Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2019)

Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2019)
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateSeptember 27-29, 2019
CityLowell, Massachusetts
New York City, New York
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
VenueLowell Memorial Auditorium
Hammerstein Ballroom
2300 Arena
Attendance2,130[1] (Lowell)
1,776[2] (New York)
1,030[3] (Philadelphia)
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Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2019) was a professional wrestling three-event tour promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The three events took place from September 27 to 29, 2019 at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts, the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York and the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the second event held under the Fighting Spirit Unleashed branch.

Production

Background

On July 6, 2019, during the opening night of the G1 Climax tournament, NJPW announced their return to the United States to host a 2019 edition of Fighting Spirit Unleashed, a three-event tour across the East Coast of the United States at the end of September. The cities hosting the three events were announced by NJPW as Lowell, New York City and Philadelphia. Tickets went on sale on July 26.[4]

The New York event was streamed live worldwide on NJPW's streaming service, NJPW World, with Japanese commentary. The Lowell and Philadelphia events were later made available for on demand viewing.

Storylines

Fighting Spirit Unleashed featured seven to eight professional wrestling matches in 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.[5]

Results

Night 1 (Lowell)

No.Results[1][6]StipulationsTimes
1Karl Fredericks defeated Alex Coughlin by submissionSingles match8:47
2Lance Archer defeated Ren NaritaSingles match7:23
3Juice Robinson and Mikey Nicholls defeated TJP and Clark ConnorsTag team match8:04
4Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Jado) defeated The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson)Tag team match9:10
5Tomohiro Ishii and Amazing Red defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Shingo Takagi and Bushi)Tag team match8:48
6Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi and Rocky Romero) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Kenta and Gedo) by submissionSix-man tag team match12:28
7Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) (c) defeated Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh)Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship16:43
8Kazuchika Okada, Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada, Evil and Tetsuya Naito)Six-man tag team match20:26
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Night 2 (New York)

No.Results[2][7]StipulationsTimes
1TJP defeated Ren Narita by submissionSingles match8:48
2Lance Archer defeated Karl FredericksSingles match7:37
3Juice Robinson and Mikey Nicholls defeated Clark Connors and Alex CoughlinTag team match8:29
4Bullet Club (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Jado) defeated Roppongi 3K (Rocky Romero, Sho and Yoh)Six-man tag team match10:46
5Hiroshi Tanahashi and The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi and Bushi)Six-man tag team match10:19
6Chaos (Hirooki Goto and Tomohiro Ishii) and Amazing Red defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Chase Owens and Gedo)Six-man tag team match12:02
7Kenta (c) defeated Yoshi-HashiSingles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship25:04
8Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada and Evil) defeated Kazuchika Okada and Kota IbushiTag team match18:46
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Night 3 (Philadelphia)

No.Results[3][8]StipulationsTimes
1Rocky Romero defeated Clark Connors by submissionSingles match9:03
2Mikey Nicholls defeated Karl FredericksSingles match10:00
3Lance Archer defeated Alex CoughlinSingles match8:25
4Amazing Red defeated Ren NaritaSingles match8:57
5Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito, Sanada and Shingo Takagi) defeated Juice Robinson and Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) by submissionSix-man tag team match11:45
6Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil and Bushi) defeated Kota Ibushi and TJPTag team match11:23
7Hiroshi Tanahashi, Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi) and The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Kenta, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Chase Owens and Gedo)Twelve-man tag team elimination match22:20

References

  1. ^ a b "Fighting Spirit Unleashed". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Fighting Spirit Unleashed". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Fighting Spirit Unleashed". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  4. ^ "NJPW storms the US east coast this September for Fighting Spirit Unleashed!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. July 6, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  5. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  6. ^ Collings, Jesse (September 28, 2019). "NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed results: East Coast tour begins". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  7. ^ Renner, Ethan (September 28, 2019). "NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed NYC live results: Okada & Ibushi team up". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  8. ^ West, Danny (September 30, 2019). "NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed Philly results: Elimination tag match". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved November 20, 2019.