Browsing: Power Struggle

There aren’t many stops between the G1 Climax & Wrestle Kingdom this year, and none bigger than Power Struggle. With…

The headline match of the Power Struggle feature event at Edion Arena Osaka #1 saw “Golden Star” Kota Ibushi defend his right to challenge IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental ‘Double Champion’ Tetsuya Naito at Wrestle Kingdom 15 against “Switchblade” Jay White. 

The marquee match of the Power Struggle feature event put the 2,834 fans inside of Edion Arena Osaka #1 on the edge of their seat. It would be the fourth singles match (I, II, III) between Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) leader IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental ‘Double Champion’ Tetsuya Naito and Bullet Club member Evil during 2020 since the latter betrayed his former unit.

Before NJPW goes back into tournament mode with Best Of Super Juniors AND World Tag League at the same time,…

New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) took the Power Struggle tour to the Yamata Big Wing on October 28th. A COVID-19 (Coronavirus, 2019) reduced crowd of 835 saw the event live, as the promotion moved towards the Power Struggle feature event on November 7th.

The Road to Power Struggle continues at the legendary Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, a day after the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship was in the marquee. The Suzuki-Gun team Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr/Taichi) make their V2 defense of the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against the CHAOS tandem of Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi.

The Road to Power Struggle continues at the legendary Korakuen Hall in Tokyo later this morning in the west, as New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) builds towards the Power Struggle feature event on November 7, 2020. One-third of the normal amount of seats will be available for the live audience due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus, 2019) pandemic.

The New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) Road to Power Struggle tour went to Chiba and the Makuhari Messe International Conference Hall 6 on October 25th. The event drew 486 fans due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus, 2019) attendance restrictions put into place by NJPW.

The Road to Power Struggle continued after the tour opener on October 23, 2020. With New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) moving towards Wrestle Kingdom 15 on January 4th and 5th of next year, the importance of title matches are even higher.

The marquee match of the October 23, 2020 Road to Power Struggle event saw CHAOS members Hirooki Goto, “Stone Pitbull” Tomohiro Ishii, and Yoshi-Hashi make their V2 defense of the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship against the Suzuki-Gun team of Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr/Taichi), who are the reigning IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions and Douki.