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Fighting Spirit Unleashed is a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event was established in 2018 and is part of NJPW shows promoted in the United States. The event is also aired internationally in the NJPW's worldwide internet streaming site, NJPW World.

Initially the Fighting Spirit Unleashed was held on a single event, but was turned into a tour in 2019. The event usually is held in September between the Destruction and King of Pro-Wrestling. Since 2020, the event became part of the NJPW Strong series.

Events[]

# Event Date City Venue Attendance Main event
1 Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2018) September 30, 2019 Long Beach, California, U.S. Walter Pyramid 3,007 Golden☆Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) versus CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii)
2 Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2019) September 27, 2019 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Lowell Memorial Auditorium 2,130 Kazuchika OkadaHiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi versus Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya NaitoEVIL and SANADA)
3 September 28, 2019 New York City, New York, U.S. Hammerstein Ballroom 1,776 Kazuchika Okada and Kota Ibushi versus Los Ingobernables de Japón (EVIL and SANADA)
4 September 29, 2019 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. 2300 Arena 1,030 Hiroshi TanahashiHirooki GotoTomohiro IshiiYoshi-Hashi, Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson versus Bullet Club (Jay WhiteKENTATama TongaTanga LoaChase Owens and Gedo)
5 Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2020) September 4, 2020 Port Hueneme, California, U.S. Oceanville Pavillion 0[Note 1] Jay White versus Flip Gordon
6 September 11, 2020 KENTA versus Jeff Cobb for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate
7 Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2021) September 18, 2021 Long Beach, California, U.S. Thunder Studios 144 Tom Lawlor (c) versus Lio Rush for the Strong Openweight Championship
8 Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2022) August 21, 2022 Los Angeles, California, U.S. The Vermont 287 Fred Rosser (c) versus TJP for the Strong Openweight Championship
9 Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2023) October 28, 2023 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Sam's Town Live 801 Tama Tonga (c) versus Shingo Takagi for the NEVER Openweight Championship

Footnotes[]

  1. The event was held behind closed doors without a live audience due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States.

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