Fighting Spirit Unleashed Explained
Fighting Spirit Unleashed is a series of professional wrestling events produced annually in September by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, in the United States. NJPW first produced the event in 2018 and has since produced four editions, with the 2019 having been held as a three-event tour in Lowell, Massachusetts, New York City, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from September 27 to 29, 2019 and the most recent being held in closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic from September 4 to September 11, 2020.[1] [2]
Events
| Event | Date | City | Venue | Attendance | Main event | Ref. |
|---|
| 1 | Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2018) | | Long Beach, California | Walter Pyramid | 3,007 | Golden☆Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) vs. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii) | [3] |
| 2 | Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2019) | | Lowell, Massachusetts | Lowell Memorial Auditorium | 2,130 | Kazuchika Okada, Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada, Evil and Tetsuya Naito) | [4] |
| New York City, New York | Hammerstein Ballroom | 1,776 | Kazuchika Okada and Kota Ibushi vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada and Evil) | [5] |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2300 Arena | 1,030 | Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshi-Hashi, Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson vs. Bullet Club (Jay White, Kenta, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Chase Owens and Gedo) in a twelve-man tag team elimination match | [6] |
| 3 | Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2020) | | Port Hueneme, California | Oceanview Pavilion | 0 | Flip Gordon vs. Jay White | [7] |
| Kenta vs. Jeff Cobb for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate |
| 4 | Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2021) | | Long Beach, California | Thunder Studios | 144 | Juice Robinson vs. Hikuleo in a tables match | [8] [9] |
| Fred Rosser vs. Ren Narita |
| Tom Lawlor (c) vs. Lio Rush for the Strong Openweight Championship |
| 5 | Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2022) | | Los Angeles, California | The Vermont Hollywood | 287 | Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) (c) vs. West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson and Royce Isaacs) for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship | [10] |
| Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Hikuleo, Jay White and Juice Robinson) (with Taiji Ishimori) vs. Kushida and Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) and Taylor Rust |
| Taiji Ishimori vs. Alan Angels |
| Fred Rosser (c) vs. TJP for the Strong Openweight Championship |
| 6 | Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2023) | | Las Vegas, Nevada | Sam's Town Live | 801 | Tama Tonga (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the NEVER Openweight Championship | [11] [12] | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: NJPW storms the US east coast this September for Fighting Spirit Unleashed!. New Japan Pro-Wrestling. July 6, 2019. August 31, 2019.
- Web site: 2020.09.04 FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED. New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Bushiroad. September 4, 2020. September 6, 2020.
- Web site: Fighting Spirit Unleashed . . September 25, 2019.
- Web site: Fighting Spirit Unleashed . . September 25, 2019.
- Web site: Fighting Spirit Unleashed . . September 25, 2019.
- Web site: Fighting Spirit Unleashed . . September 25, 2019.
- Web site: Major matches lined up For Fighting Spirit Unleashed on NJPW STRONG! 【NJoA】 . . August 28, 2020 . NJPW1972.com . August 31, 2020.
- Web site: ON SALE NOW: Fans come to STRONG for Fighting Spirit Unleashed! 【NJoA】. . June 30, 2021 . NJPW1972.com . July 1, 2021.
- Web site: NJPW Strong – 16 August 2021 – Results. socaluncensored.com. Steve. Bryant. August 17, 2021. August 17, 2021.
- Web site: FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED. . August 10, 2022. October 29, 2023.
- Web site: Fighting Spirit Unleashed comes to Vegas October 28! 【NJoA】. njpw1972.com. NJPW. September 7, 2023. October 1, 2023.
- Web site: NJPW Strong Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2023. thesmackdownhotel.com. TheSmackDownHotel. October 1, 2023.
