Power Struggle (2021)

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Power Struggle
Power Struggle 2021 poster.jpg
Promotional art work of the event
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateNovember 6, 2021
City Osaka, Japan
Venue Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
Attendance2,367 [1]
Event chronology
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G1 Climax 31
Road to Power Struggle
Next 
World Tag League/Best of the Super Jr. 28
Battle in the Valley
Power Struggle chronology
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2020
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2023

Power Struggle was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. It took place on November 6, 2021, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. It was the eleventh event under the Power Struggle chronology.

Contents

Storylines

Other on-screen personnel
Role:Name:
English Commentators Kevin Kelly
Chris Charlton
Rocky Romero
Japanese CommentatorsShinpei Nogami
Milano Collection A.T.
Katsuhiko Kanazawa
Kazuyoshi Sakai
Togi Makabe
Miki Motoi
Jushin Thunder Liger
Masahiro Chono
Ring announcers Makoto Abe
Kimihiko Ozaki
Referees Kenta Sato
Marty Asami
Red Shoes Unno

Power Struggle featured 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. [2]

Results

No.Results [3] [4] [5] [6] StipulationsTimes [1]
1 Suzuki-gun (Douki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa by submission Tag team match 4:33
2 Bullet Club (Tanga Loa, Jado & Gedo) defeated Tiger Mask and Great Bash Heel (Tomoaki Honma and Togi Makabe) Six-man tag team match 5:07
3 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Hiromu Takahashi, Bushi and Sanada) defeated Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi and Yuji Nagata Six-man tag team match 7:05
4 House of Torture [ broken anchor ] (Sho, Yujiro Takahashi and Evil) (with Dick Togo) defeated Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi, Tomohiro Ishii and Hirooki Goto) (c) Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship 13:46
5 Toru Yano (c) defeated Great-O-Khan Amateur Rules match for the provisional KOPW 2021 Trophy [7] 6:00
6 El Desperado defeated Robbie Eagles (c) by submission Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 18:20
7 Kenta defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) Singles match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship 23:44
8 Kazuchika Okada (certificate holder) defeated Tama Tonga (with Jado) Singles match for the Tokyo Dome IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate 25:13
9 Shingo Takagi (c) defeated Zack Sabre Jr. Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship 30:27
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

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