NJPW Power Struggle 2024 Results – Nov. 4, 2024 – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Shingo Takagi

November 4, 2024
Osaka, Japan – Edion Arena Osaka
English commentary – Walker Stewart and Chris Charlton

Quick Match Results

1. Pre-show: Ninja Mack, the DKC, & YOH defeated Shoma Kato, Capitan Suicida, & Tiger Mask via Eternal Drop (pinfall 6:55)
   • The DKC pinned Kato after hitting the Eternal Drop to give his team the victory.
2. BULLET CLUB (Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney, Robbie X, & Taiji Ishimori) defeated Katsuya Murashima, The Velocities (Paris De Silva & Jude London), & Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA) via Piledriver (pinfall 6:14)
   • Kidd pinned Murashima after Robbie X hit the Express X to Murashima that was followed by Ishimori hitting a Bloody Cross, Moloney hitting a Drilla Killa, Connors hitting a No Chaser, and Kidd hitting a Piledriver to give Bullet Club the victory.
3. Los Ingobernables De Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, & Tetsuya Naito) defeated Dragon Dia, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomoaki Honma, & Toru Yano via Maximum The Holding Second Form (submission 7:02)
   • Takahashi submitted Honma after locking in the Maximum The Holding Second Form (modified Boston Crab) for the tap out victory for LIJ.
4. HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL & Ren Narita) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & Boltin Oleg via Roll-up (pinfall 7:26)
   • Near the end of the match, HoT’s Yoshinobu Kanemaru ran out and hit a Whisky Mist spray attack to Oleg. This led to leading to Narita catching Oleg in a roll-up for the pinfall victory.
   • Following the match, HoT attacked Tanahashi and EVIL grabbed the microphone and claimed that he will retire him at Wrestle Kingdom 19. Jado and Boltin Oleg tried to save Tanahashi only to get quickly beaten up. This led to Ryohei Oiwa coming out and challenged Ren Narita for his NJPW World Television Championship. This led to Jeff Cobb coming out and pushed Oiwa away and also challenged Narita for his title. This then led to a brawl breaking out between Cobb, Oiwa, and Narita.
5. Shota Umino defeated SANADA via Death Rider (pinfall 16:41)
6. IWGP Tag Team Championship – United Kingdom (HENARE & Great-O-Khan) defeated TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls) (c) via Imperial Drop (pinfall 11:11)
   • Great-O-Khan pinned Nicholls after United Empire hit their double team finisher for the tag titles victory.
7. Super Junior Tag League 2024 Finals – Ichiban Sweet Boys (Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles) defeated Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira & TJP) via Roll-up (15:20)
   • Following the match, Intergalactic Jet Setters came out to the ring to confront Ichiban Sweet Boys leading to Knight & KUSHIDA stating that they wanted to put their tag titles on the line against both ISB and Catch 2/2 at Wrestle Kingdom 19. This led to Catch 2/2 coming out to the ring to accept only for Bullet Club War Dogs’ Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors to run out and attacked everyone with chairs. Moloney & Connors grabbed a microphone and talked about getting involved in this title match and stated you can’t have a Wrestle Kingdom without the War Dogs.
8. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – DOUKI (c) defeated Master Wato via Italian Stretch #32 (submission 22:07)
   • Following the match, DOUKI’s victory celebration was cut short by El Desperado’s music playing and making his surprise return. El Desperado grabbed a microphone and after some words of praise over DOUKI and Wato’s match, he then issued a challenge to DOUKI for his title at Wrestle Kingdom 19, which DOUKI accepted.
9. IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship – David Finlay (c) defeated Taichi via Overkill (pinfall 23:22)
   • Near the end of the match, SANADA came out to be at ringside to provide support to Taichi. Taichi managed to hit the Black Mephisto to Finlay for a near fall that was broken up by SANADA grabbing the referee’s leg and yanking him out of the ring. This led to Taichi being confused over what SANADA just did leading to SANADA unzipping his J5G sweat jacket revealing a Bullet Club War Dogs tank top underneath it. This led to Taichi being distracted long enough to get attacked with a shillelagh strike by Finlay, who followed by hitting the Into Oblivion for the victory after the referee recovered to his senses.
   • Following the match, SANADA attacked TAKA Michinoku and Taichi and engaged in a brief staredown with DOUKI who came out trying to confront SANADA over his betrayal. Finlay grabbed a microphone and praised his newest member of the War Dogs and then issued a challenge to Yota Tsuji for his IWGP Global title at Wrestle Kingdom 19. This led to Tsuji coming out to the ring and accepted the challenge.
10. IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – Zack Sabre Jr. (c) defeated Shingo Takagi via Zack Driver (pinfall 29:28)
    • Following the match, Sabre Jr. gave a speech and called out for someone to come out to face him for his title at Wrestle Kingdom 19. This led to Shota Umino coming out to accept the challenge and called Sabre Jr. a “dickhead” which Sabre Jr. responding back calling him the same. After Umino left to the back, Sabre Jr. then finished up his speech only to be interrupted by Ricochet’s music and him coming out from the crowd and laid out Ricochet. Ricochet then grabbed a microphone and issued a challenge to Sabre Jr. for his title at Wrestle Dynasty. This led to Umino coming back out and Ricochet leaving the ring. Sabre Jr. then attacked Umino out of frustration leading to Umino responding back laying out Sabre Jr. with a Death Rider before leaving again.