Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2021)

Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2021) was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It was the fourth event held under the Fighting Spirit Unleashed name.

Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2021)
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Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Brand	NJPW Strong
Date	August 16, 2021 (Aired September 18, 2021)
City	Long Beach, California
Venue	Thunder Studios
Attendance	144[1]
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The event was a taping of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America (NJoA)'s weekly show, NJPW Strong.^[2] It consisted of three different episodes taped on the same day and in front of the same audience at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California on August 16, 2021. The episodes would begin airing from September 18.

Storylines

Fighting Spirit Unleashed featured professional wrestling matches on each show that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.^[3]

Results

Event 1

No.	Results[4]	Stipulations	Times[1]
1	Tomohiro Ishii defeated Alex Coughlin	Singles match	9:13
2	Clark Connors, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Karl Fredericks defeated Stray Dog Army (Barrett Brown, Bateman and Misterioso)	Six-man tag team match	13:33
3	Hikuleo defeated Juice Robinson	Tables match	9:57

Event 2

No.	Results[5]	Stipulations	Times[6]
1	Yuji Nagata and Yuya Uemura defeated Kevin Knight and The DKC	Tag team match	9:27
2	Jay White defeated Wheeler Yuta	Singles match	11:29
3	Ren Narita defeated Fred Rosser	Singles match	15:11

Event 3

No.	Results[7]	Stipulations	Times[8]
1	J. R. Kratos defeated Fred Yehi	Singles match	9:13
2	Chris Dickinson defeated Royce Isaacs	Singles match	11:08
3	Tom Lawlor (c) (with J. R. Kratos) defeated Lio Rush	Singles match for the Strong Openweight Championship	16:19
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match