NJPW Destruction 2016 Results

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its annual Destruction shows last week, which saw a major shakeup in the company.

Each show featured big championship matches, some of which had IWGP championships change hands at the end of their respective shows. Below are the results of all three Destruction shows:

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Destruction in Tokyo (September 17)

Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) defeated David Finlay and Henare

Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata defeated Hunter Club (Captain New Japan and Yoshitatsu)

Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin Thunder Liger and Satoshi Kojima

Chaos (Gedo, Hirooki Goto and Tomohiro Ishii) defeated Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa)

Kyle O'Reilly defeated Juice Robinson

Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi) (with Gedo) defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Kenny Omega and Yujiro Takahashi)

Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil, Sanada and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin and Ryusuke Taguchi

Katsuyori Shibata defeated Bobby Fish (with Kyle O'Reilly) to retain his NEVER Openweight Championship

Bushi defeated Kushida to become the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

Destruction in Hiroshima (September 22)

Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima defeated Captain New Japan, Togi Makabe and Yoshitatsu

Bobby Fish, David Finlay, Kyle O'Reilly and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Manabu Nakanishi,Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma and Yuji Nagata

Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa) defeated Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero)

Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Tomohiro Ishii) defeated Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi)

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, Kushida and Michael Elgin defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil, Sanada and Tetsuya Naito)

The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) defeated The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) to retain their IWGP Tag Team Championship

Adam Cole (c) defeated Will Ospreay to retain his ROH World Championship

Kazuchika Okada (with Gedo) defeated Bad Luck Fale (with Yujiro Takahashi)

Kenny Omega (with Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated Yoshi-Hashi (with Hirooki Goto) wiith the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge right certificate on the line

Destruction in Kobe (September 25)

Henare, Tiger Mask, and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Chaos (Beretta, Rocky Romeroand Will Ospreay)

Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Hunter Club (Captain New Japan and Yoshitatsu)

G.B.H. (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Teruaki Kanemitsu

reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata

David Finlay, Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima defeated Bullet Club (Adam Cole, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) to win the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship

Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Kenny Omega, Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa) defeated Hirooki Goto, Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe and Tomohiro Ishii

Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi, Evil and Sanada) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson and Kushida

Chaos (Gedo, Jado, Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada, Naomichi Marufuji and Toru Yano

Tetsuya Naito defeated Michael Elgin to become the new IWGP Intercontinental Champion

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