NJPW: Fighting Spirit Unleashed Update, Super J-Cup Finals Results, Young Lion’s Cup, Yuji Nagata

List of Talent Announced for NJPW’s Fighting Spirit Unleashed U.S. Tour

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the first set of participants for next month’s Fighting Spirit Unleashed tour in the United States. 15 wrestlers have been announced at the moment for the three-day tour taking place from September 27-29 in Lowell, New York City, and Philadelphia.

• Hiroshi Tanahashi
• Kota Ibushi
• Kazuchika Okada (Lowell and New York City only)
• Tomohiro Ishii
• Hirooki Goto
• YOSHI-HASHI
• Tetsuya Naito
• EVIL
• SANADA
• Shingo Takagi
• BUSHI
• Jay White
• Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)
• KENTA

NJPW Super J-Cup 2019 Finals Results

NJPW Super J-Cup 2019 tournament Semi-finals quick match results:

• Super J-Cup 2019 Semi-finals match – Dragon Lee defeated Carístico via pinfall (11:10)
• Super J-Cup 2019 Semi-finals match – El Phantasmo defeated Will Ospreay via pinfall (11:25)

El Phantasmo was crowned as the tournament’s victor after defeating Dragon Lee in the Finals. The finish saw El Phantasmo hit the CR2 onto Lee resulting in a pinfall victory in a match that lasted over twenty-five minutes.

NJPW Announced Participants for This Year’s Young Lion’s Cup Tournament

NJPW announced the entire list of competitors for this year’s Young Lion’s Cup tournament, which takes place from September 4th to September 22nd as part of the Road to Destruction 2019 tour.

Full list of competitors:

• Clark Connors
• Karl Fredericks
• Alex Coughlin
• Shota Umino
• Ren Narita
• Yota Tsuji
• Yuya Uemura
• Michael Richards

NJPW Holding Special Yuji Nagata Anniversary Event This September

NJPW also recently announced that they will be holding a special event on September 8th to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Yuji Nagata’s wrestling career.

This event is called Blue Justice 9 and will air live on New Japan World.

The event’s card features an Ten-man tag team match of Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi, & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Bad Luck Fale, Guerrillas of Destiny, Yujiro Takahashi, & Jado.