NJPW reveals Konosuke Takeshita’s opponent, finalizes Fighting Spirit Unleashed card

An AEW title will be defended on Friday’s NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed pay-per-view.

As previously announced, Konosuke Takeshita is bringing the AEW International Championship to Lowell, Massachusetts this Friday, and now NJPW has revealed the challenger — It will be TJP challenging Takeshita for the International title on Friday’s show.

Fighting Spirit Unleashed streams on NJPW World this Friday, November 8 at 7 p.m. Eastern time. The pre-show streams live on NJPW’s digital media channels at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time.

The finalized card:

  • NJPW Strong Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd defends against Kosei Fujita
  • AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita defends against TJP
  • Zack Sabre Jr. & Bad Dude Tito vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Shota Umino
  • KENTA vs. Ryohei Oiwa
  • Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji vs Mike Bennett & Matt Taven
  • NJPW Strong Women’s Championship number one contender’s match: Anna Jay vs. Trish Adora vs. Hazuki vs. Koguma
  • 2 out of 3 falls: Fred Rosser & Tom Lawlor vs. Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs
  • Mustafa Ali vs. Lio Rush
  • NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste defend against James Drake & Zack Gibson
  • David Finlay vs. Kevin Knight
  • Pre-show match: Matt Vandagriff vs. Seabass Finn

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Ethan Renner
Ethan Renner

An F4WOnline Editor since 2019, Ethan has been covering wrestling and MMA since 2011. He has hosted The Wrestling Life Podcast since 2014, and is a former Baltimore Sun TV/Tribune Media contributor. He is also a Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles fan.