NJPW unveils the full card for Destruction in Kobe 2026

NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2026 is taking place this weekend at the Kobe World Hall in Kobe (Hyogo, Japan) and the promotion has already confirmed the full card. The event features three championship matches, headlined by the defense of Yota Tsuji's IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Hirooki Goto.

In addition to the main event, Gabe Kidd will defend the IWGP Global Championship against Drilla Moloney and Konosuke Takeshita will put the NJPW World Television Title on the line against Shun Skywalker. The rest of the card includes matchups between stables, established teams, and rising stars within New Japan.

The event concludes a series of NJPW shows in September and highlights three title defenses as the central focus: Tsuji looking to solidify his heavyweight reign against a veteran like Goto; Kidd, in a more aggressive and physical champion role against Moloney; and Takeshita, with the opportunity to strengthen his image as a television champion against the young Shun Skywalker.

NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2026 Card

• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Hirooki Goto
• IWGP Global Championship: Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Drilla Moloney
• NJPW World Television Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Shun Skywalker
• Masatora Yasuda and Taisei Nakahara vs. Tatsuya Matsumoto and Yushin Hatazawa
• El Desperado, Mistico, Oleg Boltin, Shota Umino, and Toru Yano vs. House of Torture (Dick Togo, DOUKI, Ren Narita, SANADA, and SHO)
• Six or Nine (Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi) and YOH vs. Unbound Co. (Gedo, Robbie X, and Taiji Ishimori)
• United Empire (Great-O-Khan, HENARE, and Zane Jay) vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai, OSKAR, and Yuto-Ice)
• Aaron Wolf, Taichi, and Yuya Uemura vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, and Ryohei Oiwa)
• Jeff Cobb vs. Callum Newman
• Claudio Castagnoli vs. Shingo Takagi