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Strong Openweight title match set for NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed

Posted on by Joseph Currier

TMDK will attempt to add more goal to its ranks next month at NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024.

After Monday’s King of Pro Wrestling event, TMDK member Kosei Fujita cut a backstage promo answering Gabe Kidd’s Strong Openweight Championship challenge for Fighting Spirit Unleashed. NJPW has not formally announced the match yet, but Kidd posted a tweet accepting Fujita’s challenge.

Kidd won the Strong Openweight Championship from Eddie Kingston this May and has made successful title defenses against Ultimo Guerrero, Lio Rush, and Anthony Henry.

TMDK’s Zack Sabre Jr. became the new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion on Monday by defeating Tetsuya Naito in the main event of King of Pro Wrestling. Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste — who also hold the Strong Openweight Tag Team titles — retained their IWGP Tag Team title belts at the show with a victory over Bad Luck Fale & Caveman Ugg.

The Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts is hosting Fighting Spirit Unleashed on Friday, November 8. Here’s what’s set for the show so far:

  • NJPW Strong Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd defends against Kosei Fujita
  • Four-way number one contender’s match: Anna Jay vs. TBD vs. TBD vs. TBD (winner gets next shot at NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone)

NJPW announces Fighting Spirit Unleashed date and location

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The seventh annual Fighting Spirit Unleashed event will be held in November, NJPW announced Thursday.

The promotion revealed that Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024 is set for Friday, November 8 in Lowell, Massachusetts at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium.

Tickets for the show will go on sale Friday, September 5 at noon Eastern time with prices ranging from $25 to $300.

No talent has been announced for the card to this point.

The event will mark NJPW’s return to Lowell for the first time since 2019, when one of the three nights of Fighting Spirit Unleashed held that year came in the same building. That show was headlined by Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, and SANADA.

The 2023 edition of Fighting Spirit Unleashed was held at Sam’s Town in Las Vegas, with Shingo Takagi defeating Tama Tonga for the NEVER Openweight Championship in the main event.