Eita showed up and beat down Hiromu. It was advertised that Hiromu Takahashi would be defending the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against Eita. It was then decided that Ishimori and Takahashi’s singles bout at NJPW Destruction in Kobe would be for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title. Post-match, Takahashi showed respect to Ishimori and handed him the GHC Junior Title, which Ishimori’s held three times in the past. Eita beat Takahashi down and trash-talked him ahead of their title match.