Windy City Riot (2025)

Windy City Riot
Promotional poster of the event
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	April 11, 2025
City	Chicago, Illinois
Venue	Wintrust Arena
Attendance	4,674 [1]
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Windy City Riot was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on April 11, 2025, at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. ^{[2] [3]} It was the third event under the Windy City Riot chronology.

Production

Background

The event was held at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois.

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, and are later shown as part of the NJPW Strong on Demand series. ^[6]

On January 5, 2025, during Wrestle Dynasty, NJPW announced that third Windy City Riot will take place on April 12, at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. ^[2]

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times [1]
1P	Zane Jay defeated CJ Tino	STRONG Survivor match	8:57
2	TJP defeated Tom Lawlor	Singles match	12:13
3	Mina Shirakawa vs. AZM ended in a double countout	Singles match to determine the #1 contender for the Strong Women's Championship [7]	11:43
4	World Class Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson) (c) defeated Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight and Kushida)	Tag team match for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship [8]	11:05
5	Tomohiro Ishii defeated Gabe Kidd (c) 2–1 with sudden death overtime	30-minute Iron man match for the Strong Openweight Championship	34:05
6	Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito and Titán) defeated El Phantasmo and Rocky Romero	Tag team match [8]	11:04
7	Zack Sabre Jr. defeated David Finlay	Singles match [8]	15:20
8	Hirooki Goto (c) defeated Shota Umino	Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship [9]	20:00
9	Konosuke Takeshita defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi	Singles match This was Tanahashi's final match in the United States.	20:37
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match P  – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

References

1. Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 11, 2025). "NJPW Windy City Riot 2025". cagematch.net. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
2. Thomas, Jeremy (January 5, 2025). "NJPW Announces Windy City Riot, Resurgence Events For 2025". Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved March 17, 2025.
3. "2025.04.11 Windy City Riot 2025". NJPW. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
4. "NJPW ANNOUNCES NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING OF AMERICA SUBSIDIARY". f4wonline. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
5. "New Japan Cup USA announced for NJPW STRONG debut 【NJoA】". New Japan Pro-Wrestling . Bushiroad . Retrieved August 11, 2020.
6. "NJPW of America, STRONG transform in 2023 【NJoA】". New Japan Pro-Wrestling . January 30, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
7. Rose, Bryan (March 30, 2025). "Number one contender's match added to NJPW Windy City Riot". Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved March 31, 2025.
8. Tessier, Colin (March 23, 2025). "Zack Sabre Jr vs. David Finlay, Strong Openweight Tag Title Match, More Set For NJPW Windy City Riot". Fightful. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
9. Currier, Joseph (February 13, 2025). "IWGP World title to be defended at two NJPW US events". Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved March 20, 2025.

External links

• NJPW official website