How about a tripleheader? Let’s do it! I have reviews for Miyuki Takase 8th Anniversary, NXT No Mercy 2025, and NJPW Destruction In Kobe from this past weekend! Cards listed below:
Miyuki Takase 8th Anniversary:
Chi Chi/Mika Iwata vs. Haruka Umesaki/Misa Kagura
Nagisa Nozaki vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. ZONES
Tae Honma/Miyuki Takase vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi/Miku Aono
Kyuusei Ninja Ranmaru/Hibiscus Mii vs. Team 200kg (Chihiro Hashimoto/Yuu)
Kyuusei Ninja Ranmaru/Hibiscus Mii/Shin Sakura Satomura vs. Shuji Ishikawa/Chihiro Hashimoto/Yuu
Ryo Mizunami/Itsuki Aoki/Miyuki Takase vs. Rina Yamashita/VENY/Utami Hayashishita
NXT No Mercy 2025:
Josh Briggs vs. Je’Von Evans
WWE Women’s Speed Championship – Sol Ruca (c) vs. Jaida Parker
Weaponized Steel Cage Match – Jordynne Grace vs. Blake Monroe
NXT North American Championship – Ethan Page (c) vs. Tavion Heights
NXT Women’s Championship – Jacy Jayne (c) vs. Lola Vice
NXT Championship – Oba Femi (c) vs. Ricky Saints
NJPW Destruction In Kobe:
YOSHI-HASHI/Yuya Uemura/Shota Umino/YOH/El Desperado vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Dick Togo/SANADA/EVIL/SHO/DOUKI)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Great-O-Khan
NEVER Openweight Championship – Boltin Oleg (c) vs. Don Fale
IWGP Tag Team Championship – Taichi/Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Knock Out Brothers (OSKAR/Yuto-Ice)
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship – Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori
Yota Tsuji vs. David Finlay
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship – Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Shingo Takagi
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Ren Narita
Well, a good evening, good evening to all pro wrestling fans of all shapes and sizes from all around the world. Welcome to another Pro Wrestling Talk video brought to you by Blitz Ball Champ Gaming here on the YouTube, the tube. I’m your host, Blitz Ball Champ, Jason Ingram. So, wanted to do a triple header review for this video. First, I’m going to review uh Miyuki Taka’s 8th anniversary show. Then, I’m going to transition to NXT No Mercy 2025. And then I’m going to finish off with New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Destruction and Coobe. So, three reviews, three different shows of three different promotions. So, let’s go ahead and jump right into Miyuki Taka’s 8th anniversary show. And it took place in Osaka, Japan at the Osaka 176 box. And this was this past Saturday, September 27th. Like I said, Miyuki Taka produced this show in celebration of her eighth year as a pro wrestler. So, eight years in the books for the Phoenix of Osaka, Miyuki Taka. And now, let’s get to the Let’s get to the matches. Uh, overall solid card. Let’s get started. There were five total match well technically six total matches, but check it out. First up, first up, we had ourselves a tag team match where we had the team of Chi-Chi and Mika Aata taking on the team of Haruka Umeasaki and Misa Kagura. Uh, solid opening match. And I have to say, uh, Mika Aada definitely looked like she was wrestling pretty like pretty much in a pissy mood. Um, even to the point where she was kind of, you know, getting in the face of her tag team partner and Chi-Chi and even, you know, attacked her a little bit. But yeah, Mika was not in a great mood for this match. But this was still a a very physical match between both teams. Uh definitely Haruka and Misa were on the same page. uh look strong together as a tag team. But despite Mika Wata being in a pissy mood, she ended up being the turning point of the match as far as sealing the deal for her team as she finished off Misa Kaguro with a nice brutal threekick combo to put her down. Pender for the one, two, three. Miko, Wata, and Chi-Chi are your winners of the opening tag match. And Chi-Chi tried to give her a hug and she she was not feeling that at all. But yeah, Nico was definitely wrestling kind of angry. I’m just saying. But hey, worked in her and her tag partner’s favor as Chi-Chi and Miko Wata got the victory. So, I mean, can’t necessarily hate on it. All right, let’s go to the next match. Check this one out. All right, we got ourselves a three-way match between Nagi Noaki, Lady Destroyer, Hiroyo Matsumoto, and Zoness. This was a good physical