Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2020)
{{short description|Professional wrestling event tour}}
{{Infobox professional wrestling event
|name = Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2020)
|image = FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED 2020.jpg
|caption =
|alt =
|promotion = New Japan Pro-Wrestling
|brand = NJPW Strong
|date = September 4–11, 2020
|city = Port Hueneme, California
|venue = Oceanview Pavilion
|attendance = 0{{efn|Held without fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic.}}
|liveevent = Y
|lastevent = Summer Struggle in Jingu
|nextevent = Lion's Break Crown
Power Struggle
|event = New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America event
|lastevent2 = First
|nextevent2 = NJPW Resurgence
|event3 = Fighting Spirit Unleashed
|lastevent4 = 2019
|nextevent4 = 2021
}}
Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2020) was a two-week professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The two events took place from September 4 to 11, 2020 at the Oceanview Pavilion in Port Hueneme, California.
It was the third event held under the Fighting Spirit Unleashed name, and was a taping for New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America (NJoA)'s weekly streaming show, NJPW Strong.
Storylines
Fighting Spirit Unleashed featured professional wrestling matches on each show that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.{{cite web | url = http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm | title = How Pro Wrestling Works | last=Grabianowski | first=Ed | accessdate=October 9, 2017 | work=HowStuffWorks, Inc. | publisher=Discovery Communications}}
Results
{{Pro Wrestling results table
|caption = Week 1 (Strong, September 4)
|results = {{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|accessdate=September 6, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2020/09/njpw-new-japan-road-and-fighting-spirit-unleashed-results-674438/|title=NJPW New Japan Road And Fighting Spirit Unleashed Results: Jay White Vs. Flip Gordon, Tag Tournament|work=wrestlinginc.com|first=Joshua|last=Gagnon|date=September 5, 2020|access-date=April 5, 2024}}
|match1 = Alex Zayne and Fred Rosser defeated The DKC and Clark Connors
|stip1 = Tag team match
|time1 = 7:37
|match2 = Karl Fredericks defeated Misterioso
|stip2 = Singles match
|time2 = 6:37
|match3 = Hikuleo defeated Brody King
|stip3 = Singles match
|time3 = 7:35
|match4 = Jay White defeated Flip Gordon
|stip4 = Singles match
|time4 = 10:22
}}
{{Pro Wrestling results table
|caption = Week 2 (Strong, September 11)
|match1 = TJP and A. C. H. defeated Adrian Quest and Logan Riegel
|stip1 = Tag team match
|time1 = 9:23
|match2 = Rocky Romero defeated Danny Limelight by submission
|stip2 = Singles match
|time2 = 8:12
|match3 = Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) defeated David Finlay and P. J. Black
|stip3 = Tag team match
|time3 = 9:24
|match4 = Kenta (c) defeated Jeff Cobb
|stip4 = Singles match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate
|time4 =17:57
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
Notes
{{notelist}}
External links
- [https://www.njpw1972.com/ Official New Japan Pro-Wrestling website]
{{2020 NJPW events}}
{{New Japan Pro Wrestling events}}
Category:New Japan Pro-Wrestling shows
Category:2020 in professional wrestling
Category:September 2020 in the United States
Category:Professional wrestling shows in California