NJPW Power Struggle

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, NJPW 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.

Power Struggle
NJPW Power Struggle logo
Promotions	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
First event	Power Struggle (2011)

Events

#	Event	Date	City	Venue	Attendance	Main event	Ref(s)
1	Power Struggle (2011)	November 12, 2011	Osaka, Japan	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	6,000	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Toru Yano for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	[1]
2	Power Struggle (2012)	November 11, 2012			6,600	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Yujiro Takahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	[2][3]
3	Power Struggle (2013)	November 9, 2013			6,400	Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Karl Anderson for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship	[4][5][6]
4	Power Struggle (2014)	November 8, 2014			7,500	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship	[7][8][9][10]
5	Power Struggle (2015)	November 7, 2015			5,128	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Karl Anderson for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship	[11][12][13]
6	Power Struggle (2016)	November 5, 2016			5,050	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Jay Lethal for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship	[14][15][16]
7	Power Struggle (2017)	November 5, 2017			5,480	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship	[17][18]
8	Power Struggle (2018)	November 3, 2018			5,441	Chris Jericho (c) vs. Evil for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship	[19]
9	Power Struggle (2019)	November 3, 2019			5,558	Jay White (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship	[20]
10	Power Struggle (2020)	November 7, 2020			2,834	Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Evil for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship	[21]
11	Power Struggle (2021)	November 6, 2021			2,367	Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship	[22]
12	Power Struggle (2023)	November 4, 2023			4,046	Will Ospreay (c) vs. Shota Umino for the IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship	[23]
13	Power Struggle (2024)	November 4, 2024	3,773	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Shingo Takagi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

See also

• Japan portal

• List of New Japan Pro-Wrestling pay-per-view events