Windy City Riot

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Windy City Riot
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Promotional poster featuring several NJPW wrestlers
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateApril 16, 2022
CityVilla Park, Illinois
VenueOdeum Expo Center
Attendance2,277[1]
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Windy City Riot was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on April 16, 2022, at the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, Illinois.[2][3]

Nine matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Jon Moxley defeated Will Ospreay. In other prominent matches, Tomohiro Ishii defeated Minoru Suzuki, Juice Robinson, David Finlay and Brody King defeated Jonah, Shane Haste and Bad Dude Tito in a Chicago Street Fight, and Tom Lawlor defeated Yuji Nagata to retain the Strong Openweight Championship. The event also saw Shota Umino's return to the company from excursion in a losing effort to Jay White.

This was the final event held at the Odeum Expo Center, as the venue permanently closed in May 2022.[4]

Storylines[]

Windy City Riot featured nine professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[5]

Results[]

No. Results[1] Stipulations Times
1D Wheeler Yuta and Rocky Romero defeated The DKC and Kevin Knight by pinfall Tag team match 9:30
2 The Factory (Q. T. Marshall, Aaron Solo and Nick Comoroto) defeated LA Dojo (Karl Fredericks, Clark Connors and Yuya Uemura) by pinfall Six-man tag team match 11:56
3 Fred Rosser, Josh Alexander, Alex Coughlin, Ren Narita and Chris Dickinson defeated Team Filthy (Royce Isaacs, Jorel Nelson, JR Kratos, Black Tiger and Danny Limelight) by submission Ten-man tag team match 13:50
4 Tom Lawlor (c) defeated Yuji Nagata by pinfall Singles match for the Strong Openweight Championship 13:57
5 United Empire (Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, TJP, Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) defeated Bullet Club (Hikuleo, Chris Bey, El Phantasmo, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows and Scott Norton) by pinfall Twelve-man tag team match 11:58
6 FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) and Brody King defeated TMDK (Jonah and Shane Haste) and Bad Dude Tito by pinfall Chicago Street Fight 24:11
7 Jay White defeated Shota Umino by pinfall Singles match 15:45
8 Tomohiro Ishii defeated Minoru Suzuki by pinfall Singles match 18:46
9 Jon Moxley defeated Will Ospreay by pinfall Singles match 21:24
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • D – indicates the match was a dark match

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "2022.04.16 WINDY CITY RIOT | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING". NJPW. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  2. ^ NJPW. "Windy City Riot Hits FITE April 16! 【NJoA】 | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING". NJPW. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  3. ^ Renner, Ethan. "NJPW announces Windy City Riot event for Chicago". WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, AEW News, AEW results. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  4. ^ Morgan, Scott (January 26, 2022). "Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park sold, will close May 31". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  5. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
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