Posted on 4/13/124 by Colin Vassallo
Jon Moxley won the IWGP Heavyweight title last night at the
NJPW Windy City Riot pay-per-view after he defeated Tetsuya
Naito in the main event.
This is Moxley’s first run with the title and makes him the
first-ever star to win the WWE, AEW, and IWGP heavyweight
titles.
The move further solidifies the partnership between AEW and
New Japan Pro-Wrestling especially since NJPW now has a
champion who in reality is a full-time AEW contracted star
and won’t be appearing on every NJPW show, something that
commentary reminded people about after his win.
Naito kept the title for 99 days after he defeated Canada at
the Wrestle Kingdom 18 pay-per-view in Tokyo this past
January.