match as well. Um, I definitely felt like Hi Royo Matsumoto and and Zonus kind of singled out Nagisa Noaki a little bit, but this was a pretty this was a pretty fun match. Um, love all three ladies uh in this match. And you know, it was very surprising how the finish went for this match. did not expect this, but Lady Destroyer Heroyo Matsumoto got the victory via submission. That’s right. Got like a wrenching kind of like a wrenching headlock on Zonz and she ended up tapping out Heroyo Matsumoto with the submission victory. I now I have been a fan of Hero Royo Matsumoto for a long time, a very long time. And I have to say I don’t think I’ve ever seen her win a match by submission. So that was shocking. That was very shocking. So, you know, I don’t hate it, but it just I did not expect Hero Matsumoto to win via submission, especially a simple wrenching headlock. But hey, it all counts the same, right? But anyway, Hoyo Matsumoto with the submission victory. Let’s go on to our next match. This next match was pretty solid as well. Check this one out. Here we go. More tag team action as we have the team of Tahonma and the Phoenix Silvos Osaka Miyuki Taka taking on the team of Kakaro Sakaguchi and Miku Ano. Solid match between both of these teams. Definitely went back and forth. Um, a very loaded match as far as talent and you know it was pretty cool to see Tahhonma get an opportunity to wrestle on the show. Of course, you know, she’s on her retirement road, but this was a great back and forth match between both teams, but it would be this year’s uh Mari Gold Dream Star Grand Prix winner and Miku Ayano that picked up the victory for her team, hitting a devastating styles clash on Tayonma and then rolling her up for the one, two, three. Mikuano and Kakaro Techaguchi are your winners. But a solid match, a very solid match between both teams. All right, let’s go to our fourth match. Here we go. Alrighty. We had ourselves a tag match where we had Hibiscus me and Kyos Ninja Renmaru teaming up to take on team 200 kilograms of Chihiro Hashimoto and you. This match did not last long at all. As a matter of fact, this match was pretty quick. This match was really quick. Um, Chahiro Hashimoto hit a short armed lariat on Ranaru and then Pender for the threeount. I don’t think this match lasted even two or three minutes. So, very, very short match. And then afterwards, they got on the mic and pretty much set up for one more match involving both these teams, but it would turn into a trio’s match as Shin Sakura Heroda dressed up as Mako Sadamora would come down and join Hibiscus Mei and Ranmaru. and they ended up taking on team 200 kg with the addition of one Shuji Ishiawa just out of nowhere joins team 200 kg and then they run it back they have a trio’s match and of course it was a very comedyheavy match for obvious reasons um they even got on the mic throughout the match match. Even Shuji Shiawa and Shin Sakura wrote a shared a kiss. Team 200 kilogram shared a kiss. It was it was just random. It was just random comedy throughout the whole match. And yeah, it took uh double splash combo from team 200 kg followed up by diving double foot stomp from Shuji Ishiawa. All on Shin Sakura Heroda dressed up as Mako Sadamora. And then afterwards, Shuji gets the pin on Sakura Herod for the threeount. Shuji Ishiawa team 200 kg pick up the victory in the trio’s match. But like I said, it was a very comedy heavy match. So, it is what it is. And you know, they had to make up for it with that very short tag match before this. So, I get it. I totally get it. And then the main event, the main event of Miyuki Taka’s 8th anniversary show came down to this special, very special trios match as the team of Rio Miunami, Isizuki Aoki and once again the Phoenix Sasaka Miyuki Taka would take on the trio of Reena Yamashta Benny and Utami Hayashita. And oh, was this a great epic main event. Um, I really love the spot they did with Rio Mizunami doing the machine gun chops on Utami who was stacked on top of um, uh, Reena, Yamashta, and Vinnie. So, I thought that was pretty funny. But this was a very entertaining main event and you know had Miyuki Taka say doing double duty for this one. But hey, I mean it’s her show so she can do the she wants. But this was a solid match between both teams. Very enjoyable. And I even love the back and forth um clashes between