Battle in the Valley (2025)

New Japan Pro-Wrestling pay-per-view event

Battle in the Valley

Promotional poster featuring various NJPW wrestlers

Promotion| New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Brand(s)| NJPW Strong
Date| January 11, 2025
City| San Jose, California
Venue| San Jose Civic
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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).

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

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### Background

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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

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No.| Results[3]| Stipulations| Times[4]

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1P| Zane 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

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P|  – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

## References

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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.

## External links

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* Official New Japan Pro-Wrestling website

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Events|

* Wrestle Kingdom 19
* New Year Dash!!
* Battle in the Valley
* Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata Blue Justice XV
* The New Beginning in Osaka
* NJPW 53rd Anniversary Show
* Sakura Genesis
* Windy City Riot
* Wrestling Dontaku
* Resurgence
* Dominion 6.15 in Osaka-jo Hall

Tournaments|

* Best of the Super Juniors
* 2025
* G1 Climax
* 35
* New Japan Cup
* 2025
* Super Jr. Tag League
* 2025
* World Tag League
* 2025

Co-promoted events|

* Wrestle Dynasty
* AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door

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Current|

* January 4 Tokyo Dome Show (Wrestle Kingdom)
* Wrestle Dynasty
* New Year Dash!!
* Fantastica Mania
* The New Beginning
* NJPW Anniversary Show (49th, 50th)
* New Japan Cup
* Sakura Genesis
* Windy City Riot (2022, 2024)
* Wrestling Dontaku
* Resurgence
* Best of the Super Juniors
* Dominion
* Forbidden Door
* G1 Climax
* Destruction
* Fighting Spirit Unleashed
* Royal Quest
* King of Pro-Wrestling
* Super Junior Tag League
* Power Struggle
* Historic X-Over (1, 2)
* World Tag League
* All Together
* Battle in the Valley
* Capital Collision
* Strong Style Evolved

Former|

* All Star Junior Festival 2023 (2023)
* All Star Junior Festival USA 2023 (2023)
* Back to the Yokohama Arena (2014)
* Battle Autumn '22 (2022)
* Battle Formation (1996-1997)
* Battle Satellite in Tokyo Dome (1989)
* Burning Spirit (2022)
* Castle Attack (2021)
* CEOxNJPW: When Worlds Collide (2018)
* Declaration of Power (2022)
* Do Judge!! (2000)
* Final Dome (1999)
* G1 Climax in Dallas (2019)
* G1 Special in San Francisco (2018)
* G1 Special in USA (2017)
* G1 Supercard (2019)
* Global Wars (2014–2019)
* Global Wars UK (2015–2018)
* Honor Rising: Japan (2016–2019)
* Hyper Battle (2022)
* Independence Day (2023)
* Invasion Tour 2011 (2011)
* Jingu Climax (1999)
* Lion's Gate Project (2016–2018)
* Lonestar Shootout (2022-2023)
* Multiverse (2022-2023)
* NEVER (2010–2012)
* New Japan Cup USA (2020–2021)
* Pyongyang International Sports and Culture Festival for Peace (1995)
* Rumble on 44th Street (2022)
* Sengoku Lord (2019–2020)
* Showdown (2019–2022)
* Strong (2020–2023)
* Strong Style Evolution (1997)
* Summer Struggle in Jingu (2020)
* Summer Struggle in Sapporo (2021)
* Summer Supercard (2019)
* Super J-Cup (1994, 2009, 2016, 2019, 2020)
* The Skydiving-J (1996)
* Ultimate Crush (2003)
* Uprising (2015)
* War of the Worlds (2014–2019)
* WCW/New Japan Supershow (1991–1993)
* World Wrestling Peace Festival (1996)
* Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome (2021)
* Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome (2021)
* Wrestling Hinokuni (2015–2019)
* Wrestling Summit (1990)
* Young Lion Cup (1985–2019)

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