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| Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Brand | NJPW Strong | ||
| Date | May 9, 2025 | ||
| City | Ontario, California | ||
| Venue | Toyota Arena | ||
| Attendance | 2,027 [1] | ||
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Resurgence (2025) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on May 9, 2025, at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. [2] [3] It was the fourth Resurgence event overall.
In October 2019, NJPW announced their expansion into the United States with their new American division, New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America (NJoA). [4] On July 31, 2020, NJPW announced a new weekly series titled NJPW Strong ; the series would be produced by NJoA. [5] On January 30, 2023, NJPW announced that all of the promotion's future American events would be branded under the "Strong" name. NJoA PPVs have since aired under the NJPW Strong Live banner; these PPV events will later air as part of the NJPW Strong on Demand series. [6]
On January 13, 2025, NJPW announced that a fourth Resurgence event will take place on May 9, 2025, at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. [2]
The event featured several professional wrestling matches, which involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines were produced on NJPW's events. [7]
The event started with the preshow singles confrontation between Allan Breeze and CJ Tino, solded with the victory of the latter. In the first main card bout, Bea Priestley defeated Viva Van in singles competition. Next up, Fred Rosser picked up a victory over Matt Vandagriff via submission as a result of a singles bout. The fourth match of the event saw TJP and Templario defeat Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson to win the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship, ending the latter teams' reign at 145 days and two defenses. Next up, The Young Bucks, Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson defeated David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors and Gedo in eight-man tag team competition, portraying a confrontation of the time's past and present Bullet Club generations. In the sixth bout, Tomohiro Ishii defeated Drilla Moloney to secure the first successful defense of the Strong Openweight Championship in that respective reign. The seventh bout saw Konosuke Takeshita defeat El Phantasmo to secure the sixth consecutive defense of the NEVER Openweight Championship in that respective reign. [8]
The show featured a double main event. In the first main bout, Hirooki Goto wrestled Zack Sabre Jr. into a double double pinfall, thus securing the sixth consecutive defense of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship in that respective reign. [9]
In the second main event, AZM defeated reigning champion Mercedes Moné to win the Strong Women's Championship in a three-way match also involving Mina Shirakawa. [10] [11]