Fighting Spirit Unleashed

{{short description|New Japan Pro-Wrestling event series}}

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Fighting Spirit Unleashed is an annual series of professional wrestling events 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.njpw1972.com/54723|title=NJPW storms the US east coast this September for Fighting Spirit Unleashed!|publisher=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|date=July 6, 2019|access-date=August 31, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.njpw1972.com/tornament/79781?showResult=1|title=2020.09.04 FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED|work=New Japan Pro-Wrestling|publisher=Bushiroad|date=September 4, 2020|access-date=September 6, 2020}}

Events

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!Event

!Date

!City

!Venue

!Attendance

!Main event

!Ref.

1

|Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2018)

|{{dts|September 30, 2018}}

|Long Beach, California

|Walter Pyramid

|3,007

|Golden☆Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) vs. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii)

|{{cite web |url=https://www.njpw1972.com/tornament/33018 |title=Fighting Spirit Unleashed |publisher=New Japan Pro-Wrestling |access-date=September 25, 2019}}

rowspan="3"|2

|rowspan="3"|Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2019)

|{{dts|September 27, 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)

|{{cite web |url=https://www.njpw1972.com/tornament/56063 |title=Fighting Spirit Unleashed |publisher=New Japan Pro-Wrestling |access-date=September 25, 2019}}

{{dts|September 28, 2019}}

|New York City, New York

|Hammerstein Ballroom

|1,776

|Kazuchika Okada and Kota Ibushi vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada and Evil)

|{{cite web |url=https://www.njpw1972.com/tornament/56140 |title=Fighting Spirit Unleashed |publisher=New Japan Pro-Wrestling |access-date=September 25, 2019}}

{{dts|September 29, 2019}}

|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

|{{cite web |url=https://www.njpw1972.com/tornament/56177 |title=Fighting Spirit Unleashed |publisher=New Japan Pro-Wrestling |access-date=September 25, 2019}}

rowspan="2"|3

|rowspan="2"|Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2020)

|{{dts|September 4, 2020}}{{efn|The event was taped on an unknown date and aired on September 4 and 11 as regular episodes of NJPW Strong.}}

|rowspan="2"|Port Hueneme, California

|rowspan="2"|Oceanview Pavilion

|rowspan="2"|0{{efn|These events were attended only by essential personnel due to the COVID-19 pandemic.}}

|Flip Gordon vs. Jay White

|rowspan="2"|{{cite web |url=https://www.njpw1972.com/79401 |title=Major matches lined up For Fighting Spirit Unleashed on NJPW STRONG! 【NJoA】 |publisher=New Japan Pro-Wrestling |date=August 28, 2020 |website=NJPW1972.com |access-date=August 31, 2020}}

{{dts|September 11, 2020}}

|Kenta vs. Jeff Cobb for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate

rowspan="3"|4

|rowspan="3"|Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2021)

|{{dts|September 18, 2021}}{{efn|The event was taped on August 16 and aired on September 18, 25 and October 2 as regular episodes of NJPW Strong.}}

|rowspan="3"|Long Beach, California

|rowspan="3"|Thunder Studios

|rowspan="3"|144

|Juice Robinson vs. Hikuleo in a tables match

|rowspan="3"|{{cite web |url=https://www.njpw1972.com/98724 |title=ON SALE NOW: Fans come to STRONG for Fighting Spirit Unleashed! 【NJoA】|publisher=New Japan Pro-Wrestling |date=June 30, 2021 |website=NJPW1972.com |access-date=July 1, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://socaluncensored.com/2021/08/17/njpw-strong-16-august-2021-results/|title=NJPW Strong – 16 August 2021 – Results|work=socaluncensored.com|first=Steve|last=Bryant|date=August 17, 2021|access-date=August 17, 2021}}

{{dts|September 25, 2021}}

|Fred Rosser vs. Ren Narita

{{dts|October 2, 2021}}

|Tom Lawlor (c) vs. Lio Rush for the Strong Openweight Championship

rowspan="4"|5

|rowspan="4"|Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2022)

|{{dts|September 10, 2022}}

|rowspan="4"|Los Angeles, California

|rowspan="4"|The Vermont Hollywood

|rowspan="4"|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

|rowspan="4"|{{cite web|url=https://www.njpw1972.com/tornament/132442?showResult=1|title=FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED|publisher=New Japan Pro-Wrestling |date=August 10, 2022|access-date=October 29, 2023}}

{{dts|September 17, 2022}}

|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

{{dts|September 24, 2022}}

|Taiji Ishimori vs. Alan Angels

{{dts|October 1, 2022}}

|Fred Rosser (c) vs. TJP for the Strong Openweight Championship

6

|Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2023)

|{{dts|October 28, 2023}}

|Las Vegas, Nevada

|Sam's Town Live

|801

|Tama Tonga (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the NEVER Openweight Championship

|{{cite web|url=https://www.njpw1972.com/154881|title=Fighting Spirit Unleashed comes to Vegas October 28! 【NJoA】|work=njpw1972.com|author=NJPW|date=September 7, 2023|access-date=October 1, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/events-results/ppv-special/njpw-fighting-spirit-unleashed-2023|title=NJPW Strong Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2023|work=thesmackdownhotel.com|author=TheSmackDownHotel|access-date=October 1, 2023}}

7

|Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2024)

|{{dts|November 8, 2024}}

|Lowell, Massachusetts

|Lowell Memorial Auditorium

|

|Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Kosei Fujita for the Strong Openweight Championship

|{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestlingattitude.com/2024/10/2024-njpw-fighting-spirit-unleashed-updated-fight-card.html|title=2024 NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed Updated Fight Card|work=wrestlingattitude.com|author=Badrose|date=October 22, 2024|access-date=October 30, 2024}}

Notes

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References

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