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Jeff Cobb vs. Lance Archer TV title match added to NJPW Resurgence

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Lance Archer is coming for the NJPW World Television title.

The company released a video on Saturday showing the AEW star issuing a challenge to new champion Jeff Cobb for their upcoming Resurgence event on May 11 in Ontario, California. In the video, Archer congratulated Cobb but also took a shot at the United Empire, asking who the leader was. He said he’d go a little old school and go American Psycho to become the new television champion.

Cobb won the title from Zack Sabre Jr. on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku. After the title victory, Cobb challenged anyone to challenge him for the title.

The lineup for the Saturday, May 11 Resurgence show is below. The event will air as a pay-per-view on NJPW World at 9:30 p.m. Eastern time.

  • IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley (or Ren Narita) defends against Shota Umino
  • NJPW Strong Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston defends against Gabe Kidd in a No Ropes Last Man Standing match
  • NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer defends against Alex Windsor
  • NJPW World Television title: Jeff Cobb defends against Lance Archer
  • Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji vs. KENTA & David Finlay
  • Tom Lawlor & Fred Rosser vs. Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs
  • Matt Vandagriff vs. Adrian Quest

Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Clark Connors added to NJPW Battle in the Valley

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A match for the New Japan World Television Championship is now set for Battle in the Valley.

In a vignette posted on New Japan’s social media, Clark Connors is shown watching Sabre win the championship at Wrestle Kingdom 17 last month. Connors said he was an afterthought in the tournament and that he had studied Sabre. He said he was ready for a fight like this and challenged him to a match for NJPW’s event in San Jose on February 18.

Sabre recently defended the title for the first time, defeating Tomohiro Ishii at The New Beginning in Sapporo event on February 5. Each title defense will have a fifteen minute time limit, and all matches will be posted in full on social media.

Here is the current lineup for Battle in the Valley:

NJPW Battle in the Valley, Saturday, February 18, 10 p.m. Eastern time on FITE TV PPV —

  • IWGP Women’s Championship: KAIRI (c) vs. Mercedes Mone
  • IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada or Shingo Takagi will defend the title
  • Strong Openweight Championship: Fred Rosser (c) vs. KENTA
  • Strong Tag Team titles: Motor City Machine Guns (c) vs. World Class Wrecking Crew
  • NJPW World Television title: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Clark Connors
  • Eddie Kingston vs. Jay White
  • Filthy Rules: “Filthy” Tom Lawlor vs. Homicide
  • Mascara Dorada, Josh Alexander, Adrian Quest, and Rocky Romero vs. KUSHIDA, Kevin Knight, Volador Jr., and The DKC

NJPW Battle in the Valley pre-show, Saturday, February 18, 9:20 p.m. Eastern time, free on YouTube and FITE TV —

  • David Finlay vs. Bobby Fish
  • JR Kratos vs. Alex Coughlin

Two title matches announced for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17

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A four-way for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, as well as the finals for the NJPW World Television title has been added to Wrestle Kingdom 17 on January 4.

NJPW confirmed during a press conference Tuesday morning that Taiji Ishimori will defend the IWGP Junior Heavyweight title at the Tokyo Dome against El Desperado, Master Wato, and Hiromu Takahashi in a four-way match. This follows events that took place at Declaration of Power on Monday morning. The finals of a sixteen-man tournament to crown the first NJPW World Television Champion will also take place on January 4.

At Declaration of Power, Wato defeated Ishimori in a singles match. Following the match, Wato was about to cut a promo when both Takahashi and Desperado came out and wanted the next shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight title. It was eventually decided that a four-way would take place.

KUSHIDA was originally set to return to action at Declaration of Power, facing Ishimori in a singles match. However, NJPW took KUSHIDA off the show due to still being ill with hand, foot, and mouth disease and instead announced that Wato would be taking his place.

The introduction of the NJPW World Television title took place at Declaration of Power. The tournament will begin this Friday at Korakuen Hall and will continue through the rest of the year.

Here is the current card for Wrestle Kingdom 17:

  • IWGP World Heavyweight title: Jay White defends against Kazuchika Okada
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight title: Taiji Ishimori defends against Master Wato, Hiromu Takahashi, and El Desperado in a four-way match.
  • NJPW World Television title finals