NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed notes: Joey Janela, Satoshi Kojima

Here are notes from Saturday’s NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed event in Las Vegas.

A video aired during the show of someone in a bar throwing darts, with the target on the dart board being Toru Yano. That person soon revealed himself to be none other than GCW star Joey Janela. He was announced as coming to NJPW”s Lonestar Shootout event in Dallas, Texas on November 10.

Satoshi Kojima won a four-way match at Fighting Spirit Unleashed to become the new number one contender for the Strong Openweight Championship in a match that also involved Fred Rosser, Jeff Cobb, and Alex Coughlin. That sets him up for a match against Eddie Kingston, who retained the title Saturday against Aaron Henare.

In a tag team match, CMLL’s Stephanie Vaquer and Zeuxis defeated Lluvia and Johnnie Robbie. Vaquer then challenged for the IWGP Women’s Championship, which is currently held by Mayu Iwatani, for Lonestar Shootout. Vaquer made an appearance earlier this year in NJPW, losing to Mercedes Mone.

Giulia successfully defended the New Japan Strong Women’s Championship against Hyan. During her backstage interview, Trish Adora confronted Giulia.

In the main event of Saturday’s show, Shingo Takagi defeated Tama Tonga to win the NEVER Openweight title.