New Japan’s second official Destruction 2018 show took place today (September 17th). Emanating from Beppu B-Con Plaza the stellar card featured a title bout and a host of top NJPW stars.

The real headline grabber was the main event between Tetsuya Naito and Minoru Suzuki. Naito would goad Suzuki during the ‘Road To’ events citing Suzuki’s annoyance that the Intercontinental Championship was not the main event when he was champion…yet the belt is still not in the main event at Beppu.

Here’s the full results from the event:

  • Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata & Yuya Uemura b. TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) & Yota Tsuji (9:08) – Nagata hit the
  • Nagata Lock ? to secure the victory over Tsuji
  • David Finlay & Ren Narita b. Shota Umino & Toa Henare (6:38) – Finlay hit the
  • Prima Nocta on Umino to secure the pinfall victory
  • Ayato Yoshida b. Takashi Iizuka (4:30) – Yoshida took the win via DQ
  • Jushin Thunder Liger, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tiger Mask b. CHAOS (Rocky Romero, SHO, Will Ospreay & YOH) (10:00) – Tiger Mask hit a Tombstone Piledriver on Romero to take the pinfall win
  • Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer) b. Best Friends (Beretta & Chuckie T) (10:34) – Archer pinned Beretta following the Killer Bomb for the win
  • Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr.) b. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA) (8:31) – ZSJ took the win over EVIL
  • Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson b. CHAOS (Jay White, Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI) (13:01) – Robinson hit the Pulp Friction on YOSHI-HASHI for the win
  • NEVER Openweight Title Match – Taichi b. Hirooki Goto (20:54) – Taichi took the win after hitting the Air Raid Crash, he becomes the new NEVER Openweight Champion
  • Tetsuya Naito b. Minoru Suzuki (32:08) – Naito hit the Destino to win the match