The NJPW STRONG Openweight Title will be on the line in Chicago.
NJPW announced that Yuji Nagata will challenge Tom Lawlor for the NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship on April 16 at Windy City Riot.
With a successful eighth defence over Clark Connors this week on STRONG, Tom Lawlor has assured that he will pass one year as STRONG Openweight Champion,. New Japan’s longest current reigning champion by along margin, Tom Lawlor seems all but invulnerable, but he will have to make his next defence in short order.
After a video challenge issued this week, Lawlor will be putting his title on the line at Windy City Riot in Chicago against Blue Justice, Yuji Nagata. The Third Generation member will be hunting for his first singles championship in six years on April 16. While last summer saw Satoshi Kojima come close to the gold only to fall short, can Lawlor’s second Japanese challenger end up taking the STRONG gold out of the Filthy One’s hands?
Here is the current lineup for NJPW Windy City Riot:
NJPW Windy City Riot (4/16)
- Jon Moxley vs. Will Ospreay
- Jay White Open Challenge
- Team Rosser (Fred Rosser, Chris Dickinson, Ren Narita, Alex Coughlin & Josh Alexander) vs. Team Filthy (Danny Limelight, Jorel Nelson, Royce Isaacs, JR Kratos & Black Tiger)
- Tomohiro Ishii vs. Minoru Suzuki
- NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship: Tom Lawlor (c) vs. Yuji Nagata
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