Rio Mizunami and Utami Hayashita. Those were pretty entertaining. But Reena Yamashta would end up picking up the victory for her team as she hit Miyuki Taka with a crucifix bomb and then pinning her for the one two three. Reena Yamashta Vinnie Utami Hayashita your winners. But a very entertaining main event. And like I said, congratulations to the Phoenix Osaka, Miyuki Taka, on uh her 8th anniversary. Uh definitely definitely somebody that I’ve been a fan of ever since I first saw her live via DPW. Um of course, you know, she’s a former DPW Women’s World Champion. And I was just really happy to have gotten a chance to not only meet her three different times, but to see her wrestle live, whether it’s in a singles match, a tag match, a trio’s match, like just all of the above. So very proud of Miyuki Taka and all of her success. And once again, shout out to Deadlock Pro Wrestling on giving her a run with the uh DPW Women’s World Championship. Thought that was really cool. And um you know, just to just to give y’all an idea of what I’m what I’m talking about. Actually, here’s me and Miyuki right here. Um, this was when she won the DPW Women’s World Championship. Yes, I know she had the belt on upside down. It it it is what it is. But yeah, um, this was when she had won the title. I had did a meet and greet with her before her match earlier before the actually before the show, but then afterwards after she won the title, I was just like, you know what? Let me let me get another picture of her. So, that’s what I did. But yeah, overall great show. Really, really great show. Um, it was nice that they did the little bonus match after the really quick tag match. So, that was good. A great dose of action, a great dose of comedy. Hey, can’t go wrong with that. Can’t go wrong with that. Okay, now let’s switch gears to WWE NXT No Mercy 2025. Uh, this show was also on September 20 27th. This was Saturday as well. And this took place at the FTL War Memorial in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Um, but yeah, there were, let’s see, there were six matches and overall pretty solid. Now, I apologize in advance because I actually don’t have each graphic saved. So, I do apologize in advance. Um, it was a very busy weekend and I didn’t get a chance to get every graphic saved. So, just an FYI, I do apologize. But, let’s go ahead and get started. First off, we had a singles match between Josh Briggs and Javon Evans. Excellent, excellent opening match. Match went almost 16 and a half minutes and it was just back and forth. Really love this match. And you know, these are two people that I’ve met before. Really enjoyed a lot of Josh Briggs work back in Evolve. And of course, you know, big fan of Javon Evans ever since I, you know, started watching him back uh via DPW, but match was hard-hitting, a lot of high-flying, definitely back and forth. I love the clash of styles between both of these wrestlers and came really close. And I know Josh Briggs had gotten the best of Javon Evans previously, but this time it would be different as Javon Evans was able to put away Josh Briggs after a Malik cutter as back when he used to be Jay Malachi. Put away Josh Briggs with the cutter. Got a lot of elevation on that cutter and pin him for the one, two, three. The young OG Javon Evans gets the victory in the opening match of No Mercy 2025. And I have to say, shout out to Javon Evans as he has a big big big opportunity to look forward to later in the month of October as he will be challenging Leon Slater for the TNA X Division Championship at Bound for Glory. So big opportunity for Javon Evans. I mean, Bound for Glory is pretty much TNA’s Wrestlemania. So big opportunity for him. But for now, victory for Javon Evans over Josh Briggs at No Mercy 2025. All right, next up. Next up, we had the WWE Women’s Speed Championship on the line. It was originally supposed to be Soul Ruka defending against Laney Reed, but they did the interview with her backstage and um it was confirmed that she wasn’t medically cleared to compete and she had a she had a walking boot on. So, Soruka still ended up defending the speed championship and her mystery opponent ended up being Jada Parker. So, Jada Parker versus Suka WWE Women’s Speed Championship on the line. Uh, match was all right. I mean, it’s it’s under speed rules, so only a five minute time limit. Uh, match