NJPW: Women’s Tag Elimination Match Set for NJPW Battle in the Valley 2025, First Final Road To Matches Set for Hiroshi Tananashi, Zack Sabre Jr. on 2024 Being Best Career Year

Jan 8, 2025

Women’s Tag Elimination Match Announced for NJPW Battle in the Valley 2025

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced one new match for the card of their Battle in the Valley 2025 event, which takes place on January 11th at the San Jose Civic in San Jose, California.

This new match announced was a Eight-Women’s Tag Team Elimination match of Viva Van, Hanako, Maika, & Mina Shirakawa vs. Johnnie Robbie, AZM, Trish Adora, & Anna Jay.

Added to Battle in the Valley SATURDAY!

An @AEW, NJPW, #STARDOM elimination tag sees Viva Van with E Nexus V to face Anna Jay, Trish Adora, Johnnie Robbie and AZM!https://t.co/2L8YnRaqzf #njpw #njbitv pic.twitter.com/YNtB4Dsf9n
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) January 8, 2025

Current card for NJPW Battle in the Valley 2025:

NJPW Strong Openweight Championship – Tomohiro Ishii vs. Gabe Kidd (c)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – Taiji Ishimori vs. El Desperado (c)
NJPW NEVER Openweight Championship – KUSHIDA vs. Konosuke Takeshita (c)
NJPW World Television Championship – Jeff Cobb vs. El Phantasmo (c)
NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship – Roppongi ReVice (YOH & Rocky Romero) vs. West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs) (c)
Sumie Sakai Retirement Six-Person Tag Team match – Sumie Sakai & House of Torture (EVIL & SHO) vs. Hiromu Takahashi, Mayu Iwanatni, & Yuka Sakazaki
Eight-Women’s Tag Team Elimination match – Viva Van, Hanako, Maika, & Mina Shirakawa vs. Johnnie Robbie, AZM, Trish Adora, & Anna Jay
Matt Vandagriff & Fred Rosser vs. TMDK (Shane Haste & Bad Dude Tito)
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hechicero
Pre-show: Strong Survivor match – Zane Jay vs. Viento

NJPW Announced First Set of Final Road To Matches for Hiroshi Tanahashi

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the first set of matches for Hiroshi Tanahashi’s final Road To matches in Japan as part of his current retirement tour.

All of the first set of matches announced were for NJPW’s upcoming Road To The New Beginning 2025 tour.

January 19th – Tanahashi, Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano, & Yuji Nagata vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita and SHO
January 22th – Tanahashi vs. Shoma Kato
January 23th – Tanahashi vs. Katsuya Murashima
February 3rd – Tanahashi vs. Daiki Nagai
February 4th – Tanahashi & Katsuya Murashima vs. Shoma Kato & Togi Makabe

Hiroshi Tanahashi's Final Road will see two core themes- "Connection" and "Kinship".

The themes will see him compete in singles matches with contemporaries and future prospects through the year! Check out his schedule so far!https://t.co/UQXJBlD4tg #njpw #njnbg pic.twitter.com/LX6KIZmFn0
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) January 7, 2025

Zack Sabre Jr Comments on “I’ve Had The Best Career Year And The Best Few Months Of Any Wrestler In The World”

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s official website held a recent interview with Zack Sabre Jr. One of the topics discussed included Sabre Jr.’s thoughts about this past year being the best year in his wrestling career and his belief that he had the best year out of any wrestler in the world.

“[I’ve] had the best career year and the best few months of any wrestler in the world.”