Zack Sabre Jr To Defend IWGP World Heavyweight Title Against Ren Narita At NJPW Destruction In Kobe
Zack Sabre Jr is set to defend his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Ren Narita at NJPW Destruction in Kobe on September 28.
Plus, Oleg Boltin will defend his NEVER Openweight Championship against Don Fale.
From NJPW:
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!
Here is the current lineup for Destruction in Kobe:
NJPW Destruction in Kobe (9/28)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Great-O-Khan
- IWGP Tag Team Title Match: Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Knock Out Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice)
- Taiji Ishimori vs. Hiromu Takahashi
- David Finlay vs. Yota Tsuji
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Title Match: Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Shingo Takagi
- NEVER Openweight Title Match: Oleg Bolten (c) vs. Don Fale
- IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match: Zack Sabre Jr (c) vs. Ren Narita
Fans can find results from past NJPW events here.
