New Japan Pro Wrestling held its event, Battle in the Valley, on Feb. 18 at the San Jose Civic in San Jose, California.
One of the featured matches was IWGP Women’s Champion Kairi defending her title against Mercedes Monè. The event marked Monè’s first wrestling match since leaving the WWE. Another match on the card was Jay White vs. Eddie Kingston in a Loser Leaves NJPW match. It’s rumored that White could leave the company when his contract expires.
NJPW: Battle in the Valley aired live on FITE TV for $19.99 at 10 PM ET/ 7 PM PT. Fans who missed the event can watch it on replay with an NJPW World subscription.
NJPW Battle In The Valley Results
- Alex Coughlin def. JR Kratos
- David Finlay def. Bobby Fish
- Kushida, Volador Jr., Kevin Knight & The DKC def. Máscara Dorada, Josh Alexander, Adrian Quest & Rocky Romero
- KENTA def. (C) Fred Rosser- Strong Openweight Championship match
- (C) The Motor City Machine Guns(Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) def. West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson and Royce Issacs)- Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship match
- Eddie Kingston def. Jay White- Loser Leaves NJPW match
- Tom Lawler def. Homicide- Filthy Rules Fight match
- (C) Zack Sabre Jr def. Clark Connors- NJPW World TV Championship match
- Mercedes Monè def. (C) Kairi- IWGP Women’s Championship match
- C) Kazuchika Okada def. Hiroshi Tanahashi- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match