Jon Moxley Wins IWGP World Title At NJPW Windy City Riot, Gets Attacked And Challenged By Ren Narita
Jon Moxley makes professional wrestling history.
By defeating Tetsuya Naito at NJPW Windy City Riot, Jon Moxley not only captured his first ever IWGP World Heavyweight Championship but also became the first man to ever win the WWE Championship, the AEW World Title, and IWGP World Championship in the history of wrestling.
MOX bled, sweat, and paid the price for the title, wearing a crimson mask by the end of the match but would get the victory with a third Death Rider DDT.
—-WINDY CITY RIOT—-
9TH MATCH 60 MINUTES LIMIT
IWGP WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP@s_d_naito vs @JonMoxley right now!Live on #njpwworld PPV! https://t.co/qNWXOHRBap…
※Only available to viewers outside of Japan.
※日本国外のみで視聴可能#njpw #njriot pic.twitter.com/Lt0k5gMx3X— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) April 13, 2024
HE DID IT!
Jon Moxley just won the @njpwglobal IWGP World Heavyweight Championship here at Windy City Riot!
Honored to be on the call for this one – lots of emotions tonight in Chicago #njriot pic.twitter.com/Ff4TxocIRH
— Veda Scott (@itsvedatime) April 13, 2024
Congratulations to @JonMoxley, the new @njpw1972 IWGP World Heavyweight Champion!
Mox won the title tonight + made history in the same city Chicago and same arena @WintrustArena where he won his first ever @AEW Championship.
Congratulations @njpwglobal on a great show tonight!
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) April 13, 2024
After the match, Jon Moxley said he would not be decking any challengers and specifically singled out the Young Lions. He did, however, want to issue his first challenge and name his first title defense but fate had other plans.
Jon Moxley would call out Shota Umino, his personal young boy, and offer him his final exam in a match for the championship. Before Umino could answer the challenge, Ren Narita laid out MOX and a reinforced push-up bar.
Shota would eventually come out to save MOX and they both agreed that they would have a match for the championship once MOX exacted revenge on Narita. MOX promised Narita that he was a dead man walking.
No official date for Jon Moxley’s first championship defense has been set.
Naito was Champion for 99 days, having defeated SANADA for the gold at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom.
Check out the full results of NJPW Windy City Riot at this link.