was all right. um definitely went back and forth for what amount of time that they used, but the main turning point was that Lash Legend appeared to disrupt things. Of course, you know, her and Jada Parker have been kind of clashing and whatnot. And pretty much the distraction to Jada Parker left her open as she was getting back into the ring to eat a soul snatcher from Soul Ruka. She pins her for the one, two, three. Soul Ruka still your women’s speed champion. But yeah, things are definitely not over between Jada Parker and Lash Legend. And as a matter of fact, they ended up brawling a little bit later that night. So, yeah. All right. Next match. The next match was the weaponized steel cage match between Jordan Grace and Blake Monroe. Um, solid solid match. Um, match went for 16 minutes 13 seconds. Um, honestly, the action was intense and all sorts of weapons were used from kendo sticks to chairs to trash cans. Even diamonds, even diamonds were used. Um, even a blow dryer was being used. There was a spot where Blake Monroe tied up Jordan Grace using the blow dryer cord to the ropes and then she proceeded to cut Jordan Grace’s hair. Cut some of her hair off like that. That had to have been quite a crazy spot there. And then you know them getting slammed and dropped on top of a a bed of diamonds like diamonds and jewels. That was that was pretty innovative. pretty innovative and creative spot and match just went back and forth. It was intense. Um, and who knows, maybe this sort of kind of closed a chapter in their rivalry. I don’t know. But Jordan Grace was able to get a big victory over Blake Monroe as she dropped Blake Monroe with an air raid crash off the cage through a table and Pender for the threeount. So Jordan Grace with the victory and yeah, intense match. Definitely definitely my favorite match of the whole entire card to be honest with you. That was my favorite match. like pretty much that was my favorite match and the opening match. Those were like my two favorite matches. Okay, now this next one I do have a graphic for. All right, check it out. All right, we have the NXT North American Championship on the line. As the champion, All Ego Ethan Paige defended against Tavon Heights. Uh, match was all right for what it was. Um, went a little bit over 10 minutes, so about 10 minutes 19 seconds. I mean, to be honest, nothing really special out of this match. Can’t say really much happened that was memorable. I just know this is a rivalry that’s has been kind of going on for a bit. But I think probably Ethan Paige may have, you know, put this put this to bed, but match was all right. Um, all ego Ethan Paige. He ended up hitting uh an avalanche power slam off of the turnbuckle and then followed it up with the twisted grin and pin tavon for the threeount Ethan Paige still your NXT North American champion and then afterwards Eliho del Dr. Wagner Jr. appeared on the on the screen and it’s looking like he wants the next shot. So, sounds like he may be challenging for the NXT North American Championship or who knows, maybe Ethan Paige challenges for the uh Triple A um Championship or I believe it was a um AAA uh Latin Latin Championship. I forgot forgot what what title he had. Somebody correct me if I’m wrong. Um, but yeah, so looking forward to that. All right, let’s go to our next match, which I should have the graphic for this one. Yes, I do. So, next match. All right, this was for the NXT Women’s Championship. as the champion. JC Jane of Fatal Influence defending against Lola Vice. Um overall pretty solid match between these two. I know Fallon Henley was there ringside, but um match went a little over 18 and 12 minutes, so gave these ladies plenty of time. Definitely back and forth. even got to the point where Fallon Henley got ejected and just Lola Vice’s family was in attendance. And honestly, with the way things were going, it was looking like Lola Vice was finally going to do this. You know, this was her third time challenging for this title. And it really looked like she was going to pull this off. But after she dropped JC Jane with a back fist and kind of, you know, fell out of the ring, she got attacked by a masked asalent. She got back in the ring and was met with a rolling encore by the champion that dropped her. She pinned her for the threeount. JC Jane, still your NXT Women’s Champion. Lola Vice denied