NJPW Battle In The Valley 2024 Results – Jan. 13, 2024 – Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay

January 13, 2024
San Jose, CA – San Jose Civic
English Commentary: Walker Stewart, Veda Scott, and “Filthy” Tom Lawlor

Quick Match Results

  1. Pre-show: Matt Vandagriff defeated Goldy via 450 Splash (pinfall 6:09)
  2. Pre-show: Stephanie Vaquer defeated Vivian Van via Package Backbreaker (pinfall 9:55)
  3. Shota Umino, Fred Rosser, & Jacob Fatu defeated Team Filthy (“Filthy” Tom Lawlor & West Coast Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson)) via Death Rider (pinfall 8:59)
    • Following the match, a mystery masked man jumped over the barricade and attacked Umino. This mystery person took off their mask revealing himself to be Jack Perry. Perry continued his attack on Umino and pulled out an AEW contract, which he proceeded to rip in half. Perry then took out an armband that had the words of “SCAPEGOAT” and put in on his arm.
  4. Mascara Dorada & Voldar Jr. defeated Rocky Romero & Soberano Jr. via Canadian Destroyer (pinfall 11:11)
  5. David Finlay defeated TJP via Overkill (pinfall 13:07)
  6. NJPW Openweight Tag Team Championship – Guerillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) (c) defeated Bullet Club War Dogs (Alex Coughin & Clark Connors) via Super Thunder Kiss ’86 (pinfall 12:06)
  7. NJPW Strong Women’s Championship – Giulia (c) defeated Trish Adora via Northern Lights Bomb (pinfall 13:02)
  8. Matt Riddle & Jeff Cobb defeated TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. & Bad Dude Tito) via Bro Derrick (pinfall 11:45)
    • Prior to the start of the match, Cobb was revealed as the mystery tag team partner for Riddle.
  9. AEW Continental Crown – Gabe Kidd vs. Eddie Kingston (c) went to a Double Count Out (12:06)
  10. No DQ match – Jon Moxley defeated Shingo Takagi via Death Rider (pinfall 26:16)
    • Following the match, Moxley grabbed a microphone and issued a challenge to Tetsuya Naito for his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at NJPW’s Windy City Riot 2024 event this April in Chicago. Following Moxley’s promo, NJPW announced that this match was made official for that event in the form of a match graphic shown on the screen.
  11. Kazuchika Okada defeated Will Ospreay via Rainmaker (pinfall 28:34)
    • Following the match, Okada helped Ospreay up to his feet but before anything else could happen, Bullet Club War Dogs came out and attacked both guys. War Dogs tossed Okada out of the ring and were about to attack again until United Empire ran out to save Ospreay and engaged in a mass brawl. Eddie Kingston ran out and joined in on the brawl attacking War Dogs as revenge for their attack on him earlier. Ospreay grabbed a microphone and insulted the War Dogs and told Kingston that he owed him one for coming out to help him. Ospreay closed out his speech reflecting on his career in NJPW and hyped up his upcoming final match in NJPW promising blood & sick twisted violence in store for the Steel Cage match between United Empire and Bullet Club.