NJPW Windy City Riot notes: Jack Perry, Tony Khan, title changes

News and notes from Friday’s Windy City Riot event, which featured multiple title changes: 

  • Jack Perry faced Shota Umino on Friday’s undercard, coming to the ring with a “Cry Me A River” jacket. Perry adopted many of CM Punk‘s mannerisms including his GTS taunt, and tried for a GTS in the match as the crowd chanted about Perry being choked out or not choked out by Punk. Umino defeated Perry, and the two shook hands after the match.
  • AEW’s Tony Khan attended the show and a fan snapped a photo of Khan chatting with Renee Paquette:

  • As covered here, Jon Moxley won the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, and Shota Umino & Ren Narita were set up as potential challengers.
  • Nic Nemeth defeated Tomohiro Ishii in the show’s semi-main in a match where Nemeth’s IWGP Global Championship was not on the line.
  • Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Matt Riddle to reclaim the NJPW World TV Championship, becoming the first two-time NJPW TV Champion.
  • Gabe Kidd‘s team defeated Eddie Kingston‘s squad in an eight-man tornado tag match. Kidd teamed with Bullet Club’s KENTA, Clark Connors & David Finlay, while Homicide, Jeff Cobb & TJP sided with Kingston. Kingston challenged Kidd to an NJPW Strong title bout for Resurgence on May 11 in a Last Man Standing match.
  • Mustafa Ali made his NJPW debut on the show, defeating former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi.
  • TMDK’s Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste won the NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team titles in a four-way that included the West Coast Wrecking Crew, Tom Lawlor & Fred Rosser, and El Phantasmo & Hikuleo. The WCWC attacked Lawlor & Rosser after the match.
  • Stephanie Vaquer retained the NJPW Strong Women’s Championship, defeating Stardom’s AZM.
  • Ren Narita defeated Minoru Suzuki in the main card opener, giving him a win before his involvement in the main event angle.

Our full report from Windy City Riot is here.

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Ethan Renner
Ethan Renner

An F4WOnline Editor since 2019, Ethan has been covering wrestling and MMA since 2011. He has hosted The Wrestling Life Podcast since 2014, and is a former Baltimore Sun TV/Tribune Media contributor. He is also a Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles fan.