for the third time. And to be honest, given that there was a backstage segment between Lola Vice and Laney Reed, I think it’s safe to say that Laney Reed could have been the one that was in that was in the hood and mask that attacked Lola Ice. That’s what I’m thinking. That’s what I’m thinking. just given their conversation that they had backstage. So, we’ll see how things develop with that, but it’s kind of disappointing. You know, this was her third crack at this championship and came up short again. I was really disappointed because I I picked Lola to win, but oh well. And then the main event of NXT No Mercy 2025 came down to this, the NXT Championship as the champion, the Ruler Obami defended against Ricky Saints. Um, overall solid match, definitely a solid match between these two. Um, went seven almost 17 and a half minutes, so plenty of time for its main event and did not expect Ricky Sanks to kick out of a Fall from Grace, but like I said, these two went at it back and forth. Not a fan of the finish though. Was honestly not a fan of the finish. So he went for a second fall from grace and it got countered into a DDT and then Ricky Saints followed it up with a springboard tornado DDT and then pinned him for the threeount. So didn’t even use his finisher, the Ro Shambo, just the tornado springboard tornado DDT. So, I don’t know. I wasn’t feeling that finish. You know, I’m I’m not upset that Ricky Saints won. I mean, you know, I like Ricky Saints. I’ve met Ricky Saints. I’m not upset that he won. Eventually, Opa Femi was was going to lose. I’m not upset that Ricky Saints won. It was just how the finish looked that I wasn’t a fan of. It could have been a better finish. But congratulations to Ricky Saints on becoming the new NXT champion. He he dethrones Obami. And you know what? So this ends Oba Femi’s reign at 263 days. And this was, let’s see, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10. So, lost the title on his 11th defense. So, he’s gotten 10 successful defenses and lost on the 11th. You know what? I mean, hey, heck of a run. Heck of a run. Heck of a run for Obfi. But now that he’s been dethroned, honestly, and see he was 10 days less from his uh North American Championship reign. But like I said, I think it’s time to call up Ofi. I think it’s time because in all honesty, there’s really nothing more for him to do on NXT. So, I think they should go ahead and and and call him up to the main roster. So, we’ll see what happens, but I I think it’s time for OAFI to to get the call up. But No Mercy was good. No Mercy was good. didn’t really have a whole lot of complaints, but No Mercy was good. No Mercy was definitely good. Okay, and then finally get to some New Japan Pro Wrestling action as we had NJPW Destruction in Coobe 2025. This took place uh Sunday uh September 28th. This was at the Coobe World Hall in Coobe, Japan. Uh good handful of matches, including title matches as well. But yeah, let’s go ahead and jump right into the mix of things. Let’s do this. All right, here we go. first match. Now, originally this was supposed to be a trio’s match, but this ended up turning into a 10-man tag team match. That’s right. So, we ended up getting the team of Yoshi, Hashi, Yuyo, Uora, Shota, Umino, Yo, and El Desperado taking on House of Torture made up of Dick Togo, Sonata, Evil, Show, and Doki. So, yeah, what was originally a trios, they turned it into a 10-man 10-man tag. Um, match only lasted a little over seven and a half minutes, so really wasn’t a whole lot. Um, not that much crazy shenanigans in this match despite House of Torture being in it. Um, but it was pretty much back and forth for seven and a half minutes. But it would be Yuya Ormora that would pin Dick Togo with a Frankensteiner pin with a one, two, three. And yeah, the good guys win. Yoshihashi, Yuyu, Amora, Chota, Umino, Yo, El Desperado, your winners. Um, but yeah, that’s pretty much it for that. All right, let’s go to our next match. Next match. Singles match between Mr. Ace President Hiroshi Tanahashi taking on Khan. Uh, nothing too crazy with this match. Um, this was another one that went about 7 minutes 45 seconds, but yeah, it was it was back and forth. Like I said, this is a matchup that, you know, isn’t new or anything like that, but just part of Hiroshi Tanahashi’s retirement road, you know, another singles match with Great