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NJPW returning to Chicago for Windy City Riot 2024

Posted on by Ethan Renner

NJPW will return to Chicago in April for the first time since 2022 with their second Windy City Riot event.

The company announced Friday that they will run the Wintrust Arena with Windy City Riot on Friday, April 12 at 8 p.m. Eastern time. 

Talent for the event has yet to be announced. 

Tickets for Windy City Riot go on sale Friday, January 12 for the general public, with a venue-exclusive presale set for Thursday, January 11. Tickets prices are listed as ranging from $29 to $39 for Stand A & Stand B, and $199 to $299 for ringside seats. 

NJPW’s first Windy City Riot pay-per-view was held in April 2022 in Villa Park, a Chicago suburb. That show was headlined by Jon Moxley vs. Will Ospreay.

Windy City Riot looks to be the second American event for NJPW in 2024, the first coming on Saturday, January 13 in San Jose, California. That show, Battle in the Valley, will be headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay as announced during Friday’s New Year Dash event.

Good Brothers, Great-O-Khan announced for NJPW Windy City Riot

Posted on by Ethan Renner

NJPW has made three new talent announcements for their April 16 Windy City Riot event in the Chicago area. 

The Good Brothers, Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson, have been announced for the show. Gallows and Anderson last appeared for NJPW at Resurgence last August. The duo also took part in the Tag Team Turbulence tournament on NJPW Strong last summer, ultimately winning the series.

The Great-O-Khan has also been added to the Windy City Riot lineup. O-Khan is currently taking part in the New Japan Cup tournament, where he has advanced to the third round. 

No matches have been announced for Windy City Riot to this point. The show will take place Saturday, April 16 at the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, Illinois. Tickets for the event are on sale now. 

The announced lineup:

  • Jon Moxley
  • Minoru Suzuki
  • Will Ospreay
  • Jay White
  • Tomohiro Ishii
  • Tom Lawlor
  • Jeff Cobb
  • Juice Robinson
  • David Finlay
  • Yuji Nagata
  • Fred Rosser
  • JONAH
  • Brody King
  • Karl Fredericks
  • Clark Connors
  • Hikuleo
  • Rocky Romero
  • Doc Gallows
  • Karl Anderson
  • The Great-O-Khan

Minoru Suzuki returning to US for Dallas, Chicago NJPW events

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Minoru Suzuki is coming back to America. 

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Famer and NJPW provisional KOPW 2022 has been announced for NJPW Lonestar Shootout on Friday, April 1 on WrestleMania weekend in Dallas, Texas, as well as NJPW Windy City Riot in the Chicago, Illinois area on Saturday, April 16. 

Suzuki was last in the United States for a nearly two-month tour in September and October 2021 that saw him wrestle dates for AEW, Impact Wrestling, GCW, NJPW, and numerous indie promotions. 

The Lonestar Shootout show will be split up into episodes of NJPW Strong to air on NJPW World, while the Windy City Riot event appears to be a standalone event similar to November’s Battle in the Valley show in San Jose, California.

Suzuki will defend the provisional KOPW 2022 trophy against Toru Yano in a dog cage match on Sunday’s NJPW New Year’s Golden Series event in Hokkaido.

NJPW announces Windy City Riot event for Chicago area

Posted on by Ethan Renner

NJPW is heading to the Chicago area. 

The company has announced Windy City Riot for Saturday, April 16 at the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, Illinois.

Will Ospreay, Tomohiro Ishii, Jay White, Jeff Cobb, Yuji Nagata, David Finlay, Juice Robinson, Tom Lawlor, JONAH, Fred Rosser, and Brody King are the first talent announcements for the event. No matches have been made official as of yet.

Tickets for the show will go on sale on Friday, February 4 at 12 p.m. Central time at this link. Ticket prices will range from $25 to $299.

The show looks to be bigger than an NJPW Strong taping, as Ishii and Nagata are typically not brought in for smaller shows in the United States. In their announcement, NJPW said that the show will be “a major event.” A comparable show would be appear to be last November’s Battle in the Valley event in San Jose.