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Found this randomly on Tumblr. Gotta love sleazy Naito!
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That was actually last year's press. Still funny tho

Day 1 was fun. Good Main Events with some "selling issues". Naito is pretty interesting right now

Oh, I didn't know. Just came across that vine somewhere on Tumblr and LOL'd at it like a mad man.

I've yet to watch day 1. The matches I'm looking forward to the most are Shibata/AJ and Tana/Ibushi.

As far as sleazy Naito goes, what can I say? I love the dude. Aaand, his trip to Heel City has been enjoyable thus far.
 

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This upcoming NJPW tour makes me sad. Boring booking plans ahead, folks. Time for Goto to get buried again.
 

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9.23.2015 • NJPW DESTRUCTION in OKAYAMA
Momotaro Arena, Okayama (15:00 JST / 2:00 AM EST)
*Airing live on NJPW World

MAIN EVENT—NEVER OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (1f / 60m)
Kota Ibushi vs. Togi Makabe (champion)

IWGP JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (1f / 60m)
Kenny Omega vs. KUSHIDA (champion)

SPECIAL TAG TEAM MATCH (1f / 30m)
Toru Yano & Kazuchika Okada (CHAOS) vs. Yujiro Takahashi & AJ Styles (The Bullet Club)

TEN-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH (1f / 30m)
Alex Shelley, Ryusuke Taguchi, Captain New Japan, Tomoaki Honma & Hirooki Goto vs. Roppongi Vice [Baretta & Rocky Romero], YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Shinsuke Nakamura (CHAOS)

SIX-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH (1f / 30m)
Juice Robinson, Matt Sydal & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Cody Hall, Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale (The Bullet Club)

TAG TEAM MATCH (1f / 30m)
TenKoji [Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima] vs. The Bullet Club [Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson]

NWA WORLD JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (1f / 60m)
Tiger Mask vs. Steve Anthony (champion)

TAG TEAM MATCH (1f / 20m)
Mascara Dorada & Jushin “Thunder” Liger vs. reDRagon [Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly]

EIGHT-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH (1f / 20m)
Sho Tanaka, Yohei Komatsu, Yuji Nagata & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Jay White, David Finlay, Manabu Nakanishi & Tetsuya Naito

9.27.2015 • NJPW DESTRUCTION in KOBE
Kobe World Memorial Hall, Chuo, Hyogo Prefecture (16:00 JST / 3:00 AM EST)
*Airing live on NJPW World

MAIN EVENT—IWGP INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP (1f / 60m)
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hirooki Goto (champion)

G1 CLIMAX PRIZE (WK10 IWGP HW CONTENDERSHIP) (1f / 60m)
Bad Luck Fale vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (G1 Climax 25 Winner)

IWGP JUNIOR TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (1f / 60m)
Time Splitters [Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA] vs. reDRagon [Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly] (champions)

SPECIAL SIX-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH (1f / 30m)
Kazushi Sakuraba, Toru Yano & Kazuchika Okada (CHAOS) vs. Tama Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi & AJ Styles (The Bullet Club)

SPECIAL SINGLES MATCH (1f / 30m)
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tetsuya Naito

SPECIAL SIX-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH (1f / 30m)
Matt Sydal & TenKoji [Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima] vs. Kenny Omega, Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson (The Bullet Club)

EIGHT-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH (1f / 30m)
Mascara Dorada, Ryusuke Taguchi & Great Bash Heel [Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe] vs. Roppongi Vice [Baretta & Rocky Romero], YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii (CHAOS)

SIX-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH (1f / 20m)
Tiger Mask, Jushin “Thunder” Liger & Yuji Nagata vs. Juice Robinson, Captain New Japan & Manabu Nakanishi

TAG TEAM MATCH (1f / 20m)
Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu vs. Jay White & David Finlay
 

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I have to admit being slightly worried about the upcoming AJ Styles and Okada match. I think the Tanahashi and Styles match was the best G1 encounter and with Tanahashi winning and likely main eventing the January 4 show, added onto the heat at the end of their G1 match, a Tanashi and Styles encounter might be on it's way. I certainly hope not, but I guess the Styles and Okada match will be more enjoyable for me if I think AJ stands a chance of winning.
 
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I would have nothing against another AJ/Tana encounter, seeing as how their G1 match was the best of the tourney.

Gimme Styles/Okada, too. They are excellent and will deliver another classic, I am sure.

Plus, cannot wait for The Ace vs the new Ace at the Tokyo Dome.