Battle in the Valley (2025)

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Battle in the Valley
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Promotional poster featuring various NJPW wrestlers
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Brand NJPW Strong
DateJanuary 11, 2025
City San Jose, California
Venue San Jose Civic
Attendance1,814
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Battle in the Valley was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on January 11, 2025, at San Jose Civic in San Jose, California. [1] It is the fourth event under the Battle in the Valley chronology. The event features wrestlers from NJPW partner promotions All Elite Wrestling (AEW), World Wonder Ring Stardom, and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

Contents

Ten matches were contested at the event. In the main event, El Desperado defeated Taiji Ishimori to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. In other prominent matches, Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Hechicero, Konosuke Takeshita defeated Kushida to retain the Never Openweight Championship, and Hiromu Takahashi, Mayu Iwatani, and Yuka Sakazaki defeated Sumie Sakai and House of Torture (Evil and Sho) in a Six-person tag team match. This was Sakai's retirement match.

Production

Background

The show features professional wrestling matches that result from scripted storylines, where 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. [2]

Results

No.Results [3] StipulationsTimes [4]
1PZane Jay defeated Viento by submission STRONG Survivor match 6:23
2P TMDK (Shane Haste and Bad Dude Tito) defeated Fred Rosser and Matt Vandagriff by pinfall Tag team match 10:22
3 Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii ended in a time limit draw Singles match for the Strong Openweight Championship 30:00
4 West Coast Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson) (c) defeated Roppongi ReVice (Rocky Romero and Yoh) by pinfall Tag team match for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship 11:21
5 Empress Nexus Venus (Mina Shirakawa, Maika, and Hanako) and Viva Van defeated AZM, Anna Jay, Trish Adora, and Johnnie Robbie Eight-woman tag team elimination match 13:34
6 El Phantasmo (c) vs. Jeff Cobb ended in a double count-out Singles match for the NJPW World Television Championship 10:40
7 Mayu Iwatani, Yuka Sakazaki, and Hiromu Takahashi defeated Sumie Sakai and House of Torture (Evil and Sho) by pinfall Six-person tag team match
This was Sakai's retirement match.		15:03
8 Konosuke Takeshita (c) defeated Kushida by pinfall Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship 15:07
9 Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Hechicero by pinfall Singles match 23:40
10 El Desperado (c) defeated Taiji Ishimori by pinfall Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 20:44
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

References

  1. ↑ "Battle in the Valley 2025". njpw1972.com. New Japan Pro Wrestling . Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  2. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  3. ↑ Michaels, Corey (January 11, 2025). "NJPW Battle in the Valley live results: Kidd vs. Ishii, Takeshita vs. KUSHIDA". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  4. ↑ Vetter, Chris (January 13, 2024). "NJPW "Battle in the Valley" results (1/11): Vetter's review of El Desperado vs. Taiji Ishimori for the IWGP Jr. Hvt. Title, Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kushida for the Never Openweight Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Retrieved January 13, 2024.
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