NJPW 2025 Windy City Riot: Tanahashi Wrestles Final US-Soil Match

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12-04-2025

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Early Saturday, Hiroshi Tanahashi wrestled his final match on US soil at the 2025 NJPW Windy City Riot.
The NJPW legend faced the promising Konosuke Takeshita as he is on a retirement tour, with his final career bout set for next year's Wrestle Kingdom in the Tokyo Dome.
The show also was co-main event by an IWGP World Heavyweight title match between the Champion Hirooki Goto and Shota Umino, which ended with Goto retaining his title.
Moreover, Gabe Kidd put his NJPW Strong Championship against Tomohiro Ishii in a 30-minute Iron Man match which saw the crowning of a new champion.
The #1 contender match between AZM and Mina Shirakawa for the NJPW Strong Women's title ended in a double countout, so the Champion Mercedes Mone will defend her title in a 3-way match.
The full results of the event are as follows:
STRONG Survivor match: Zane Jay defeated CJ Tino
TJP defeated Tom Lawlor
#1 contender for the Strong Women's Championship: Mina Shirakawa vs. AZM ended in a double countout
Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship: World Class Wrecking Crew (c) defeated Intergalactic Jet Setters
30-minute Iron man match for the Strong Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii defeated Gabe Kidd (c) 2-1
Tag Team Action: Los Ingobernables de Japon defeated El Phantasmo & Rocky Romero
Zack Sabre Jr. defeated David Finlay
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Hirooki Goto (c) defeated Shota Umino
Konosuke Takeshita defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi
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