Oan. Um, nothing too crazy though, just back and forth, but like the Great Oan was going to put away Hiroshi Tanahashi with the eliminator. He counters it into a rollup pin for the one, two, three. Mr. Ace President Hiroshi Tanahashi with the victory. And then out of nowhere afterwards from Pro Wrestling Noah, Kaiito Kiomia shows up and asks if Hiroshi Tanahashi would join him for a tag team match at Noah’s Wrestle Odyssey on October 11th. And he accepted. He accepted. So, we’re gonna have Kaiito Kiomia and Hiroshi Tanahashi team up at uh Wrestle Odyssey. Hey, that’s cool. That’s cool. I can dig it. I can dig it. I’m looking forward to Wrestle Odyssey as well. Um definitely can’t wait for them to finalize the card for that so I can preview that. I think that’s going to be a great show. All right. Let’s go to our next match, which was the first championship match of the card. Check it out. This was for the never open championship. As the champion, Bolton Oleg defended against House of tortures Don Falle. match was okay. Nothing really special to be honest with you. Felt like it was just kind of there. Not to mention it was only just under six minutes. So, it wasn’t a long match. Um, hard-hitting. I mean, definitely Don File and Bolton Oleg traded their power moves and whatnot, but at the end of the day, Bolton Oleg would retain. He was able to finally get Don Falet up to hit the kamicazi and pend him for the one, two, three. Bolton Oleg still your never openew champion. Like I said, match was match was okay, but it was short. It was really, really short. So, that was the only thing with that. All righty, let’s go to our next match. Alrighty, we had the IWGP Tag Team Championships on the line. As the champions, Tai Chichi and Tommohiro Ishi defended against the knockout brothers of Bullet Club Warogs of Oscar and Uto Ice. Big opportunity for the Knockout Brothers. And I have to say this was a pretty hard-hitting match. Um Oscar is is huge by the way. really really huge. I had to be reminded of how big that dude is. uh match lasted 13 and a half minutes and you know even though the champs looked strong the knockout brothers would not be denied and it definitely showed you know with this new look this new attitude from Udo Ice and Oscar they definitely have potential to have a good run and speaking of good rundo Ice got the pin on the stone pit bull after they hit the KOB and then pinned them for the one, two, three. And we have new IWGP tag team champions and the knockout brothers of Oscar and Udo Ice of Bullet Club Warogs. So, congratulations to them. And yeah, we’ll see how what kind of a run this team can have with the with the titles. But very impressive. They’re defending a combination of Tai Chi or defeating a combination of Taichi and Tomo Ishi. That’s because that’s a pretty strong combination. Alrighty, let’s go to our next match. Now, I originally did not know that this was going to be a title match, but it ended up being a title match. So, this was for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. As the champion, the ticking time bomb, Heromu Takahashi, defended against bone soldier Taii Ishimorei. I I find it ironic that this is happening with Heromu holding this Noah GHC championship. And it made me made me think we have to remember Taii Ishimorei competed in Pro Wrestling Noah, you know, for a long time. So, I thought that was kind of kind of interesting. But this match uh was 11 and 1/2 minutes. I really enjoyed the mess out of this match. This was this was definitely one of my favorites on the card for sure. And you know, definitely delivered. Love what I’ve what I saw out of both of these junior heavyweights. And you know, you can never go wrong with Heromu and and Bone Soldier. But Hiomu would not be denied as he caught Taii Ishimorei and was able to turn it into a time bomb too and then he followed up with a regular time bomb and then pinned Tai Ishi for the three count. So, pretty smooth, pretty awesome finish for Heromu Takahashi, who is still your GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion. And as he was celebrating, all of a sudden, Ita from Pro Wrestling Noah comes down and drops Heromu. Dropped him with a super kick pretty much. and you know talked some junk and left because of course ETA is going to get a shot at the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Odyssey