Destruction '08
{{Infobox Wrestling event
|name=Destruction '08
|image=
|promotion=New Japan Pro-Wrestling
|venue=Ryōgoku Kokugikan
|liveevent=
|lastevent=G1 Climax
|nextevent=Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome
|event=Destruction
|lastevent2='07
|nextevent2='09
|event2=New Japan Pro-Wrestling events
|lastevent3 = Wrestle Kingdom II
|nextevent3 = Wrestle Kingdom III
}}
Destruction '08 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on October 13, 2008, in Tokyo, at Ryōgoku Kokugikan.
The event featured nine matches (including one dark match), three of which were contested for championships.{{cite web | url = http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=437 | title = Destruction'08 | accessdate=October 18, 2013 | work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling | language=Japanese}}{{cite web | url = http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other/live/2008/2008101301/index.html | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081015174922/http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other/live/2008/2008101301/index.html | title = 新日本プロレス「Destruction'08」 | archivedate=October 15, 2008 | date=October 13, 2008 | accessdate=October 18, 2013 | work=Sports Navi | publisher=Yahoo! | language=Japanese}}{{cite web | url = http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/newjapan/destruction.html#2008 | title = Destruction 2008 | accessdate=August 14, 2015 | work=Pro Wrestling History}}{{cite web | url = http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/report/2008/nj_081013.html | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081015052420/http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/report/2008/nj_081013.html | script-title=ja:新日本プロレス「Destruction'08」 | archivedate=October 15, 2008 | date=October 13, 2008 | accessdate=July 5, 2016 | work=Nikkan Sports | language=Japanese}} All Japan Pro Wrestling representatives Hiroshi Yamato, Kai and Satoshi Kojima, as well as the reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Keiji Mutoh, took part in the event as outsiders. It was the second event under the Destruction name.
Production
=Storylines=
Destruction '08 featured nine professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm |title=How Pro Wrestling Works |last=Grabianowski |first=Ed |accessdate=September 13, 2014 |work=HowStuffWorks, Inc. |publisher=Discovery Communications |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm |archivedate=November 29, 2013 }}
Event
During the event, No Limit (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro) won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the first time by defeating Prince Prince (Minoru and Prince Devitt), while Pro Wrestling Zero1's Masato Tanaka lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Yuji Nagata, ending his year-long reign. In the main event, Keiji Mutoh made his fourth successful defense of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura.{{-}}
Results
{{Pro Wrestling results table
|match1=Ryusuke Taguchi and Wataru Inoue defeated Unione (Milano Collection A.T. and Taichi)
|stip1=Tag team match
|time1=07:04
|note1=dark
|match2=No Limit (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro) defeated Prince Prince (Minoru and Prince Devitt) (c)
|stip2=Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
|time2=11:34
|match3=G.B.H. (Gedo, Jado and Low Ki) defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto and Tiger Mask
|stip3=Six-man tag team match
|time3=07:46
|match4=G.B.H. (Togi Makabe, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) defeated F4 (Hiroshi Yamato, Kai and Satoshi Kojima)
|stip4=Six-man tag team match
|time4=10:06
|match5=Manabu Nakanishi and Yutaka Yoshie defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Masahiro Chono
|stip5=Tag team match
|time5=10:24
|match6=Giant Bernard defeated Hirooki Goto
|stip6=Singles match
|time6=13:44
|match7=Takashi Iizuka defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan
|stip7=Chain Deathmatch
|time7=21:24
|match8=Yuji Nagata defeated Masato Tanaka (c)
|stip8=Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
|time8=18:06
|match9=Keiji Mutoh (c) defeated Shinsuke Nakamura
|stip9=Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
|time9=21:39
}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.njpw.co.jp/ The official New Japan Pro-Wrestling website]
{{2006 NJPW events}}
{{New Japan Pro Wrestling events|Destruction}}
Category:2008 in professional wrestling