Windy City Riot is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event takes its name from the term Windy City, the nickname of the city of Chicago.
| Windy City Riot | |
|---|---|
| Promotions | New Japan Pro-Wrestling |
| First event | Windy City Riot (2022) |
Events
edit| # | Event | Date | City | Venue | Attendance | Main event | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windy City Riot (2022) | April 16, 2022 | Villa Park, Illinois | Odeum Expo Center | 2,277 | Jon Moxley vs. Will Ospreay | [1][2] |
| 2 | Windy City Riot (2024) | April 12, 2024 | Chicago, Illinois | Wintrust Arena | 6,028 | Jon Moxley vs. Tetsuya Naito (c) for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | [3][4] |
| 3 | Windy City Riot (2025) | April 11, 2025 | 4,674 | Konosuke Takeshita vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi | [5][6] | ||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||||
See also
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References
edit- ↑ NJPW. "Windy City Riot Hits FITE April 16! 【NJoA】 | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING". NJPW. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
- ↑ Renner, Ethan. "NJPW announces Windy City Riot event for Chicago". WON/F4W. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
- ↑ "Windy City Riot sees NJPW hit the Wintrust in Chicago April 12! 【NJoA】". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. January 5, 2024. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ↑ Renner, Ethan (January 5, 2024). "NJPW returning to Chicago for Windy City Riot 2024". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ↑ Thomas, Jeremy (January 5, 2025). "NJPW Announces Windy City Riot, Resurgence Events For 2025". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
- ↑ "2025.04.11 Windy City Riot 2025". NJPW. Retrieved March 17, 2025.