The NJPW Windy City Riot 2025 event took place at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois, on Friday, April 11. This was the third annual Windy City Riot, and it drew 4,674 people to the arena.
The 2025 show had a total of nine matches on the card, with three of them being for titles. Gabe Kidd was set to defend his STRONG Openweight Championship against Tomohiro Ishii in a 30-minute Iron Man match. The main event would also see Hiroshi Tanahashi have his final match in the USA – would it be a happy ending or would Konosuke Takeshita water that dream down?
NJPW Windy City Riot 2025 Results
- Singles Match: Konosuke Takeshita def. Hiroshi Tanahashi*
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match: Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shota Umino
- Singles Match: Zack Sabre Jr. def. David Finlay
- Tag Team Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito & TITAN) def. El Phantasmo & Rocky Romero
- STRONG Openweight Championship 30-Minute Iron Man Match: Tomohiro Ishii def. Gabe Kidd (c) 2-1 in sudden-death overtime ~ TITLE CHANGE
- STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship Match: World Class Wrecking Crew (Roye Isaacs & Jorel Nelson) (c) def. Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA)
- Singles Match: Mina Shirakawa vs. AZM ended in a Double Countout**
- Singles Match: TJP def. Tom Lawlor
- STRONG Survivor Match: Zane Jay def. CJ Tino
*Hiroshi Tanahashi’s final match in the United States.
**To determine the #1 contender for the STRONG Women’s Championship.
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