NJPW: 7 Takeaways from Power Struggle

LIJ VS SZG is as hot as ever 

This isn’t the first time that Los Ingobernables de Japon and Suzuki-gun have collectively feuded with each other, and it certainly won’t be the last. While Desperado and Kanemaru have been having fun and getting rowdy in the tag league, it seems LIJ and SZG have found their own buddy system in the tag matches, which follows:

Suzuki wants to kill Shingo and Shingo wants to prove that he can’t die. Shingo’s spent most of the Road to Power Struggle with his arm and shoulder taped up and Suzuki has spent most of this time making sure Shingo can never take that tape off or maybe ever use the whole arm again. By Power Struggle, they’re still going at it, but Shingo rips off all the tape in a fit of frustration and goes head to head with Suzuki because he’s invincible and a “true pro wrestler” and honestly? I’m inclined to agree.

EVIL and Archer are left with each other, with BUSHI out to valiantly attempt to take the Jr. Heavyweight title from Ospreay and both Taichi and Naito out to apparently try really hard to end each other’s careers. With EVIL having failed to win the right to challenge from Kota at King of Pro Wrestling, he’s in need of new direction. I could see the King of Darkness becoming captivated by the idea of fighting Lance “Everybody Dies” Archer as much as possible until he gets to challenge for the US Championship. If he even wants that. He may just want to go crazy for a little bit.

SANADA and ZSJ are at it again, trying to put each other into unfathomable holds and rolling around until someone wins. This time, it was SANADA who pinned ZSJ with a roll-up. And, if my math checks out, that means SANADA could challenge for the British Heavyweight Championship. The best outcome out of this is that ZSJ loses his title and finally has enough time and boundless fury to dedicate toward becoming England’s next prime minister.