In October 2019, NJPW announced their expansion into the United States with their new American division, New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America (NJoA).

!,[1] NJPW announced that Windy City Riot will take place on April 12, at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois.

[7] The event featured several professional wrestling matches, which involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines.

[11] On February 22, Naito stated that he would put the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship on the line at Windy City Riot; if he successfully defends the title at Sakura Genesis against Yota Tsuji, which he did.

[13] As a result, NJPW later announced that Kidd and Kingston would serve as captains in an eight-man Riot Rules tag team match.