on October 11th. So things just got intense between Heromu and and you know he’s going to try to get the belt back and get it back on on Noah territory. So, we’ll see come October 11th. All righty, let’s go to this next match. Alrighty, a very familiar matchup here as we had a singles match between Yoda Suji and David Finley. Um, nothing too crazy. Like I said, this is a matchup that’s happened before. Um, match lasted a little over 14 and a half minutes and, you know, very action-packed. Definitely back and forth. These two know each other very well and it really could have gone either way. Really could have gone either way. Um, very enjoyable match, but it would be Yoda Suji putting away David Finley. Um, it took a second Jean Blaster to finally put him away. Um, he hit it the first time, but David Finley kicked out. So, um, and even Yoda Suji survived getting hit by the into the into oblivion as well as overkill, which I it didn’t look like David Finley got all of that, but still still hit it, kicked out and all that. So, it was quite an intense match. But a second Jean Blaster put away David Finley for the threeount. Yoda Suji your winner and extended the hand for David Finley to shake it. He didn’t shake it, but they definitely have a rivalry there. Have a little rivalry there. So, but Yoda Suji, the man with a million dollar smile is your winner. Good stuff. All right, let’s go to our next match. All righty, we had the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship on the line. As the champion, gay kid war ready defended against the rampage dragon Shingo Tagi. Another familiar matchup, but definitely hard-hitting, definitely back and forth. These two know each other well. Match went uh a little over 21 and a half minutes. So, this had tons of time. And like I said, I know a lot of folks don’t like Gabe Kid and whatnot. I don’t have a problem with him. I don’t have a problem with him. I’m cool with him. And this was a matchup that I definitely enjoyed. And, you know, could have gone either way. Also, kudos to Shingo hitting the made in Japan uh through the table uh through two tables uh on the outside. That was a really cool spot. But um but yeah, just both these guys went at it. But Gabe Kid eventually caught Shingo Takagi and was able to hit the drill a hole pile driver and then pin him for the one, two, three. Gabe kid War ready still your IWGP global heavyweight champion. great sportsmanship between him and Shingo afterwards. I thought that was really cool to see. And then Yoda Suji, Yoda Suji came down to the ring and he challenged Gabe Kid for that IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship, which it looks like they’re going to have that match at the King of Pro Wrestling at Rio Goku Kokikugan, which is going to be on uh October 13th. So definitely keep an eye out for that. Um, should be good. That should be really good. Yoda Suji and Gabe Kid going at it once more. Title on the line. Should be good. And then the main event main event of Destruction and Coobe came down to the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. As the champion, Zack Saber Jr. defended against House of Torches Ren Narita. And while I don’t hate Ren Narita, I just hate the fact that he’s in House of Torture because Ren Narita is somebody that has a lot of potential. Was definitely a fan of going back to his Young Lion days. But he did beat Zack Saber Jr. here in the G1. So, I mean, hey, I’m just saying. But not bad. Not bad of a main event. Just not one that I had on my bingo card, that’s for sure. But, I mean, hey, it’s Destruction and Coobe. It’s not like it’s Sakura Genesis or Wrestle Kingdom or anything like that. So, I mean, you know, it’s it’s fine. It’s it’s fine. match went uh almost 29 and a half minutes. So, dang it. Almost could have hit 30 minutes, but you know, definitely back and forth and really Renarita worked on uh that I believe it was that left knee. I think it was that left knee of Zack Saber Jr., but definitely he hung in there. And of course, you know, with the shenanigans and stuff like that. that I mean it’s house of torture. But when it was all said and done, Zack Saber Jr. was able to put away Ren Narita with a Zack Driver, then pinned him for the one, two, three. Zack Saber Jr. still your IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. And then with that being