NJPW Releases Destruction Tour Cards: Kenny Omega Defends IWGP Title Against Tomohiro Ishii, Kazuchika Okada Battle Hiroshi Tanahashi

NJPW released the cards their upcoming Destruction Tour.

The end of tour shows feature some major bouts, including Kenny Omega against Tomohiro Ishii. Ishii defeated Omega in the G1 tournament in an instant classic match. Another major match sees Hiroshi Tanahashi defending the G1 Climax contract against Kazuchika Okada. The two battled to the tie, giving Tanahashi the Block, during the G1. The other end of tour show is headlined by Tetsuya Naito battling Minoru Suzuki.

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Road to Destruction (9/7, Korakuen Hall)

Golden Lovers vs. Tomohiro Ishii and Will Ospreay

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma vs. Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano and YOSHI-HASHI

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA and BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado

Hirooki Goto and Gedo vs. Taichi and Taka Michinoku

Beretta vs. Toa Henare

Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin, David Finlay and Ayato Yoshida vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Taiji Ishimori

Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi vs. Ren Narita and Shota Umino

Road to Destruction (9/8, Korakuen Hall)

Hiroshi Tanahashi and Juice Robinson vs. Kazuchika Okada and Beretta

Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano and Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi and Yujiro Takahashi

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, BUSHI and SANADA vs. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, El Desperado and TAKA Michinoku

Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Togi Makabe, Michael Elgin, David Finlay and Toa Henare vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Taiji Ishimori

Ayato Yoshida vs. Chase Owens

Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura vs. Ren Narita and Yota Tsuji

Road to Destruction (9/9, Chiba)

Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata and Satoshi Kojima v. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Juice Robinson and David Finlay

Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, Beretta and Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens

Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toa Henare vs. Kazuchika Okada and YOSHI-HASHI

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA and BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Taka Michinoku

Hirooki Goto and Gedo vs. Taichi and El Desperado

Michael Elgin, Ayato Yoshida, Shota Umino and Ren Narita vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Taiji Ishimori

Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura

Destruction in Hiroshima (9/15)

Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the IWGP title

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma vs. Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI and Jay White

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA and BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., TAKA Michinoku and El Desperado

Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano and Gedo vs. Taichi, Takashi Iizuka and Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Gorillas of Destiny and Taiji Ishimori vs. Juice Robinson, David Finlay and Ryusuke Taguchi for the NEVER six man tag team titles

Will Ospreay, Chuckie T and Beretta vs. Kota Ibushi, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens

Michael Elgin and Ayato Yoshida vs. Killer Elite Squad

Bad Luck Fale vs. Toa Henare

Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask and KUSHIDA vs. Rocky Romero, SHO and YOH

Destruction in Beppu (9/17)

Tetsuya Naito vs. Minoru Suzuki

Hirooki Goto vs. Taichi for the NEVER Openweight title

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma and Juice Robinson vs. Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI and Jay White

EVIL, SANADA and BUSHI vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado

Beretta and Chuckie T vs. Killer Elite Squad

Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, KUSHIDA and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Will Ospreay, Rocky Romero, SHO and YOH

Ayato Yoshida vs. Takashi Iizuka

David Finlay and Ren Narita vs. Toa Henare and Shota Umino

Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and Yota Tsuji vs. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi and Yuya Uemura

Destruction in Kobe (9/23)

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP title shot at the Tokyo Dome

KUSHIDA vs. BUSHI in a  IWGP Jr. title tournament semi-final match

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL and SANADA vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. and Taka Michinoku

Juice Robinson, David Finlay and Toa Henare vs. Jay White, YOSHI-HASHI and Will Ospreay

Chuckie T and Beretta vs. Killer Elite Squad

Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Ryusuke Taguchi and Ayato Yoshida vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi

Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask vs. El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru 

Roppongi 3K vs. Shota Umino and Ren Narita 

Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura

Fighting Spirit Unleashed (9/30, Long Beach)

Juice Robinson vs. Cody for the IWGP United States title

The Young Bucks vs. Guerillas of Destiny for the IWGP tag team titles

Will Ospreay vs. Marty Scurll in a IWGP Jr. title tournament semi-final match

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