Power Struggle featured ten professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines.

[4][6] Following the win, Naito began disrespecting the title belt, stating he did not want it, throwing it in the air and stepping on it, drawing the ire of Elgin.

[4] On October 10 at King of Pro-Wrestling, Elgin pinned Naito in an eight-man tag team match and afterwards stated he was getting the IWGP Intercontinental Championship back.

[4] However, that same day, it was also reported that Elgin had suffered a broken left eye socket taking a dropkick from Naito in the King of Pro-Wrestling match.

[10] The following day, NJPW officially pulled Elgin from the Power Struggle main event and replaced him with Ring of Honor (ROH) wrestler Jay Lethal.

[11] On September 30 at ROH's All Star Extravaganza VIII event, Lethal defeated Naito in a non-title match, setting himself up for a future shot at the Intercontinental Championship,[14] which was now granted due to Elgin's injury.

[4][5][8] This is a rematch from the September 17 Destruction in Tokyo event, where Bushi defeated Kushida to capture the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.

[4][8] The two previously faced off during the 2016 G1 Climax, where Sanada scored an upset win over Tanahashi, submitting him with the Skull End finishing hold on the opening day.

[4] Power Struggle's fourth title match would see the Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) defend the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Chaos members Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi.

This led to Tomohiro Ishii, whose Chaos stable had previously partnered with the Briscoes, trying to make the save, but was stopped by Tonga and Loa hitting him with their double-team finishing maneuver, the Guerrilla Warfare.

[23] On August 14, during the final 2016 G1 Climax event, NJPW aired a video that featured a "time bomb" with a countdown timer set to go off on November 5 at Power Struggle.

[1][27] Finally, in the main event, Tetsuya Naito made his first successful defense of the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Jay Lethal.

[27][30] Ten days after Power Struggle, NJPW presented a show in Singapore, where Katsuyori Shibata defeated Evil in a rematch to regain the NEVER Openweight Championship.