Pre-show match added to NJPW Power Struggle

A pre-show match has been added to the lineup for NJPW Power Struggle 2023.

Dragon Gate's Mochizuki Jr., Yoshiki Kato & Strong Machine J will team up in a Frontier Zone match on the pre-show for Power Struggle. Their opponents for the bout have not been announced.

In Frontier Zone matches, wrestlers from outside of NJPW get the chance to face off against NJPW competition. The Frontier Zone match debuted at Destruction in Ryogoku earlier this month.

Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, Toru Yano, Oskar Leube & YOSHI-HASHI defeated Takahiro Katori, Jun Masaoka, Kazuma Sumi, Takeshi Masada & Kengo in the first-ever Frontier Zone match. The latter team included wrestlers from DDT, Eagle Pro, and the indies.

NJPW wrote:

After the Frontier Zone concept was introduced at Destruction in Ryogoku, demand has been high for a return of the unique kickoff, where young prospects, as well as wrestlers from other companies get a chance to perform against NJPW competition and in front of NJPW crowds. On November 4, the match type will return in EDION Arena with a pre-Power Struggle Frontier Zone highlighting DRAGONGATE.

Mochizuki Jr., Yoshiki Kato and Strong Machine J will be representing the promotion at Power Struggle. 21 year old Mochizuki is the son of DRAGON GATE legend Masaaki Mochizuki, and will look to use his karate background to unleash strong kicks to his opposition. Kato, 26 will be looking to make the most out of this major opportunity as well, barely one year into his in ring career, while Strong Machine J will be bringing the Machine lineage back to NJPW rings for the first time since the original Super Strong Machine retired back in 2018.

The NJPW opponents for this DG trio will be announced at a later date. What will come out of this unique matchup?

Power Struggle is taking place from Osaka on Saturday, November 4. The updated card for the show is listed below:

• IWGP United Kingdom/United States Champion Will Ospreay defends against Shota Umino
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi defends against Taiji Ishimori
• NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomohiro Ishii defend against Zack Sabre Jr., Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls
• Jon Moxley vs. Great-O-Khan
• Super Junior Tag League finals
• SANADA & Yuya Uemura vs. Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji
• David Finlay vs. Tanga Loa
• Frontier Zone match: Mochizuki Jr., Yoshiki Kato & Strong Machine J vs. three NJPW wrestlers (pre-show)