NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed Results (11/8): Zack Sabre Jr, Konosuke Takeshita, More

On November 8, New Japan Pro-Wrestling presented NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed from the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts. Zack Sabre Jr., Konosuke Takeshita, and other stars competed at the show.

The results are as follows:

Kickoff Show: Matt Vandagriff def. Seabass Finn in a STRONG Survivor Match
David Finlay def. Kevin Knight
NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship: Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) def. TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) (c) to win the titles.
Lio Rush def. Mustafa Ali
Best 2-Out-Of-Three-Falls Match: West Coast Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson) def. Dirty Work (Tom Lawlor & Fred Rosser) (1-0 Dirty Work)
- Dirty Work won the first fall, a Tables Match, when Lawlor put Isaacs through a table.
- West Coast Wrecking Crew scored the win in the second fall. Rosser got busted wide open, and he was covered in blood. Isaacs choked him out, and the referee called for the bell.
- West Coast Wrecking Crew won the third fall, Strap Match, when Rosser failed to answer the referee’s ten count.
West Coast Wrecking Crew called out Grizzled Young Veterans after the match. They came to the stage, but Nelson’s microphone wasn’t working. He got a working microphone and challenged Grizzled Young Veterans to a match at Strong Style Evolved. Grizzled Young Veterans seemingly accepted.
NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion Mercedes Moné appeared in a taped message and hyped up the Number One Contender’s Match.
Number One Contender’s Match For NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship: Hazuki def, Trish Adora, Anna Jay, and Koguma to score the win.
NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion Mercedes Moné came to the ring and cut a promo. They brawled, and Moné hit a backbreaker. The champion stood tall.
Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji def. Undisputed Kingdom (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven)
A video message played, and someone was hammering some metal. The video showed a picture of Tsuji, but the identity of the person was not shown. Jack Perry then attacked Tsuji from behind. Perry hit Tsuji with a running knee and grabbed a microphone. Perry grabbed a microphone and said that he put aside a special day for Tsuji. He challenged Tsuji to a match at NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty. He went to keep attacking Tsuji, but Takagi made the save.
Ryohei Oiwa def. KENTA via roll-up.
Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii def. TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. & Bad Dude Tito).
- Umino posed with Sabre Jr.’s IWGP World Heavyweight Championship after the match and handed it to him.
AEW World Champion Jon Moxley appeared in a video message and said that Shota Umino made a mistake, as someone got in his head. Moxley said that he would send an emissary to the Tokyo Dome, and they will continue to mold him into the champion that he knew he could be. Umino responded and told him to bring someone to Tokyo Dome, as he would fight them. Umino said, “F*ck you, Jon Moxley.”
AEW International Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (c) def. TJP
In a post-match promo, Takeshita hyped himself up and said that he would defend the title at the Tokyo Dome. He asked, “Who’s next?” NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi came out and confronted Takeshita as he accepted the challenge. Tomohiro Ishii came out and pointed at both of them before he walked away.
NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship: Gabe Kidd (c) def. Kosei Fujita
Kidd attacked Fujita after the bell, but Ryohei Oiwa made the save. KENTA ran in and attacked Oiwa from behind. Kidd and KENTA ganged up on the duo. Oiwa rallied and fought them off. Oiwa grabbed a microphone and sent Kidd a message, as he challenged him to a title match.