Power Struggle (2021)

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.

Power Struggle
Promotional art work of the event
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	November 6, 2021
City	Osaka, Japan
Venue	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
Attendance	2,367^[1]
Event chronology
← Previous Road to Power Struggle Next → World Tag League/Best of the Super Jr. 28
Power Struggle chronology
← Previous 2020 Next → 2023

Storylines

Other on-screen personnel

Role:	Name:
English Commentators	Kevin Kelly
	Chris Charlton
	Rocky Romero
Japanese Commentators	Shinpei 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^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]	Stipulations	Times^[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 (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^[3]	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

References

1. "2021.11.06 Power Struggle | New Japan Pro-Wrestling". NJPW (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-11-07.
2. Grabianowski, Ed. . HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
3. "Amateur Wrestling Match Set For Osaka After KOPW Vote". NJPW. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
4. Hamilton, Ian (November 6, 2021). "Hamilton's New Japan Power Struggle 2021 11.06.2021 Review". 411mania.com. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
5. Gagnon, Joshua (November 6, 2021). "NJPW Power Struggle (2021)". wrestlinginc.com. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
6. Edwards, Scott (November 6, 2021). "#AndNEW: Three New Champions Crowned at NJPW Power Struggle". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
7. Renner, Ethan (November 6, 2021). "New champions crowned at NJPW Power Struggle". f4wonline.com. Retrieved October 15, 2023.

External links

• The official New Japan Pro-Wrestling website