Summer Struggle in Sapporo

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Summer Struggle in Sapporo
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJuly 10–11, 2021
City Sapporo, Japan
Venue Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena
AttendanceNight 1: 1,542 [1]
Night 2: 2,172 [2]
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Summer Struggle in Sapporo was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on July 10, 2021, and July 11, 2021, at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo and is the second event under the Summer Struggle name and first to take place at Sapporo. This is the first NJPW event to take place at the Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena since 2011.

Contents

In the main event of night 1, Suzuki Gun's El Desperado retained IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Bullet Club's Taiji Ishimori. In the main event of night 2, Sanada and Tetsuya Naito of Los Ingobernables de Japón defeated Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) of Suzuki Gun to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship.

Production

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

Background

Since 2020, NJPW has unable to run events with a full arena capacity due to COVID-19 restrictions. [3] On May 19, NJPW announced that Summer Struggle would return in 2021, taking place throughout July with shows happening in Sapporo, Osaka and Nagoya. [4] Kota Ibushi was forced to miss both days due to suffering a fever due the side effects of getting COVID-19 vaccine shot. [5]

Storylines

Summer Struggle in Sapporo will feature 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. [6]

Results

Night 1

No.Results [7] StipulationsTimes [1]
1 Master Wato defeated Yuya Uemura Singles match 9:09
2 Bullet Club (Evil and Dick Togo) defeated Chaos (Yoh and Tomohiro Ishii) by Submission Tag team match 11:37
3 Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi and Rocky Romero defeated Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi, El Phantasmo and Kenta) Six man tag team match 15:16
4 United Empire (Jeff Cobb and Great-O-Khan) defeated Chaos (Sho and Kazuchika Okada) Tag team match 11:45
5 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Shingo Takagi, Bushi, Sanada and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Suzuki Gun (Douki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Zack Sabre Jr. and Taichi) Eight man tag team match 13:40
6 El Desperado (c) defeated Taiji Ishimori Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 28:45
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Night 2

No.Results [7] StipulationsTimes [2]
1 Suzuki Gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Yuya Uemura and Sho Tag team match 12:03
2 Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Rocky Romero) and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo and Evil) Six man tag team match 13:10
3 Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi and Kenta) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yota Tsuji Tag team match 10:40
4 United Empire (Jeff Cobb and Great-O-Khan) defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Yoh) Tag team match 12:40
5 Shingo Takagi defeated Master Wato Singles match 14:50
6 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr. and Taichi) (c) Tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship 36:57
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

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