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NJPW Power Struggle

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Power Struggle is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event has been held since 2011 and aired domestically as a pay-per-view (PPV). From 2012 to 2014, the event also aired outside Japan as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV). Since 2015, the event has aired worldwide on NJPW's internet streaming site, New Japan Pro Wrestling World. The event is held in November and is the final major event before the annual January 4 Dome Show, NJPW's biggest event of the year.

Events[]

# Event Date City Venue Attendance Main event
1 Power Struggle (2011) November 12, 2011 Osaka Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 6,000 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus Toru Yano for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
2 Power Struggle (2012) November 11, 2012 Osaka Bodymaker Colosseum 6,600 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus Yujiro Takahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
3 Power Struggle (2013) November 9, 2013 Osaka Bodymaker Colosseum 6,400 Kazuchika Okada (c) versus Karl Anderson for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
4 Power Struggle (2014) November 8, 2014 Osaka Bodymaker Colosseum 7,500 Shinsuke Nakamura (c) versus Katsuyori Shibata for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
5 Power Struggle (2015) November 7, 2015 Osaka Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 5,128 Shinsuke Nakamura (c) versus Karl Anderson for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
6 Power Struggle (2016) November 5, 2016 Osaka Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 5,050 Tetsuya Naito (c) versus Jay Lethal for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
7 Power Struggle (2017) November 5, 2017 Osaka Edion Arena Osaka 5,480 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) versus Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
8 Power Struggle (2018) November 3, 2018 Osaka Edion Arena Osaka 5,441 Chris Jericho (c) versus EVIL for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
9 Power Struggle (2019) November 3, 2019 Osaka Edion Arena Osaka 5,558 Jay White (c) versus Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
10 Power Struggle (2020) November 7, 2020 Osaka Edion Arena Osaka 2,834 Tetsuya Naito (c) versus EVIL for the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championship
11 Power Struggle (2021) November 6, 2021 Osaka Edion Arena Osaka 2,367 Shingo Takagi (c) versus Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

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