu_Takahashi) and [Wataru Inoue](/source/Wataru_Inoue_(wrestler)).<ref name=Destruction12/> The event also featured outside participation from [freelancer](/source/freelancer) [Daisuke Sasaki](/source/Daisuke_Sasaki), [Kaientai Dojo](/source/Kaientai_Dojo) representative [Kengo Mashimo](/source/Kengo_Mashimo) and [Pro Wrestling Noah](/source/Pro_Wrestling_Noah) representative [Naomichi Marufuji](/source/Naomichi_Marufuji), who unsuccessfully challenged [Hiroshi Tanahashi](/source/Hiroshi_Tanahashi) for the [IWGP Heavyweight Championship](/source/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship) in the main event.<ref name=Destruction12/> During the event, [Kota Ibushi](/source/Kota_Ibushi) successfully defended the [IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship](/source/IWGP_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship) against [Ryusuke Taguchi](/source/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](/source/Chaos_(professional_wrestling)) ([Takashi Iizuka](/source/Takashi_Iizuka) and [Tomohiro Ishii](/source/Tomohiro_Ishii)) defeated [Captain New Japan](/source/Mitsuhide_Hirasawa) and [Tama Tonga](/source/Alipate_Fifita)
|stip1=[Tag team match](/source/Professional_wrestling_tag_team_match_types)
|time1=09:16
|match2=[Alex Shelley](/source/Alex_Shelley), [Bushi](/source/Tetsuya_Bushi) and [Kushida](/source/Yujiro_Kushida) defeated Chaos ([Alex Koslov](/source/Alex_Koslov), [Gedo](/source/Gedo_(wrestler)) and [Rocky Romero](/source/Rocky_Romero))
|stip2=[Six-man tag team match](/source/Professional_wrestling_tag_team_match_types)
|time2=09:37
|match3=[Low Ki](/source/Low_Ki) defeated [Daisuke Sasaki](/source/Daisuke_Sasaki)
|stip3=[Singles match](/source/Professional_wrestling_match_types)
|time3=08:45
|match4=[Suzuki-gun](/source/Suzuki-gun) ([Harry Smith](/source/David_Hart_Smith), [Lance Archer](/source/Lance_Hoyt) and [Minoru Suzuki](/source/Minoru_Suzuki)) defeated [Tencozy](/source/Tencozy) ([Hiroyoshi Tenzan](/source/Hiroyoshi_Tenzan) and [Satoshi Kojima](/source/Satoshi_Kojima)) and [Yuji Nagata](/source/Yuji_Nagata)
|stip4=Six-man tag team match
|time4=12:02
|match5=[Togi Makabe](/source/Togi_Makabe) defeated [Kengo Mashimo](/source/Kengo_Mashimo)
|stip5=Singles match
|time5=09:02
|match6=Laughter7 ([Katsuyori Shibata](/source/Katsuyori_Shibata) and [Kazushi Sakuraba](/source/Kazushi_Sakuraba)) defeated [Hiromu Takahashi](/source/Hiromu_Takahashi) and [Wataru Inoue](/source/Wataru_Inoue_(wrestler))
|stip6=Tag team match
|time6=03:03
|match7=[Kota Ibushi](/source/Kota_Ibushi) (c) defeated [Ryusuke Taguchi](/source/Ryusuke_Taguchi)
|stip7=Singles match for the [IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship](/source/IWGP_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship)
|time7=17:06
|match8=[Hirooki Goto](/source/Hirooki_Goto), [Karl Anderson](/source/Karl_Anderson) and [Tetsuya Naito](/source/Tetsuya_Naito) defeated Chaos ([Kazuchika Okada](/source/Kazuchika_Okada), [Shinsuke Nakamura](/source/Shinsuke_Nakamura) and [Yujiro Takahashi](/source/Yujiro_Takahashi))
|stip8=Six-man tag team match
|time8=15:08
|match9=[Hiroshi Tanahashi](/source/Hiroshi_Tanahashi) (c) defeated [Naomichi Marufuji](/source/Naomichi_Marufuji)
|stip9=Singles match for the [IWGP Heavyweight Championship](/source/IWGP_Heavyweight_Championship)
|time9=23:35
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==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

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