NJPW Battle Line Hokkaido Preview (9/24/25) – Night 7

This year’s 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  6:30 p.m. JST/5:30 a.m. ET and will be livestreamed on NJPW World.

Bannered by the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight and IWGP Jr. Tag Team title matches, here is the full card for the show:

NJPW Battle Line Hokkaido Preview & Match Card – Night 7:

• Main event: IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship – El Desperado (c) vs. YOH
• 7th match: IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – SHO & DOUKI (c) vs. Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles
• 6th match: Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson vs. Ren Narita, Sanada, & Yujiro Takahashi
• 5th match: Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Gabe Kidd, David Finlay, & Taiji Ishimori
• 4th match: Tomohiro Ishii, Taichi, & Taka Michinoku vs. OSKAR, Yuto-Ice, & Gedo
• 3rd match: Boltin Oleg, Shota Umino, & Yuya Uemura vs. Don Fale, EVIL, & Dick Togo
• 2nd match: Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, & Tomoaki Honma vs. Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Shoma Kato
• 1st match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Master Wato
• Kick-off match: Tatsuya Matsumoto & Katsuya Murashima vs. Zane Jay & Masatora Yasuda

YOH & Desperado Fight for Junior Heavyweight Crown

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.

After YOH’s 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?

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’s got and some extra kick to win the big one finally.

House of Torture Defends Against Ichiban Sweet Boys

The Ichiban Sweet Boys of TMDK, Kosei Fujita, and Robbie Eagles will reunite to challenge House of Torture’s 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.

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.