said and done, we now know what we’re getting at King of Pro Wrestling on October 13th as Zack Saber Jr. will defend the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against G1 Climax 35 winner Kenoske Teesha. That should be a lot of fun. That should be a lot of fun. Looking forward to that match. Should be really good. But yeah, Destruction and Coobe pretty decent show. I won’t say that it was excellent or anything, but pretty decent show. So, you know, coming off a a good weekend of pro wrestling. So, hey, I can’t complain. Although I have to be honest and you know I’ll do a preview of this probably in a day or so, but I have to say they announced the full card to uh historic crossover 3. Not as not as hyped as I thought I was going to be, but I’ll get to there eventually. But just my initial thought, wasn’t really feeling the card, but once I do the preview for it, I’ll probably be a little more invested in it. Um, I still haven’t seen anything about like is it a pay-per-view? Will it be on um New Japan World? Like they haven’t really they haven’t really specified. So, we’ll see. We’ll see what happens. But anyway, um Oh, couple of other things as well. So, so Sia Kamatani is once again a double champion as she ended up dethroning Azumi of the NJPW Strong Women Women’s Championship, which Azumi ended up losing on the second defense. Also, shout out to Hanaco, who became the new future stardom champion. To be honest, this has got me thinking. Okay, now remember the last NJPW Strong event of this year was Resurgence back in May, which was where Ozami won the NJPW Strong Women’s Championship. To be honest, y’all, I got a feeling that that strong women’s championship might get unified with one of the stardom belts, like probably the red belt. Cuz my thing is there hasn’t been any word or any mention of any future NJPW Strong events coming up. I mean, usually, I mean, it’s about to be October in a few days. Usually, they at least have Battle in the Valley announced, which is usually the show that they kick off um in the new year uh in California, but no announcement on that. And it’s like my thing is you got two women’s championships under the New Japan banner with the New Japan Strong Women’s Championship and the IWGP Women’s Championship, which honestly I just I don’t really know what what they’re going to do because I figured the whole idea was one was going to be mainly in Japan and The other was going to be mostly like overseas feature, but I’m not even so sure if we’re going to have any more NJPW strong events. Don’t know. But for now, Saiia Kamatani is a double champion again. And then apparently Siri uh has plans to defend the IWGP Women’s Championship overseas before she gives Sherry her opportunity. No word on who her opponent will be. Some are thinking maybe AEW and maybe she defends against Athena or somebody off AEW or she could go to RevP Pro, she could go to CMLL. I mean, there’s options, but it hasn’t been revealed yet, but opens up the door for speculation. Um, also, you know, not only that, but the injuries been piling up. Um, Azim is going to be missing some time. Saki Kashima is going to be absent again. Um, unfortunately, Koki Amare got injured again. Fractured clavicle. So, there’s no telling when she’ll be able to return, which I’m sure she’s going to she’s probably going to have to get surgery this time, but hopefully she can return ASAP. But yeah, just it just seems like injuries are piling up, you know. So, speedy recovery. But anyway, that’s all I got. Um, like I said, there’s a lot to look forward to coming up and as they continue to finalize the cards for these other shows, plan on previewing them. So, should be good. But anyway, that’s all I got for this video. Let me know what y’all’s thoughts were on the three shows that I reviewed. Um, NXT No Mercy 2025, Miyuki Taka’s 8th Anniversary Show, New Japan’s Destruction, and Coobe. Let me know what your thoughts were on those shows. And don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe, hit that notification bell while you’re at it. Thank you so much for watching. Hope you enjoyed the video. for another Pro Wrestling Talk brought to you by Blitz Ball Champ Gaming here on the YouTube to the tube. My name is Jason Ingram. Hope everybody has a blessed start to the week and I’ll see y’all in the next video and our live stream later.
