Shingo Takagi wins NEVER Openweight title at NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed

Shingo Takagi is the new NEVER Openweight Champion.

Takagi defeated Tama Tonga in the main event of Saturday’s NJPW event in Las Vegas, Nevada. Takagi won after pinning Tonga with the Last of the Dragon. This ended Tonga’s run with the title after just 19 days, defeating David Finlay for the title back at Destruction in Ryogoku on October 9.

After the match, Takagi challenged anyone to come out and challenge him. No one did, but as Takagi’s music started to play the arena went dark. A video was then shown of AEW star Trent Baretta challenging Takagi to a match for NJPW’s next event in the US, Lonestar Shootout, on November 10 in Dallas.

Other title matches on the show saw Giulia successfully defend the NJPW Strong Women’s Championship against Hyan and Eddie Kingston defeat Aaron Henare to retain the NJPW Strong Openweight title. In a match featuring the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, SANADA and Yuya Uemura went to a time limit draw against Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi.