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

Aug 27, 2019

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.