AEW’s Wheeler Yuta set for NJPW Windy City Riot dark match
A dark match featuring AEW talent and ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta has been added to Saturday’s NJPW Windy City Riot show.
Yuta will team with Rocky Romero against frequent tag partners Kevin Knight and The DKC. The match was announced on Tuesday.
As part of AEW’s Best Friends group, Yuta was inducted initiated into NJPW’s CHAOS faction, which includes Romero as a member. In recent weeks on AEW television, Yuta has been courted by William Regal, Bryan Danielson, and Jon Moxley of the Blackpool Combat Club.
Yuta and Romero vs. Knight and The DKC will start at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time for the live crowd.
Nine matches are now set for Saturday’s event. Here is the full card:
NJPW Windy City Riot, Saturday, April 16, 8 p.m. Eastern time on FITE TV —
- Jon Moxley vs. Will Ospreay
- Tomohiro Ishii vs. Minoru Suzuki
- US of Jay open challenge: Jay White vs. TBA
- NJPW Strong Openweight Championship: Tom Lawlor (c) vs. Yuji Nagata
- Fred Rosser, Chris Dickinson, Josh Alexander, Alex Coughlin & Ren Narita vs. Royce Isaacs, Jorel Nelson, JR Kratos, Danny Limelight & Black Tiger
- Scott Norton, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson, El Phantasmo, Chris Bey & Hikuleo vs. Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, Aaron Henare, TJP, Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher
- Chicago street fight: David Finlay, Juice Robinson & Brody King vs. Shane Haste, JONAH & Bad Dude Tito
- QT Marshall, Aaron Solo & Nick Comoroto vs. Karl Fredericks, Clark Connors & Yuya Uemura
- Dark match: Wheeler Yuta & Rocky Romero vs. Kevin Knight & The DKC