{"id":142391,"date":"2025-09-22T11:40:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=142391"},"modified":"2025-09-22T11:40:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:40:29","slug":"njpw-battle-line-hokkaido-preview-9-24-25-night-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/09\/22\/njpw-battle-line-hokkaido-preview-9-24-25-night-7\/","title":{"rendered":"NJPW Battle Line Hokkaido Preview (9\/24\/25) &#8211; Night 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s Road to Destruction tour culminates this Wednesday, September 24, with night seven of NJPW Battle Line Hokkaido at the Kitagas Arena, where the spotlight will be on the junior heavyweights. The show starts at\u00a0 6:30 p.m. JST\/5:30 a.m. ET and will be livestreamed on NJPW World.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bannered by the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight and IWGP Jr. Tag Team title matches, here is the full card for the show:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>NJPW Battle Line Hokkaido Preview &amp; Match Card &#8211; Night 7:<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Main event: IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship &#8211; El Desperado (c) vs. YOH<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7th match: IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship &#8211; SHO &amp; DOUKI (c) vs. Kosei Fujita &amp; Robbie Eagles<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6th match: Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson vs. Ren Narita, Sanada, &amp; Yujiro Takahashi<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5th match: Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, &amp; Hiromu Takahashi vs. Gabe Kidd, David Finlay, &amp; Taiji Ishimori<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4th match: Tomohiro Ishii, Taichi, &amp; Taka Michinoku vs. OSKAR, Yuto-Ice, &amp; Gedo<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3rd match: Boltin Oleg, Shota Umino, &amp; Yuya Uemura vs. Don Fale, EVIL, &amp; Dick Togo<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2nd match: Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, &amp; Tomoaki Honma vs. Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi, &amp; Shoma Kato<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1st match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Master Wato<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kick-off match: Tatsuya Matsumoto &amp; Katsuya Murashima vs. Zane Jay &amp; Masatora Yasuda<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>YOH &amp; Desperado Fight for Junior Heavyweight Crown<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five-time IWGP Jr. Heavyweight champion El Desperado will defend the title for the eighth time against a familiar foe in YOH. This will be the second time they will square off for the title, as it was also Desperado that YOH wrestled for his first shot at it back in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After YOH\u2019s failed challenge back then, he has beaten Desperado three consecutive times. It seems that he has found the formula to beat the champion, but will he be able to do it again to achieve the biggest singles victory of his otherwise decorated tag team career?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, it will not be easy, as Desperado is in his most successful reign yet. Having beaten six previous challengers, one of them in a deathmatch and another in a hardcore stipulation, YOH might need all he\u2019s got and some extra kick to win the big one finally.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>House of Torture Defends Against Ichiban Sweet Boys<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ichiban Sweet Boys of TMDK, Kosei Fujita, and Robbie Eagles will reunite to challenge House of Torture\u2019s SHO and DOUKI for the junior tag titles. They have held the titles once before and are looking to free the junior tag division from the crutches of the House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The champions won the title back in June at Dominion, when DOUKI made his shocking return from injury to team up with SHO. Following their first defense against the former champions Master Wato and YOH, they face the challenge of another team of former champs, as they look to establish dominance not just in the junior heavyweight division but in NJPW as a whole.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_142410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142410\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-142410 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/22-24.jpg\" alt=\"A graphic for NJPW Battle Line Hokkaido for September 24, 2025.\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/22-24.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/22-24-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: NJPW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking of Master Wato, he is another junior heavyweight with a great opportunity as he faces Hiroshi Tanahashi in a singles match to open the show, as part of the latter\u2019s Final Road. A rare occurrence where both men are on opposite sides, expect Wato to make the most out of this dream match scenario.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"s1\">Header photo \u2013 NJPW \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can rewatch all NJPW events and plenty more tremendous wrestling content from New Japan Pro-Wrestling on <a href=\"http:\/\/njpwworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NJPWWorld.com<\/a>, The King of Sports Streaming.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s Road to Destruction tour culminates this Wednesday, September 24, with night seven of NJPW Battle Line Hokkaido at the Kitagas Arena, where the spotlight will be on the junior heavyweights. The show starts at\u00a0 6:30 p.m. JST\/5:30 a.m. ET and will be livestreamed on NJPW World. 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