Power Struggle (2017)
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| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | |||
| Sponsor(s) | wateRouge by home+ | |||
| Date | November 5, 2017 | |||
| Venue | Edion Arena Osaka | |||
| City | Osaka, Japan | |||
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Power Struggle (2017) is an upcoming professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event is scheduled to take place on November 5, 2017, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Edion Arena Osaka. It will be the seventh event under the Power Struggle name. So far four matches have been announced for the event, headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi defending the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Kota Ibushi.
Power Struggle will feature professional wrestling matches that involve 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.
Power Struggle will be headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi making his third defense of the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Kota Ibushi. The match was set up during the 2017 G1 Climax, where Ibushi defeated Tanahashi on August 1 with his new finishing maneuver, the Kamigoye. 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. Ibushi accepted and the match was officially announced on October 10.
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