Tetsuya Naito Retains IWGP World Title, Match Against Jon Moxley at Windy City Riot Now A Title Bout

By Lewis Carlan Last updated Apr 6, 2024

Image courtesy of NJPW

At New Japan Pro-Wrestling SAKURA GENESIS 2024, Tetsuya Naito successfully defended his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against fellow Los Ingobernables de Japon faction member and New Japan Cup 2024 winner Yota Tsuji.

A crowd of over 6,600 fans were in attendance at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on April 6th to witness Naito reign supreme once again and remain the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. Tsuji put up a valiant fight at SAKURA GENESIS 2024 but it just wasn’t enough as Naito was able to hit his Destino finisher at around the thirty four minute mark to emerge victorious.

Tercer DESTINO y Tetsuya Naito venció a Yota Tsuji para retener el IWGP World Championship en Sakura Genesis. Seguirá liderando a NJPW en la nueva era. El Ingobernable lo logró.@s_d_naito #NJPW #NJSG #NJPWWorld pic.twitter.com/IVqgR06g03
— Planeta wrestling (@Planeta_Wrest) April 6, 2024

Following Naito’s victory, his Windy City Riot opponent Jon Moxley came down to the ring to confront the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. Their match at Windy City Riot on April 12 in Chicago was originally a non title encounter but during the confrontation, Naito offered to put the championship on the line. Moxley quickly accepted making their upcoming bout an IWGP World Heavyweight Title match.

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