Two Title Matches Set For NJPW Destruction in Kobe

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced that two title matches have been added to NJPW Destruction in Kobe, including an IWGP World title match. Zack Sabre Jr. will defend that title against Ren Narita on September 28. Meanwhile, Boltin Oleg will defend the NEVER Openweight Championship against Don Fale.

After tensions boiled over at G1 Final in Ariake, and with Forbidden Door now in the books, two more championship matches have been added to Destruction in Kobe on September 28!

In the wake of his elimination from the G1 Climax, Zack Sabre Jr. vowed that as champion, he needed to right his losses from the summer campaign, starting with Ren Narita. Hearing that message, Narita tried to work over Sabre in a post tag match attack at the G1 Final, acts that had retribution in the main event when Sabre foiled Narita’s attempts to interfere on EVIL’s behalf.

Now, after ZSJ successfully defended the world heavyweight gold in a stunning technical dream match with Nigel McGuinness in London, the title will be on the line next in Kobe. After a brutally effective Narita picked apart Sabre’s knee en route to G1 Climax league victory in July, will ZSJ be going from a technical dream match to a technical nightmare?

Also official for Destruction in Kobe is Boltin Oleg defending the NEVER Openweight Championship against Don Fale. At the G1 semifinals, Fale and Yujiro Takahashi added post match insult to in match injury when Fale attacked the Big Man From Kazakhstan after the bell. Fale landed an elbow drop and ‘pinned’ Boltin with Yujiro counting to three, immediately staking a claim to the NEVER gold. An incensed Boltin fought back the next night, but now they’ll do battle in a powerhouse rematch from the first round of the New Japan Cup back in spring!

With Shingo Takagi versus Gabe Kidd for the global gold and so much more besides also set, Destruction in Kobe will be huge on September 28!