Power Struggle (2017) | ||||
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![]() Promotional poster for the event, featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, Tetsuya Naito and Kenny Omega | ||||
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Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | |||
Sponsor(s) | wateRouge by home+ | |||
Date | November 5, 2017 | |||
Attendance | 5,480 | |||
Venue | Edion Arena Osaka | |||
City | Osaka, Japan | |||
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Power Struggle (2017) was professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on November 5, 2017, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Edion Arena Osaka. It will be the seventh event under the Power Struggle name. The event featured ten matches (including one dark match), headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi defending the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Kota Ibushi.
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Power Struggle featured ten professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[1]

Confrontation between Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi and challenger Kota Ibushi
Power Struggle was headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi making his third defense of the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Kota Ibushi.[2][3] The match was set up during the 2017 G1 Climax, where Ibushi defeated Tanahashi on August 1 with his new finishing maneuver, the Kamigoye.[2][4] Following the conclusion of the tournament, Tanahashi set out to avenge losses he had suffered during the tournament. After successfully defending his IWGP Intercontinental Championship on September 16 at Destruction in Hiroshima against Zack Sabre Jr., another wrestler who had defeated him, Tanahashi called out Kota Ibushi, offering him the next title opportunity.[2][5] Ibushi accepted and the match was officially announced on October 10.[2][6]
In the semi-main event of the show, Kenny Omega defended the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship against Beretta. The match was set up on October 29, when Beretta, having recently joined NJPW's heavyweight ranks, challenging Omega, who accepted, not taking the challenger seriously.

Will Ospreay who lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion to Marty Scurll later in the event.

Minoru Suzuki who defended the NEVER Openweight Champion against Toru Yano later in the event.
The event would also feature the finals of the 2017 Super Jr. Tag Tournament.[2][3] The first round and semifinals of the tournament took place in October. Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh), the reigning IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, earned their spot in the finals by defeating Hirai Kawato and KUSHIDA and Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi), while newcomer team Super 69 (ACH and Ryusuke Taguchi) advanced with wins over two Suzuki-gun teams; Taichi and Taka Michinoku as well as El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru.[12]
IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada and his number one contender Tetsuya Naito, who will headline Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome, would meet at Power Struggle in a ten-man tag team match, where Okada would team with his CHAOS stablemates, while Naito teams with fellow members of Los Ingobernabes de Japon.[12]
The event is also set to feature the debut of an individual dubbed "Switchblade", who has been featured in vignettes since the 2017 G1 Climax.[13] The previous year, NJPW had done a similar deal with vignettes hyping "Time Bomb", who was revealed as Hiromu Takahashi at the 2016 Power Struggle.[14]
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References
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- ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc.. Discovery Communications. http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 (in Japanese) New Japan Pro-Wrestling. October 10, 2017. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. http://www.webcitation.org/6u6gniw79?url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/117317. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Currier, Joseph (October 10, 2017). "Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi to headline NJPW Power Struggle". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. http://www.f4wonline.com/japan/hiroshi-tanahashi-vs-kota-ibushi-headline-njpw-power-struggle-244296. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ↑ Radican, Sean (August 1, 2017). "Radican's 8/1 G1 Climax 27: Night 11 report – Makabe-Sabre, Goto-Naito, Ibushi-Tanahashi". Pro Wrestling Torch. https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2017/08/01/radicans-81-g1-climax-27-night-11-report-makabe-sabre-goto-naito-ibushi-tanahashi/. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ↑ Rose, Bryan (September 16, 2017). "NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima results: Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. http://www.f4wonline.com/japan/njpw-destruction-hiroshima-results-tanahashi-vs-zack-sabre-jr-242931. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 (in Japanese) Tokyo Sports. October 10, 2017. https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/791764/. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Rose, Bryan (October 8, 2017). "NJPW King of Pro Wrestling live results: Kazuchika Okada vs. Evil". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. http://www.f4wonline.com/japan/njpw-king-pro-wrestling-live-results-kazuchika-okada-vs-evil-244191. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ↑ (in Japanese) Tokyo Sports. October 10, 2017. https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/791473/. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ↑ Macklin, Matthew (November 21, 2014). "New Japan Primer: Minoru Suzuki". Pro Wrestling Insider. https://www.pwinsider.com/article/89715/new-japan-primer-minoru-suzuki.html?p=1. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ↑ (in Japanese) Tokyo Sports. August 29, 2013. https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/177492/. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ↑ Meltzer, Dave (August 21, 2017). "August 21, 2017 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Ric Flair in critical condition in the hospital, G1 Climax finals, more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California: 10–16. ISSN 1083-9593.
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- ↑ Namako, Jason (October 9, 2017). "10/9 NJPW King of Pro Wrestling Results: Tokyo (Okada vs. Evil)". Wrestleview. http://www.wrestleview.com/japan-news/new-japan/91869-109-njpw-king-of-pro-wrestling-results-tokyo-japan-okada-vs-evil/. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ↑ Rose, Bryan (November 4, 2016). "NJPW Power Struggle live results: Tetsuya Naito vs. Jay Lethal". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. http://www.f4wonline.com/japan/njpw-power-struggle-live-results-tetsuya-naito-vs-jay-lethal-224011. Retrieved October 10, 2017.