On November 8th, 2024 NJPW aired Fighting Spirit Unleashed live in Lowell Massachusetts inside Lowell Memorial Auditorium & can watch it on NJPW World or TrillerTV.
Note: This review will be shorter then normal as it be the last few mins of the match.
Strong Survivor Match
Matt Vandagriff vs. Seabass Finn (Pre Show)
Match ends when Matt Vandagriff drills Seabass Finn to the mat with Bloody Sunday for the win.
Winner: Matt Vandagriff (5:31)
Rate: 6
Champion vs. Champion Match
Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Kevin Knight vs. Global Champion David Finlay
Kevin Knight hits Sky High then a tornado DDT for a near fall.
David Finlay hits a Buckle Bomb then a standing powerbomb for a near fall.
Finlay then hits Overkill for the win.
Winner: Global Champion David Finlay (9:29)
Rate: 6
Strong Openweight Tag Team Titles Match
TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) (c) vs. Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson)
TMDK hits Tankbuster on Zack Gibson for a near fall. Haste’s knee buckled coming off the ropes. Drake choked Haste with his towel. Gibson hits Grit Your Teeth on Haste for the win.
Winners & New Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions: Grizzled Young Veterans (9:56) (NEW CHAMPIONS!!!)
Rate: 7
Lio Rush vs. Mustafa Ali
Mustafa Ali missed a top rope 450 Splash.
Lio Rush hits a 2nd rope frog splash to the back then a top rope Final Hour for the win.
Winner: Lio Rush (10:08)
Rate: 6
Tag Team 3 Stages Of Hell Match
West Coast Wrecking Crew (Royce Issacs & Jorel Nelson) vs. Dirty Work (Tom Lawlor & Fred Rosser)
1st Stage Tables Match
Fred Rosser hits a low blow kick on Royce Issacs.
Rosser hits a back suplex on the ring apron on Jorel Nelson then one on the floor on Isaacs.
Lawlor leapt off the stage and crashed onto Nelson on the table to win the 1st fall.
Winners: Dirty Work (1-0)
2nd Stage Submission Match
Rosser hits a top rope superplex on Nelson and he applied a hammerlock move.
Isaacs tied up Rosser in a crossface as Lawlor tried to make the save but Rosser passed out.
Winners: West Coast Wrecking Crew (1-1)
3rd Stage Last Man Standing Strap Match
Issacs stomped on Rosser before Nelson hits Rosser across the back with a chair.
They hit a Spike Piledriver on Rosser and the ref began counting.
The ref reached the 10 count to end the match
Winners: West Coast Wrecking Crew (15:33) (2-1)
Rate: 7
Strong Women’s Title #1 Contenders Fatal 4 Way Match
Anna Jay vs. Hazuki vs. Koguma vs. Trish Adora
Trish Adora hits a low bridge German suplex from her knees then a German suplex with a bridge for a near fall on Hazuki. Hazuki got a Magistral Cradle for the win.
Winner & #1 Contender To The Strong Women’s Title: Hazuki (8:57)
Rate: 6
Tag Team Match
Los Ingobernables De Japon (NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji) vs. Undisputed Kingdom (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven)
Yota Tsuji hits a Curb Stomp on Mike Bennett for a near fall.
Matt Taven hit an enzuigiri on Shingo Takagi but Takagi hits a Pumping Bomber on Taven.
Tsuji immediately hits Gene Blaster on Bennett for the win.
Winners: Los Ingobernables De Japon (10:55)
Rate: 6
Ryohei Oiwa vs. Kenta
Kenta set up for Go 2 Sleep but Ryohei Oiwa escaped and Oiwa hits a Doctor Bomb for a near fall.
They traded roll ups and Oiwa got the win.
Winner: Ryohei Oiwa (9:26)
Rate: 6
Tag Team Match
TMDK (IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr & Bad Dude Tito) vs. Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii
Bad Dude Tito hits a German suplex on Tomohiro Ishii then a clothesline on Shota Umino for a near fall.
However Umino hits Death Rider on Tito for the win.
Winners: Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii (13:27)
Rate: 6
AEW International Title Match
Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. TJP
TJP hits Hidden Blade then a Mamba Splash for a near fall.
Takeshita counters with a clothesline then hits a modified piledriver.
TJP hits a Thesz Press for a near fall before Takeshita hits a 2nd rope Falcon Arrow for the win.
Winner & Still AEW International Champion: Konosuke Takeshita (14:13) (STILL CHAMPION!!!)
Rate: 7
Strong Openweight Title Match
Gabe Kidd (c) vs. 2024 Super Junior Tag League Winner Kosei Fujita
Kosei Fujita hits another spin kick before Gabe Kidd hits a pop up powerbomb then a running knee for a near fall. Kidd hits a piledriver for another near fall.
Kidd hits a 2nd jumping piledriver for a near fall then Madman Bomb for the win.
Winner & Still Strong Openweight Champion: Gabe Kidd (18:40) (STILL CHAMPION!!!)
Rate: 7
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