NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024 Results – Nov. 8, 2024 – Kosei Fujita vs. Gabe Kidd

November 8, 2024
Lowell, MA – Lowell Memorial Auditorium
English commentary – Walker Stewart and Veda Scott

Quick Match Results

1. Pre-show: Strong Survivor match – Matt Vandagriff defeated Seabass Finn via Bloody Sunday (pinfall 5:31)
   • Following the match, Vandagriff grabbed a microphone and mocked and ran down all the opponents he has had for his Strong Survivor matches. This led to Zane Jay coming out to the ring and confronted Vandagriff. After some banter between the two, Jay issued a challenge for a rematch, which Vandagriff accepted. As Jay was leaving the ring, Vandagriff attacked Jay from behind laying him out.
2. David Finlay defeated Kevin Knight via Overkill (pinfall 9:29)
3. NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship – Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) defeated TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls) (c) via Grit Your Teeth (pinfall 9:56)
   • Gibson pinned Haste after GYV hit their double team finisher for the tag titles victory.
4. Lio Rush defeated Mustafa Ali via Final Hour (pinfall 10:08)
5. Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match – The West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs) defeated Dirty Work (Fred Rosser & “Filthy” Tom Lawlor) , two falls to one falls (15:33)
   • The stipulation for this match was the first fall being held under Tables match rules, the second fall being held under Submission-only rules, and if the match went to a third fall, it would be held under Last Man Standing Strap match rules.
   • Lawlor scored the first fall for Dirty Work after sending Nelson through a table.
   • Isaacs ties the score at one fall each after submitting Rosser with a grapevine sleeper choke for the referee stoppage.
   • WCWC scored the second and decisive fall after hitting a piledriver combination to Rosser for the knockout victory.
   • Following the match, WCWC called out Grizzled Young Veterans and issued a challenge for the NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship, which GYV accepted after coming out to respond.
6. NJPW Strong Women’s Championship #1 Contender’s 4-Way match- Hazuki defeated Anna Jay, Koguma, and Trish Adora via Leaf Moon Stral (pinfall 8:57)
   • Hazuki pinned Adora after hitting her version of a La Magistral for the victory.
   • Following the match, Mercedes Mone came out and confronted Hazuki over Hazuki earning a shot at her IWGP Women’s Championship at NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2024 event. This led to a brawl breaking out that ended with Mone laying out Hazuki and standing posing with her belt.
7. Los Ingobernables De Japon (Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji) defeated Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) via Gene Blaster (pinfall 10:55)
   • Tsuji pinned Bennett after hitting the Gene Blaster to give LIJ the victory.
   • Following the match, LIJ’s victory celebration was cut short by the lights going out and a video airing featuring a mysterious person. When the lights came back on, this mysterious person was revealed to be Jack Perry who attacked Tsuji laying him out. Perry then issued a challenge to Tsuji for a match at Wrestle Dynasty. This led to Takagi chasing Perry out of the ring.
8. Ryohei Oiwa defeated KENTA via Roll-up (pinfall 9:26)
9. Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino defeated TMDK (Bad Dude Tito & Zack Sabre Jr.) via Death Rider (pinfall 13:27)
   • Umino pinned Tito after hitting a Death Rider to give his team the victory.
   • Following the match, Umino and Ishii’s victory celebration was interrupted by a video airing on the big screen revealing Jon Moxley. Moxley stated his disappointment in Umino and vowed to make him the champion he always wanted Umino can be. Moxley then stated that he would be sending an emissary for Umino to face at Wrestle Dynasty. After the video ended, Umino grabbed a microphone and accepted Moxley’s match challenge. Umino then denounced his association with Moxley to the roaring approval by the crowd.
10. AEW International Championship – Konosuke Takeshita (c) defeated TJP via Avalanche Falcon Arrow (pinfall 14:13)
    • Following the match, Takeshita grabbed a microphone and talked about the lack of challengers stepping up to him for Wrestle Dynasty. This led to Shingo Takagi coming out to accept the challenge but stated that this match should take place at Wrestle Kingdom 19 instead. This led to Tomohiro Ishii coming out and also wanted to be involved in the match at Wrestle Kingdom 19.
11. NJPW Strong Openweight Championship – Gabe Kidd (c) defeated Kosei Fujita via Madman Bomb (pinfall 18:40)
    • Following the match, Kidd attacked Fujita and attempted to hit another Madman Bomb only for Ryohei Oiwa to run out and saved Fujita. This led to KENTA running out to try to even the odds and take out Oiwa only to fail in the end. Oiwa then grabbed a microphone and challenged Kidd to a match for his NJPW Strong Openweight Championship.