Windy City Riot (2025)

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Windy City Riot
Promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateApril 11, 2025
City Chicago, Illinois
Venue Wintrust Arena
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Windy City Riot is a upcoming professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event will take place on April 11, 2025, at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. [1] [2] It will be the third event under the Windy City Riot chronology.

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Production

Background

The event was held at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. Wintrust-arena-exterior.jpg
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). [3] On July 31, 2020, NJPW announced a new weekly series titled NJPW Strong ; the series would be produced by NJoA. [4] 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. [5]

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. [1]

Matches

No.Matches*Stipulations
1 Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
This will be Tanahashi's final match in the United States.
2 Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii 30-minute Iron man match for the Strong Openweight Championship
3 Hirooki Goto (c) or David Finlay vs. TBA Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship [6]
4 David Finlay vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Singles match [7]
5 El Phantasmo and Rocky Romero vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito and Titán) Tag team match [7]
6 World Class Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson) (c) vs. Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight and Kushida) Tag team match for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship [7]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

References

  1. 1 2 Thomas, Jeremy (January 5, 2025). "NJPW Announces Windy City Riot, Resurgence Events For 2025". Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  2. ↑ "2025.04.11 Windy City Riot 2025". NJPW. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  3. ↑ "NJPW ANNOUNCES NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING OF AMERICA SUBSIDIARY". f4wonline. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  4. ↑ "New Japan Cup USA announced for NJPW STRONG debut 【NJoA】". New Japan Pro-Wrestling . Bushiroad . Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  5. ↑ "NJPW of America, STRONG transform in 2023 【NJoA】". New Japan Pro-Wrestling . January 30, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  6. ↑ Currier, Joseph (February 13, 2025). "IWGP World title to be defended at two NJPW US events". Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 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.
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