NJPW Burning Spirit
{{short description|2022 New Japan Pro-Wrestling professional wrestling event}}
{{Infobox Wrestling event
|name=Burning Spirit
|promotion=New Japan Pro-Wrestling
|date=September 25, 2022
|city=Kobe, Japan
|venue=World Memorial Hall
|attendance= 3,150
|liveevent=y
|lastevent=Fighting Spirit Unleashed
|nextevent=Royal Quest II
|image=NJPW_Burning_Spirit_logo.gif|caption=NJPW Burning Spirit logo}}
Burning Spirit was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on September 25, 2022, in Kobe, Japan at World Memorial Hall.
Storylines
Burning Spirit featured nine professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated 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 | access-date=October 9, 2017 | work=HowStuffWorks, Inc. | publisher=Discovery Communications}}
Results
{{Professional wrestling results table
|caption =
|results = {{cite web|title=2022.09.25 Burning Spirit {{!}} New Japan Pro-Wrestling|url=https://www.njpw1972.com/tornament/123838?showResult=1|access-date=2022-08-23|website=NJPW}}{{cite web | url = https://www.f4wonline.com/news/new-japan/three-title-matches-set-for-njpw-burning-spirit-in-kobe | title = Three title matches set for NJPW Burning Spirit in Kobe | last=Currier | first=Joseph | date=August 22, 2022 | access-date=August 23, 2022 | work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter}}
|times =
|match1 = Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi, Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Bullet Club (Kenta, El Phantasmo and Hikuleo) by pinfall
|stip1 = Six-man tag team match
|time1 = 8:43
|match2 = Toru Yano vs. Doc Gallows ended in a double countout
|stip2 = Singles match
|time2 = 3:45
|match3 = United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb) defeated General's Jewel (Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens) by pinfall
|stip3 = Tag team match
|time3 = 7:57
|match4 = Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito and Sanada) by pinfall
|stip4 = Tag team match
|time4 = 9:32
|match5 = TMDK (Jonah, Shane Haste and Bad Dude Tito) defeated Kazuchika Okada and Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) by pinfall
|stip5 = Six-man tag team match
|time5 = 12:09
|match6 = Bullet Club (Jay White and Taiji Ishimori) defeated Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Jado{{efn|Kushida was initially scheduled to team up with Tonga but later pulled out due to suffering hand, foot, and mouth disease.}}) by submission
|stip6 = Tag team match
|time6 = 10:39
|match7 = United Empire (Francesco Akira and TJP) (c) defeated Six or Nine (Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato) by pinfall
|stip7 = Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
|time7 = 12:43
|match8 = Karl Anderson (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi by pinfall
|stip8 = Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
|time8 = 13:37
|match9 = Will Ospreay (c) defeated David Finlay by pinfall
|stip9 = Singles match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
|time9 = 28:22
}}
Notes
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References
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{{2022 NJPW events}}
{{New Japan Pro Wrestling events}}