NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone looks to have her challenger for Capital Collision.
For the first time ever, Mone will face off against Stardom wrestler Momo Watanabe. Stardom shared a promo to social media today with Watanabe challenging Mone to face her at Capital Collision. The show is taking place from Washington, D.C. on Friday, August 30.
At AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door this June, Mone won the NJPW Strong Women’s Championship from Stephanie Vaquer. She has not made any title defenses since becoming champion.
Mone is currently a double champion, but that could change at AEW All In. She has a TBS title defense against Britt Baker set for the Sunday, August 25 pay-per-view.
Capital Collision will air live as a PPV on NJPW World. NJPW also posted a video last night with Mustafa Ali responding to Hiromu Takahashi’s challenge for the event. Ali accepted the challenge — as long as Takahashi agrees to publicly endorse Ali as the greatest junior heavyweight in the world if Ali wins their match.
NJPW Capital Collision (Friday, August 30) —
- NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Momo Watanabe
- NJPW Strong Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd defends against Lio Rush
- NJPW Strong Tag Team Champions TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls) defend against Hechicero & Virus
- NJPW Strong Tag Team title number one contender’s match: TMDK (Robbie Eagles & Bad Dude Tito) vs. Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomohiro Ishii
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Titan
- Tom Lawlor & Fred Rosser vs. Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs
- Trish Adora vs. HANAKO
- Hiromu Takahashi vs. Mustafa Ali