NJPW Strong Resurgence announced for Ontario, California

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NJPW has announced its return to California. 

At today’s New Beginning in Osaka event, the promotion revealed that NJPW Strong Resurgence will take place at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California, on May 11. 

This will be the first time NJPW has held a show in the venue. 

WWE’s last show in the Toyota Arena was the September 25, 2023, episode of Raw, which drew just over 8100 fans. AEW last ran the building on November 15, 2023, and drew over 3400 fans for an episode of Dynamite. 

NJPW’s next show in the United States will be Windy City Riot in Chicago on April 14. The show will feature Tetsuya Naito vs. Jon Moxley and Mustafa Ali vs. Hiromu Takahashi. The show will take place at the Wintrust Arena and 4,559 tickets had been distributed to the show as of the February 4, 2024, edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 

Meltzer wrote:

They sold the new seats out immediately and are now at 4,559 seats out in a place that legit would sell out at 7,000. Why they haven’t opened it up for 7,000 when they’ve turned away people on both sale openings is beyond me. Some of this is the secondary market as there are 1,231 tickets available although the $19 tickets on the secondary market are going from $50 to $90.

Up next for NJPW in February will be the FantasticaMania tour with CMLL. The two-night New Beginning in Sapporo shows will then take place on February 23 & 24. Following the anniversary show on March 6, the promotion will then present the New Japan Cup from March 7 to 20.