Power Struggle (2021)
{{short description|2021 New Japan Pro-Wrestling event}}
{{Infobox professional wrestling event
|name = Power Struggle
|image = File:Power_Struggle_2021_poster.jpg
|caption = Promotional art work of the event
|alt =
|promotion = New Japan Pro-Wrestling
|date = November 6, 2021
|venue = Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
|buyrate =
|tagline =
|theme =
|liveevent = y
|lastevent = G1 Climax 31
Road to Power Struggle
|nextevent = World Tag League/Best of the Super Jr. 28
Battle in the Valley
|event = Power Struggle
|lastevent2 = 2020
|nextevent2 = 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.
Storylines
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|+ Other on-screen personnel !|Role: !|Name: |
| rowspan="3" |English Commentators |
| Chris Charlton |
| Rocky Romero |
| rowspan=8|Japanese Commentators
|Shinpei Nogami |
| Milano Collection A.T. |
| Katsuhiko Kanazawa |
| Kazuyoshi Sakai |
| Togi Makabe |
| Miki Motoi |
| Jushin Thunder Liger |
| Masahiro Chono |
| rowspan=2|Ring announcers
|Makoto Abe |
| Kimihiko Ozaki |
| rowspan="3" |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.{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm |title=How Pro Wrestling Works |last=Grabianowski |first=Ed |accessdate=August 21, 2017 |work=HowStuffWorks, Inc. |publisher=Discovery Communications |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm |archivedate=November 29, 2013 }}
Results
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|results = {{cite web|url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/hamiltons-new-japan-power-struggle-2021-11-06-2021-review/|title=Hamilton’s New Japan Power Struggle 2021 11.06.2021 Review|work=411mania.com|first=Ian|last=Hamilton|date=November 6, 2021|access-date=October 15, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestlinginc.com/events/2021/3818/njpw-power-struggle-2021/|title=NJPW Power Struggle (2021)|work=wrestlinginc.com|first=Joshua|last=Gagnon|date=November 6, 2021|access-date=October 15, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling/2021/11/06/njpw-power-struggle-three-new-champions/|title=#AndNEW: Three New Champions Crowned at NJPW Power Struggle|work=lastwordonsports.com|first=Scott|last=Edwards|date=November 6, 2021|access-date=October 15, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/new-japan/new-champions-crowned-njpw-power-struggle-358686|title=New champions crowned at NJPW Power Struggle|work=f4wonline.com|first=Ethan|last=Renner|date=November 6, 2021|access-date=October 15, 2023}}
|match1 = Suzuki-gun (Douki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa by submission
|stip1 = Tag team match
|time1 = 4:33
|match2 = Bullet Club (Tanga Loa, Jado & Gedo) defeated Tiger Mask and Great Bash Heel (Tomoaki Honma and Togi Makabe)
|stip2 = Six-man tag team match
|time2 = 5:07
|match3 = Los Ingobernables de Japón (Hiromu Takahashi, Bushi and Sanada) defeated Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi and Yuji Nagata
|stip3 = Six-man tag team match
|time3 = 7:05
|match4 = House of Torture{{Broken anchor|date=2024-07-24|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Bullet Club#Sub-groups|reason= The anchor (Sub-groups) has been deleted.}} (Sho, Yujiro Takahashi and Evil) (with Dick Togo) defeated Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi, Tomohiro Ishii and Hirooki Goto) (c)
|stip4 = Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
|time4 = 13:46
|match5 = Toru Yano (c) defeated Great-O-Khan
|stip5 = Amateur Rules match for the provisional KOPW 2021 Trophy{{Cite web|title=Amateur Wrestling Match Set For Osaka After KOPW Vote|url=https://www.njpw1972.com/107747|access-date=2021-11-02|website=NJPW|language=en}}
|time5 = 6:00
|match6 = El Desperado defeated Robbie Eagles (c) by submission
|stip6 = Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
|time6 = 18:20
|match7 = Kenta defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c)
|stip7 = Singles match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
|time7 = 23:44
|match8 = Kazuchika Okada (certificate holder) defeated Tama Tonga (with Jado)
|stip8 = Singles match for the Tokyo Dome IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate
|time8 = 25:13
|match9 = Shingo Takagi (c) defeated Zack Sabre Jr.
|stip9 = Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
|time9 = 30:27
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.njpw.co.jp/ The official New Japan Pro-Wrestling website]
{{2021 NJPW events}}
{{New Japan Pro Wrestling events|Power Struggle}}
Category:2021 in professional wrestling
Category:21st century in Osaka