After Sakura Genesis wrapped up, New Japan has released the full lineup for its return to Chicago this week.
Windy City Riot will air this Friday as a pay-per-view on New Japan World from the Wintrust Arena at 8 p.m. ET.
The show includes Shota Umino’s latest challenge for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship when he meets Hirooki Goto. The match was set up on Saturday after Umino’s win against Hiroshi Tanahashi. After his title defense against David Finlay, Goto called out Umino to end the show.
Three title matches are part of the card, including Tanahashi’s challenge for the NEVER Openweight Championship.
Full lineup:
*IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Hirooki Goto © vs. Shota Umino
*NEVER Openweight Championship: Konosuke Takeshita © vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
*Zack Sabre Jr. vs. David Finlay
*Tetsuya Naito & Titan vs. El Phantasmo & Rocky Romero
*STRONG Openweight Championship – Ironman Match: Gabe Kidd © vs. Tomohiro Ishii
*STRONG Openweight Tag Titles: Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson © vs. KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight
*#1 Contender’s Match: AZM vs. Mina Shirakawa
*TJP vs. Tom Lawlor
*Kickoff Match: Zane Jay vs. CJ Tino
Karen Peterson & Bruce Lord will have a FREE review of the show this Saturday
