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NJPW Xtra pre-show match added to Battle in the Valley

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A pre-show match to be taped for the NJPW Xtra YouTube show has been added to Saturday’s Battle in the Valley event. 

Impact Wrestling talent and Bullet Club member Chris Bey will team with Hikuleo against NJPW LA Dojo trainees and Strong regulars Kevin Knight and The DKC. The match will take place 30 minutes before the main card begins at 11 p.m. Eastern time. The pre-show addition makes Battle in the Valley a nine-match show.  

The first hour of Battle in the Valley’s main card will go head-to-head with the final hour of AEW’s Full Gear pay-per-view. 

Battle in the Valley will air with English commentary on FITE TV and Japanese commentary on NJPW World. 

Here is the full lineup: 

NJPW Battle in the Valley, Saturday, November 13, pre-show 10:30 p.m. Eastern time, main card 11 p.m. Eastern time —

  • NEVER Openweight Championship: Jay White (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii
  • Kazuchika Okada vs. Buddy Matthews
  • Juice Robinson vs. Moose
  • Will Ospreay vs. Ren Narita
  • Jeff Cobb & TJP vs. Karl Fredericks & Clark Connors
  • Fred Rosser, David Finlay, Rocky Romero, Alex Coughlin & Alex Zayne vs. Tom Lawlor, JR Kratos, Danny Limelight, Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson
  • Brody King & Chris Dickinson vs. Bateman & Misterioso
  • Josh Alexander vs. Yuya Uemura
  • Pre-show match taped for NJPW Xtra: Chris Bey & Hikuleo vs. Kevin Knight & The DKC

NJPW Xtra debuting on YouTube November 1

Posted on by Ethan Renner

NJPW has announced a new YouTube series, set to debut on Monday, November 1 on their English-language channel.

NJPW Xtra will primarily be a news and highlights show, according to the announcement, but each week an exclusive match will also air on the show. 

The November 1 episode will feature the dark match from August’s NJPW Resurgence event in Los Angeles, with Jordan Clearwater, Kevin Knight and The DKC taking on Bateman, Misterioso and Barrett Brown. 

The November 8 episode will include a Will Ospreay vs. Alex Zayne match from the New Japan Showdown tapings in Philadelphia earlier this month. 

The announcement states that NJPW Xtra will include highlights from both NJPW’s main roster, plus the NJOA branch of the company that produces NJPW Strong. 

The next NJPW event in the United States will be the Saturday, November 13 Battle in the Valley event in San Jose, California. That show will air with English commentary on FITE TV and on NJPW World with Japanese commentary. The show airs at 11 p.m. Eastern time, head-to-head with the final hour of AEW’s Full Gear pay-per-view.