{"id":152231,"date":"2023-01-10T09:54:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T15:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=152231"},"modified":"2023-01-10T09:54:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T15:54:11","slug":"new-japan-sells-out-major-upcoming-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/01\/10\/new-japan-sells-out-major-upcoming-event\/","title":{"rendered":"New Japan sells out major upcoming event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-159183968\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>New Japan Pro Wrestling Battle in the Valley on February 18 in San Jose has officially sold out. The show is headlined by the in-ring debut of Mercedes Mone, formerly Sasha Banks in WWE. Mone will wrestled Kairi for the IWGP Women&#8217;s Championship on the show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you,&#8221; New Japan wrote on in a message on Twitter. &#8220;Over one month away, all tickets are sold out for Battle in the Valley February 18.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Over one month away, all tickets are SOLD OUT for Battle in the Valley February 18!<\/p>\n<p>Watch LIVE in English on FITE!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3kcvvccOsm\">https:\/\/t.co\/3kcvvccOsm<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njbitv?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njbitv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xzQTIscwUC\">pic.twitter.com\/xzQTIscwUC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwglobal\/status\/1612674201479188480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mercedes Mone made her debut for New Japan inside the Tokyo Dome at Wrestle Kingdom 17 on January 4. Kairi retained her IWGP Women&#8217;s Championship against Tam Nakano, but was then confronted by Mone. Mone walked to the ring and stared Kairi down before hitting her with a specialized knee strike. Mone then picked up the IWGP Women&#8217;s Championship belt and stood tall over Kairi.<\/p>\n<p>Mone is a multiple time women&#8217;s champion in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WWE<\/a>. She main-evented WrestleMania 37 in a match against Bianca Belair for the WWE Smackdown Women&#8217;s Championship.<\/p>\n<h3>Full Wrestle Kingdom 17 Results<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Catch 22 def. LiYoh \u2013 IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship<\/li>\n<li>KAIRI def. Tam Nakano \u2013 IWGP Women\u2019s Championship<\/li>\n<li>Bishimon def. FTR \u2013 IWGP World Tag Team Championship<\/li>\n<li>Zach Sabre Jr. def. Ren Narita \u2013 NJPW World TV Championship<\/li>\n<li>Tama Tonga def. 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Jay White \u2013 IWGP World Heavyweight Championship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/01\/04\/mercedes-mone-makes-first-comments-since-making-debut\/\">Mercedes Mone makes first public comments since making New Japan debut<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3409156199\"><div id=\"pwtor-3605360446\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>New Japan Pro Wrestling Battle in the Valley on February 18 in San Jose has officially sold out. 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