NJPW will be holding their Destruction In Ryogoku Event on Monday, October 9th at Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan and it was announced that reigning NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomohiro Ishii will be defending their NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles against IMPACT World Champion Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin and Josh Alexander in the show's main event.
The challenge was issued this past September 9 after Okada, Tanahashi and Ishii successfully retained their titles over Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tiger Mask and Togi Makabe at the promotion's Road To Destruction Night 2 Event in Tokyo and the match was made official after Tanahashi called on IMPACT to send three of their best wrestlers to challenge for the titles as he wanted revenge after losing to Alex Shelley at IMPACT and NJPW's Multiverse United II on August 20.