NJPW Destruction in Kobe Results and Rating (September 29, 2024)

On September 29, 2024, NJPW broadcast Destruction In Kobe live in Kobe, Japan at Kobe World Hall, in front of 4,528 fans and can watch it on NJPW World.

Note: This review is shorter than usual as it is the last few minutes of the match.

6-man tag team match
Tiger Mask IV, Tomoaki Honma & Yuji Nagata vs. Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Dia

Shota Umino comes in and fights Tomoaki Honma and Honma hits Kokeshi on Umino.

Umino hits Death Rider on Honma for the win.

Winners: Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi and Dragon Dia (7:30)
Rate: 6

6-man tag team match
United Empire (Television Champion Jeff Cobb, Callum Newman and Francesco Akira) vs. Los Ingobernables De Japon (Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Bushi)

Jeff Cobb and Yota Tsuji came back in and traded forearm strikes.

Cobb hit a uranage, a diving forearm and a standing moonsault.

Francesco Akira feigned a knee injury and Hiromu Takahashi immediately addressed it.

Takahashi essentially put him in a standing Figure 4 and Akira tapped out.

Winners by entry: Los Ingobernables De Japon (7:25)
Rate: 6

Non-title match
Strong Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd vs. Hirooki Goto

Gabe Kidd clotheslined them both to the floor and he knocked Hirooki Goto into the guardrail and they brawled into the crowd. The referee sounds the bell for a double count-out.

Winner: Nobody (double count-out) (1:44)
Rate: 1

No Title No DQ Match
Strong Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd vs. Hirooki Goto

Hirooki Goto hits a spinning heel kick to the jaw and he threw the spike to the floor.

Gabe Kidd bites his forehead and hits another back suplex before Kidd hits a clothesline.

Goto hits a Death Valley Driver move for a nearfall, then hits a swinging side slam and then GTR for the win.

Winner: Hirooki Goto (8:24)
Rate: 7

6-man tag team match
TMDK (2024 G1 Climax Winner Zack Saber Jr, Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa) vs. Just 5 Guys (Taka Michinoku, Sanada & Taichi)

Kosei Fujita hits a springboard dropkick on Taka Michinoku and then hits a spin kick to Michinoku’s forehead.

Ryohei Oiwa hits a back suplex on Michinoku and then The Grip for the win.

Winners: TMDK (6:30)
Rate: 6

NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Title Match
Be Bop Tag Team (Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano) & Boltin Oleg (c) vs. House Of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi, Evil & Sho)

Hiroshi Tanahashi hits every member of House Of Torture with a dragon screw.

Ren Narita appeared out of nowhere and hits Be Bop Tag Team & Boltin Oleg with his push-up bar.

El Phantasmo hit the ring and helped beat up House Of Torture, then hit CRII on Yujiro Takahashi.

Tanahashi immediately hits High Fly Flow on Takahashi for the win.

Winner and Still NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions: Be Bop Tag Team & Boltin Oleg (11:10) (STILL CHAMPION!!!)
Rate: 4

Junior Heavyweight Title Match
Douki (c) vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Yoshinobu Kanemaru hits a second top rope DDT for a near fall at 6:00. Douki hit an ensuiteri and then a clothesline.

He hits Sho and dives on him. He hits Daybreak on Kanemaru in the ring for a near fall.

Douki hits Suplex De La Luna for the win.

Winner and still junior heavyweight champion: Douki (20:08) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 7

NEVER Openweight title match
Henare (c) vs. Shingo Takagi

Henare and Shingo Takagi traded clotheslines and headbutts, then began trading open hand slaps to the face.

Takagi hits a headbutt and a knee to the collarbone and then Pumping Bomber, but Henare kicks out on one.

A 2nd Pumping Bomber got a near fall and then hits Last Of The Dragon to clean up Henare.

Winner and new NEVER Openweight Champion: Shingo Takagi (19:23) (NEW CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 8 (recommended)

Global title match
David Finlay (c) vs. Yoshi Hashi

Yoshi Hashi hits a suplex for a near fall and then hits a Swanton Bomb with a top rope for a near fall.

David Finlay hits a Stunner and then Oblivion for a near fall.

He hits a Buckle Bomb and a Discus Forearm and then a standing powerbomb for a near fall.

Yoshi Hashi blocks Overkill to the sternum and gets a roll for a near fall.

Finlay hits Overkill for the win.

Winner and still world champion: David Finlay (19:23) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 7

IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match
Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. KOPW 2024 Champion Great O Khan

Great O Khan hits a Mafia Kick before Tetsuya Naito hits an ensuiteri.

They brawled on the top rope and Naito hits a Frankensteiner. O Khan hits a backbreaker over the knee.

Naito hit a Destino before the second was blocked and O Khan hit a flatliner.

Naito hits a 2nd Destino for a near fall before hitting the 3rd Destino for the win.

Winner and still IWGP World Heavyweight Champion: Tetsuya Naito (30:54) (STILL CHAMPION!!!)
Rate: 5

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