• Pre-Show – STRONG Survivor powered by NJPW Academy: Matt Vandagriff def. Goldy.
• Pre-Show: Stephanie Vaquer def. Viva Van.
• Shota Umino, Fred Rosser & Jacob Fatu def. Team Filthy (Tom Lawlor, Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson).
  • After the match, Jack Perry attacked Shota Umino from behind to make his NJPW Debut & his first wrestling appearance since AEW All In.
  • Perry pulled out an AEW contract and ripped it up in the ring to send a message. It’s also worth noting that Perry was sporting a beard and a black armband that read “Scapegoat,” which appears to be his new nickname. It appears that this is all part of an angle however details are few and far between as of this writing.
• Mascara Dorada & Volador Jr def. Rocky Romero & Soberano Jr.
• David Finlay def. TJP.
• NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship Match: Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) (c) def. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Alex Coughlin & Clark Connors).
• NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship Match: Giulia (c) def. Trish Adora (w/ Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean of The Infantry).
• There was a video vignette of Mustafa Ali, where he challenged Hiromu Takahashi to a match on 4/12 for NJPW Windy City Riot.
• Matt Riddle & Jeff Cobb def. TMDK (Bad Dude Tito & Zack Sabre Jr).
• AEW Triple Crown (NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship, ROH World Championship & AEW Continental Championship): Eddie Kingston (c) vs Gabe Kidd Ended in a Tie via Count-Out.
  • After the match, the Bullet Club WAR DOGS (Alex Coughlin & Clark Connors) attacked Kingston, laying out Kingston in the ring from the attack.
• No Disqualification Match: Jon Moxley def. Shingo Takagi.
  • After the match, Moxley called out Tetsuya Naito, saying it was time. The match was made official for Windy City Riot.
• Kazuchika Okada def. Will Ospreay.
  • Bullet Club WAR DOGS (David Finlay, Alex Coughlin, Gabe Kidd & Clark Connors) attacked Ospreay & Okada after the match. TJP & Jeff Cobb made the save before Eddie Kingston joined in to run off the Bullet Club.
  • Will Ospreay gave his thanks to NJPW, the fans, and to Okada for helping him become a better person & wrestler, saying that his run, but did promise that United Empire would bury War Dogs on New Beginning in Osaka.

Tonight’s NJPW Battle In The Valley card is set. The event will be held tonight in San Jose, CA. You can catch the action at 10 p.m. Eastern time on Triller.

You can check out the final card below:

Will Ospreay vs Kazuchika Okada

No DQ: Shingo Takagi vs Jon Moxley

NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship (AEW Triple Crown): Eddie Kingston (c) vs Gabe Kidd

Matt Riddle & X vs TMDK (Bad Dude Tito & Zack Sabre Jr.)

NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship: Giulia (c) vs Trish Adora

NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championships: Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) (c) vs BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Alex Coughlin & Clark Connors)

TJP vs David Finlay

Mascara Dorada & Volador Jr vs Rocky Romero & Soberano Jr.

Shota Umino, Fred Rosser & Jacob Fatu vs Team Filthy (Tom Lawlor, Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson)

Viva Van vs Stephanie Vaquer

STRONG Survivor powered by NJPW Academy: Matt Vandagriff vs Goldy

Alex Coughlin defeated JR Kratos

David Finlay defeated Bobby Fish

Kushida, Volador Jr., Kevin Knight and The DKC defeated Máscara Dorada, Josh Alexander, Adrian Quest and Rocky Romero

Strong Openweight Championship
KENTA defeated Fred Rosser (c) to WIN the Strong Openweight Championship

KENTA picked up the win with the Go To Sleep as CM Punk watched on from the stands after Juice Robinson returned to NJPW and decked Fred Rosser with a fistful of coins. 

Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) (c) defeated West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson and Royce Issacs)

Loser Leaves NJPW 
Eddie Kingston defeated Jay White

Jay White lost his Loser Leaves NJPW Match to Eddie Kingston following four Urakens and two Northern Lights suplexes. White was set to cut a post-match promo but he was suddenly attacked from behind by David Finlay, who cut a long promo about being a foreigner everywhere he wrestles.

Filthy Rules Fight
Tom Lawlor defeated Homicide

NJPW World Television Championship
Zack Sabre Jr. (c) defeated Clark Connors

IWGP Women’s Championship
Mercedes Monè defeated Kairi (c) to WIN the IWGP Women’s Championship

 Moné became the second-ever IWGP Women’s Champion after defeating fellow former WWE talent KAIRI in the semi-main event of Battle in the Valley. Moné hit a Bayley-To-Belly and was put through a table in her NJPW in-ring debut before she picked up the win with her Moné Maker finisher. Moné and KAIRI then hugged after the match as Bayley watched on from the crowd.

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi

New Japan Pro Wrestling returns to California for a major PPV event featuring the New Japan in-ring debut of Mercedes Mone, formerly known as Sasha Banks, in the WWE.

When: Saturday February 18, 2023

Where: San Jose Civic Arena in San Jose, CA

How To Watch: Live on Fite TV

CARD

• Kairi (c) vs. Mercedes Mone – IWGP Women’s Championship
• Jay White vs. Eddie Kingston – Loser Leaves NJPW
• Homicide vs. Tom Lawlor – Filthy Rules Fight
• The Motor City Machine Guns (c) vs. The West Coast Wrecking Crew – NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship
• Fred Rosser (c) vs. KENTA – NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship
• Adrian Quest, Josh Alexander, Mascara Dorada & Rocky Romero vs. Kevin Knight, Kushida, The DKC & Volador Jr.
• David Finlay vs. Bobby Fish
• Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Clark Connors – IWGP Television Championship
• Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi – IWGP World Championship