Former IWGP Heavyweight Champion and IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Scott Norton is returning to an NJPW ring for the first time in five years.
Norton will be part of a 12-man tag team match at Windy City Riot on Saturday, April 16, teaming with Bullet Club against United Empire.
Norton, The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson), El Phantasmo, Chris Bey, and Hikuleo will represent Bullet Club against Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, TJP, Aaron Henare, and Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher).
Norton, 60, last appeared for NJPW in 2017, taking part in the New Japan Rumble at Wrestle Kingdom 11, then wrestling in a 10-man tag the next night at New Year Dash.
Six matches are now official for Windy City Riot. The lineup:
NJPW Windy City Riot, Saturday, April 16, 8 p.m. Eastern time on FITE TV --
- Jon Moxley vs. Will Ospreay
- Tomohiro Ishii vs. Minoru Suzuki
- US of Jay open challenge: Jay White vs. TBA
- NJPW Strong Openweight Championship: Tom Lawlor (c) vs. Yuji Nagata
- Fred Rosser, Chris Dickinson, Josh Alexander, Alex Coughlin & Ren Narita vs. Royce Isaacs, Jorel Nelson, JR Kratos, Danny Limelight & Black Tiger
- Scott Norton, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson, El Phantasmo, Chris Bey & Hikuleo vs. Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, Aaron Henare, TJP, Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher
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