Nemeth vs. Ishii, two more matches added to NJPW Windy City Riot
Nic Nemeth vs. Tomohiro Ishii, plus two more new matches have been added to NJPW Windy City Riot.
After issuing a challenge to Ishii in a video on Wednesday, NJPW made a match between the two official for Windy City Riot at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago on Friday, April 12.
In another new bout added to the card for Chicago, Jack Perry will go one-on-one with Shota Umino in a rematch from the first round of the New Japan Cup. Perry won the first meeting between the two after targeting Umino in his first excursion into NJPW.
Also added to Windy City Riot, Hikuleo & El Phantasmo will defend the NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship in an open challenge four corners bout. The three challenging teams have yet to be revealed.
Windy City Riot will air on Friday, April 12 at 8 p.m. Eastern time on NJPW World pay-per-view.
Following Wednesday’s new match announcements, here is the current lineup for Windy City Riot:
- Tetsuya Naito vs. Jon Moxley
- Hiromu Takahashi vs. Mustafa Ali
- Tomohiro Ishii vs. Nic Nemeth
- Jack Perry vs. Shota Umino
- Four corners open challenge: Hikuleo & El Phantasmo defend the NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team titles against three teams TBA
- Riot rules tornado tag: Eddie Kingston & three partners TBA vs. Gabe Kidd & three partners TBA
