Destruction '07

Destruction '07 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on November 11, 2007, in Tokyo, at Ryōgoku Kokugikan.

Destruction '07
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	November 11, 2007[1]
City	Tokyo, Japan[1]
Venue	Ryōgoku Kokugikan[1]
Attendance	6,500[1]
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Destruction chronology
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The event featured nine matches, two of which were contested for championships.^[1][2][3] The event featured outside participants from American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).^[1] It was the first event under the Destruction name.

Production

Storylines

Destruction '07 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.^[4]

Event

The event featured outside participants from American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), with whom NJPW had a working relationship at the time. In addition to Christopher Daniels, Rhino and Senshi, Ron Killings was also scheduled to wrestle at the event, but did not make the event.^[1][3] The event saw Shinsuke Nakamura make his return to the ring after a shoulder injury, which had sidelined him since the previous August.^[1][3] During the event, Dick Togo and Taka Michinoku successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against former four-time champions, Gedo and Jado, and Hiroshi Tanahashi successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Hirooki Goto.^[1][3]

Results

No.	Results[1][2][3][5]	Stipulations	Times[1]
1	Koji Kanemoto and Wataru Inoue defeated Ryusuke Taguchi and Yujiro	Tag team match	06:40
2	Togi Makabe defeated Milano Collection A.T.	Singles match	09:39
3	Tiger Mask defeated Ron Killings via forfeit	Singles match	—
4	Bono Tiger and Tiger Mask defeated G.B.H. (Tomoaki Honma and Tomohiro Ishii)	Tag team match	06:20
5	Triple X (Christopher Daniels and Senshi) defeated RISE (Minoru and Prince Devitt)	Tag team match	17:23
6	Rhino defeated Toru Yano	Singles match	09:18
7	Legend (Akira, Jyushin Thunder Liger, Masahiro Chono, Riki Choshu and Super Strong Machine) defeated Mitsuhide Hirasawa, Taichi Ishikari, Takashi Iizuka, Takashi Uwano and Tetsuya Naito	Ten-man tag team match	08:21
8	Dick Togo and Taka Michinoku (c) defeated Gedo and Jado	Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	20:16
9	RISE (Giant Bernard and Shinsuke Nakamura) defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata	Tag team match	16:45
10	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Hirooki Goto by submission	Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	31:32
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match