NJPW Burning Spirit

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Burning Spirit
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Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateSeptember 25, 2022
City Kobe, Japan
Venue World Memorial Hall
Attendance3,150
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Burning Spirit was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on September 25, 2022, in Kobe, Japan at World Memorial Hall.

Contents

Storylines

Burning Spirit featured nine professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. [1]

Results

No.Results [2] [3] StipulationsTimes
1 Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi, Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Bullet Club (Kenta, El Phantasmo and Hikuleo) by pinfall Six-man tag team match 8:43
2 Toru Yano vs. Doc Gallows ended in a double countout Singles match 3:45
3 United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb) defeated General's Jewel (Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens) by pinfall Tag team match 7:57
4 Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito and Sanada) by pinfall Tag team match 9:32
5 TMDK (Jonah, Shane Haste and Bad Dude Tito) defeated Kazuchika Okada and Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) by pinfall Six-man tag team match 12:09
6 Bullet Club (Jay White and Taiji Ishimori) defeated Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Jado [lower-alpha 1] ) by submission Tag team match 10:39
7 United Empire (Francesco Akira and TJP) (c) defeated Six or Nine (Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato) by pinfall Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship 12:43
8 Karl Anderson (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi by pinfall Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship 13:37
9 Will Ospreay (c) defeated David Finlay by pinfall Singles match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship 28:22
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Notes

  1. Kushida was initially scheduled to team up with Tonga but later pulled out due to suffering hand, foot, and mouth disease.

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