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)

|results = {{Cite web|last=NJPW|title=2020.09.11 FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED {{!}} NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING|url=https://www.njpw1972.com/tornament/80190|access-date=2020-09-13|website=NJPW|language=en}}

|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

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Notes

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