Destruction in Ryogoku (October 9) full preview
7th Match: NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Championships: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tetsuya Naito & Kazuchika Okada vs Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin & Josh Alexander
28th NEVER Openweight 6 Man Champions Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomohiro Ishii take on a surprise trio from IMPACT in the form of Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin and Josh Alexander. After the champions logged their second defence of the gold in Korakuen against the veteran team of Tger Mask, Togi Makabe and Hiroyoshi tenzan to start off the Road to Destruction, Tanahashi made an appeal to a team from IMPACT. Sore at a loss to IMPACT World Champion Alex Shelley at Multiverse United 2 in the summer, the Ace wanted to bounce back, and Shelley was happy to oblige.
Along with the world champ will be IMPACT’s current X Division Champion Chris Sabin, both the motor City Machineguns having been supportive figures for Tanahashi and Okada during their respective times in the former TNA way back when. Meanwhile Josh Alexander will have some snug exchanges in store for Tomohiro Ishii without doubt, as this is sure to be a blinding encounter. In recent weeks on IMPACT, Alexander and Shelley have butted heads as both are weeks away from a title showdown at the Bound For Glory pay per view. Will personal issues take precedence over teamwork tonight?
5th Match: Best of Seven Series: Shota Umino, Master Wato & Yuji Nagata vs Strong Style (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Ren Narita)
Bo7 Series Scores: 2-2-1 (as of October 2)
A wild, hard fought Best of Seven series has unfurled throughout Japan during the Road to Destruction. Starting in Togane Chiba with an intense 30 minute draw, the series continued with the teams trading wins heading into its final week. After the teams’ next encounter in Miyagi on October 7, Ryogoku sees the final showdown- which team will claim superiority, and what will that mean for its members?
3rd Match: Los Ingobernables De Japon (Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, Yota Tsuji & BUSHI) vs United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Callum Newman)
United Empire and Los Ingobernables De Japon have battled all the way through the Destruction series, and tonight’s tour closer will see the teams face off once more. With Shingo takagi and Yota Tsuji both getting set for big singles matchups at Royal Quest III to come, will they head into London next week with hands raised?
