The match card is rounding out.
Coming off the heels of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 and Wrestle Dynasty at the Tokyo Dome, next up on the docket for New Japan is Battle in the Valley on January 11th from San Jose, California.
The match card is taking its final shape and a new championship match was added to the fray. There was a four-way at Wrestle Kingdom for the NJPW World Television Title and coming out of the bout victorious was El Phantasmo. He overcame testicular cancer, made his return to NJPW and then won a title at the Tokyo Dome.
Phantasmo is now going to be defending the belt against Jeff Cobb at Battle in the Valley. A STRONG Survivor match between Zane Jay and Viento was made official as well. That will be on the Kickoff show.
Here’s the updated Battle in the Valley lineup:
- Fred Rosser & Matt Vandagriff vs. T.M.D.K. (Bad Dude Tito & Shane Haste)
- Sumie Sakai’s Retirement Match: Hiromu Takahashi, Mayu Iwatani & Yuka Sakazaki vs. Sumie Sakai, EVIL & SHO
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hechicero
- NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championships: West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs) (c) vs. Rocky Romero & YOH
- NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship: Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- NEVER Openweight Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. KUSHIDA
- NJPW World Television Championship: El Phantasmo (c) vs. Jeff Cobb
- Kickoff Show — STRONG Survivor Match: Zane Jay vs. Viento
