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The main event would also see Hiroshi Tanahashi have his final match in the USA &#8211; would it be a happy ending or would Konosuke Takeshita water that dream down?<\/p>\n<h2>NJPW Windy City Riot 2025 Results<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Singles Match: Konosuke Takeshita def. Hiroshi Tanahashi*<\/li>\n<li>IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match: Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shota Umino<\/li>\n<li>Singles Match: Zack Sabre Jr. def. David Finlay<\/li>\n<li>Tag Team Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito &amp; TITAN) def. El Phantasmo &amp; Rocky Romero<\/li>\n<li>STRONG Openweight Championship 30-Minute Iron Man Match: Tomohiro Ishii def. Gabe Kidd (c) 2-1 in sudden-death overtime ~ <em><strong>TITLE CHANGE<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship Match: World Class Wrecking Crew (Roye Isaacs &amp; Jorel Nelson) (c) def. Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight &amp; KUSHIDA)<\/li>\n<li>Singles Match: Mina Shirakawa vs. AZM ended in a Double Countout**<\/li>\n<li>Singles Match: TJP def. Tom Lawlor<\/li>\n<li>STRONG Survivor Match: Zane Jay def. CJ Tino<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>*Hiroshi Tanahashi&#8217;s final match in the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>**To determine the #1 contender for the STRONG Women&#8217;s Championship.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"s1\">Header photo \u2013 NJPW \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on NJPW Windy City Riot results and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can rewatch all 2021 NJPW events and plenty more tremendous wrestling content from New Japan Pro-Wrestling on <a href=\"http:\/\/njpwworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NJPWWorld.com<\/a>; The King of Sports Streaming.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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