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As announced on http://www.news.njpw1972.com, the matches announced so far for Battle in the Valley in San Jose, California on January 11, 2025 are as follows:
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado vs. Taiji Ishimori
NEVER Openweight Championship: Konosuke Takeshita vs. KUSHIDA
NJPW World TV Championship: El Phantasmo vs. Jeff Cobb
NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship: Gabe Kidd vs. Tomohiro Ishii
STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship: Royce Isaac & Jorel Nelson vs. Rocky Romero and YOH
Sumie Sakai Retirement Match: Sumie Sakai, EVIL and SHO vs. Hiromu Takahashi, Mayu Iwatani and Yuka Sakazaki
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hechicero
Fred Rosser and Matt Vandagriff vs. Shane Haste and Bad Dude Tito
STRONG Survivor: Zane Jay vs. Viento
The show will stream live on TrillerTV
The eight matches for The New Beginning in Osaka on February 11, 2025 are as follows:
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hirooki Goto
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji vs. Gabe Kidd
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: The Young Bucks vs. Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita vs. YOH and Rocky Romero
Taichi vs. SANADA
Shota Umino vs. Great O-Khan
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe (rematch of Tanahashi's debut match in Osaka)
Most of these matches were set up in angles during New Year Dash. There should be more matches added in the coming weeks.
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