Full card revealed for NJPW Windy City Riot

The full nine-match card is now set for NJPW’s return to the United States this weekend.

Airing live as a pay-per-view on NJPW World, Windy City Riot 2025 takes place at Wintrust Arena in Chicago this Friday night. The show is being headlined by an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match with Hirooki Goto defending his belt against Shota Umino

The Goto vs. Umino match was made official after being set up over the weekend at Sakura Genesis. Following his title defense against David Finlay, Goto said he already had his next challenger in mind, calling out Umino and saying that he wants to show the United States what true Japanese strong style is all about.

NJPW has been teasing a heel turn for Umino, though he remained babyface after his victory over Hiroshi Tanahashi at Sakura Genesis.

After successful defenses over Tanahashi, Yuji Nagata, and Finlay, this will be the fourth title defense of Goto’s IWGP World Championship reign.

The semi-main event at Windy City Riot is Tanahashi vs. Konosuke Takeshita — with the match being the final time that Tanahashi will ever wrestle in the United States. He’s set to retire as an in-ring competitor in January 2026.

A matchup between Tom Lawlor and TJP is among the new additions to the Windy City Riot card. Also added is a pre-show match between NJPW U.S. Academy graduates Zane Jay and CJ Tino.

The full lineup can be seen below:

NJPW Windy City Riot 2025 (Friday, April 11) —

• IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto defends against Shota Umino
• Hiroshi Tanahashi’s last match in the United States: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Konosuke Takeshita
• Zack Sabre Jr. vs. David Finlay
• Tetsuya Naito & Titan vs. Rocky Romero & El Phantasmo
• 30-minute Iron Man match: NJPW Strong Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd defends against Tomohiro Ishii
• NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson defend against KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight
• Strong Women’s title number one contender’s match: Mina Shirakawa vs. AZM (winner challenges Mercedes Mone at Resurgence on May 9)
• Tom Lawlor vs. TJP
• Kickoff match: Zane Jay vs. CJ Tino

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