Destruction (2019) was a series of

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events promoted by

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(NJPW) in 2019: Destruction in Beppu on September 15, Destruction in Kagoshima on September 16 and Destruction in Kobe on September 22. These were events twenty-one to twenty-three in the

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chronology.

Production

Background

2019 is the fourth consecutive year in which NJPW hold three events under the Destruction name. From 2007 to 2013 NJPW held one event per year, expanding to two shows in 2014 and to three shows in 2016.

Storylines

The three Destruction events featured nine

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each that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray

villains A villain (also known as a " black hat", "bad guy" or "baddy"; The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.126 "baddy (also baddie) noun (pl. -ies) ''informal'' a villain or criminal in a book, film, etc.". the feminine form is villai ...

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, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Results

Destruction in Beppu

Destruction in Kagoshima

Destruction in Kobe

References

External links

The official New Japan Pro-Wrestling English language website
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