NJPW Battle In The Valley 2025 Review

Karen Peterson and Bruce Lord review NJPW Battle in the Valley in San Jose, California with El Desperado defending the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship against Taiji Ishimori. Plus: Sumie Sakai retires from professional wrestling in a mixed tag match and has a surprise retirement ceremony. TAKESHITA calls out Hiroshi Tanahashi for The Ace’s final US appearance at Windy City Riot in April. Two time-limit draws featuring Kidd/Ishii and ELP/Cobb. ZSJ faces Hechicero in a non-title semi-main event classic. Access all of our NJPW reviews by becoming a member at http://postwrestlingcafe.com NJPW Battle in the Valley January 11, 2025 San Jose Civic Center, San Jose, California IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori Special Single Match: Zack Sabre, Jr. vs. Hechicero - Recommended NEVER Openweight Championship: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA (c) vs. KUSHIDA Sumie Sakai Retirement Mixed Tag Match: Team Sumie (Sumie, EVIL & SHO) vs. Team Hiromu (Hiromu Takahashi, Mayu Iwatani and Yuka Sakazaki) - Recommended NJPW WORLD TV Championship: El Phantasmo (c) vs. Jeff Cobb Elimination Match: Mina Shirakawa, Maika, HANAKO & Viva Van vs. AZM, Anna Jay, Trish Adora & Johnnie Robbie NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship: WCWC (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs) (c) vs. Roppongi Re-Vice (Rocky Romero & YOH) NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship: Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii - Recommended Fred Rosser & Matt Vandagriff vs. Shane Haste & Bad Dude Tito STRONG Survivor: Zane Jay vs. Viento Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/postwrestling.com X: http://www.twitter.com/POSTwrestling Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/POSTwrestling Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/POSTwrestling YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/POSTwrestling Subscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribe Patreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.com Forum: https://forum.postwrestling.com Discord: https://postwrestling.com/discord Merch: http://Chopped-Tees.com/POSTwrestling