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NJPW reveals full card for Capital Collision

Posted on by Bryan Rose

NJPW has revealed the full card for Capital Collision.

Their show, which takes place on August 30 in Washington DC, will have Mercedes Mone defend the NJPW Strong Women’s Championship in the main event, going up against Momo Watanabe. In the co-main event, Gabe Kidd will defend the NJPW Strong Openweight title against Lio Rush.

New matches added to the card will have IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito taking on TJP. Bullet Club War Dogs will be in action, with David Finlay and the IWGP Junior Tag Champions Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors face off against YOSHI-HASHI, Rocky Romero, and Kevin Knight.

Two new kickoff matches have also been announced. Mina Shirakawa and Hanako will team together to take on Trish Adora and Viva Van. A Strong Survivor match will also take place, with Matt Vandagriff taking on Allan Breeze.

Here is the full card for Capital Collision:

  • NJPW Strong Women’s title: Mercedes Mone defends against Momo Watanabe
  • NJPW Strong Openweight title: Gabe Kidd vs. Lio Rush
  • Hiromu Takahashi vs. Mustafa Ali
  • NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team titles: TMDK (Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls) defend against Virus and Hechicero
  • Tetsuya Naito vs. TJP
  • Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Titan
  • Fred Rosser & Tom Lawlor vs. Royce Issacs & Jorel Nelson
  • Kevin Knight, Rocky Romero, and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney, and David Finlay
  • Number one contender’s match for NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team titles: Bad Dude Tito & Robbie Eagles vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomohiro Ishii vs. James Drake & Zack Gibson
  • Kickoff match: Mina Shirakawa and Hanako vs. Trish Adora and Viva Van
  • Kickoff match, Strong Survivor: Matt Vandagriff vs. Allan Breeze

Mercedes Mone’s challenger for NJPW Capital Collision revealed

Posted on by Joseph Currier

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

NJPW announces Collision events for Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia

Posted on by Joseph Currier

This April, NJPW is making its return to Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia.

NJPW has announced that it will hold Capital Collision 2023 at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, April 15. NJPW will then head to the 2300 Arena for Collision in Philadelphia the next night (Sunday, April 16).

Last year’s Capital Collision was a pay-per-view event that was headlined by Juice Robinson winning the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship. 

Collision in Philadelphia was a taping for NJPW Strong last year. The 2023 edition of the event will be a PPV:

Two major events will see NJPW action rock Washington DC and Philadelphia PA this April. 

On April 15, Capital Collision will return to the Washington DC Sports and Entertainment center. At Capital Collision 2022, Juice Robinson shocked the world by winning the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship in a four way battle. What happens in 2023?

The very next night, April 16 will see NJPW return to the 2300 Arena for Collision in Philadelphia. 2022 saw STRONG tapings hit the legendary former ECW Arena, while 2023 will see the event powered up into a PPV spectacular. What happens when New Japan is back in the iconic home of hardcore?

Tickets for both events go on sale on January 13!

There haven’t been any matches announced for the shows yet.

Bonus dark match added to NJPW Capital Collision

Posted on by Joseph Currier

NJPW has added a dark match to the card for this weekend’s Capital Collision pay-per-view.

Before Capital Collision begins on Saturday, Kevin Knight vs. The DKC will be taking place for the live crowd. The match will begin at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time.

NJPW wrote:

With the main card already decided for Windy City Riot, one extra bonus match is now set for Washington DC on May 14!

Fans getting to their seats at 6:30PM local time will get to see Kevin Knight take on The DKC. With a recent clash on NJPW STRONG seeing DKC get a submission victory to move to 2-1 against Knight, can the Jet even the score? 

Capital Collision will be available via Fite TV. After technical issues marred the stream for last month’s Windy City Riot PPV, NJPW has promised that there will be “significant improvements” for Saturday’s event.

Capital Collision is being held a the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, DC. The full lineup for the show is listed below:

  • IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi defends against Jon Moxley, Will Ospreay, and Juice Robinson in a four-way match
  • Kazuchika Okada & Trent Beretta vs. Jay White & Hikuleo
  • Tomohiro Ishii vs. Eddie Kingston
  • Brody King vs. Minoru Suzuki
  • Jeff Cobb, Aaron Henare, Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher vs. Jonah, Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Bad Dude Tito
  • The Great-O-Khan vs. Chase Owens
  • Fred Rosser, David Finlay, Tanga Loa, Rocky Romero & Yuya Uemura vs. Tom Lawlor, JR Kratos, Royce Isaacs, Jorel Nelson & Danny Limelight
  • Ren Narita vs. Karl Fredericks
  • Dark match: Kevin Knight vs. The DKC

Kazuchika Okada, Jay White set for tag team match at NJPW Capital Collision

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A tag team match featuring the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion and his top contender is official for NJPW Capital Collision. 

In a bout announced Monday night, IWGP World Champion Kazuchika Okada will team with AEW’s Trent Beretta against Jay White and Hikuleo in Washington D.C. on Saturday, May 14. 

White returned to NJPW’s main unit on Sunday’s Wrestling Dontaku show, laying Okada out after the main event. White will challenge Okada for the IWGP title at Dominion on Sunday, June 12. 

Three matches have now been made official for Capital Collision. A fourth match, a four-way between Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jon Moxley, Will Ospreay, and Juice Robinson was proposed by Ospreay on Monday, but has not been officially announced. 

The show will air on internet pay-per-view on NJPW World with Japanese commentary. No English language pay-per-view purchase option has been announced to this point.

Here is the official lineup for Capital Collision: 

NJPW Capital Collision, Saturday, May 14 —

  • Tomohiro Ishii vs. Eddie Kingston
  • Minoru Suzuki vs. Brody King
  • Kazuchika Okada & Trent Beretta vs. Jay White & Hikuleo

Fatal four-way IWGP US title match proposed for NJPW Capital Collision

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A fatal four-way IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship match has been proposed for NJPW’s Capital Collision pay-per-view.

On Twitter today, Will Ospreay posted a video challenging Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jon Moxley, and Juice Robinson to a fatal four-way match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight title at Capital Collision. The PPV is being held at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, May 14.

Tanahashi is the current IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion. He won the vacant title by defeating Tomohiro Ishii at Wrestling Dontaku this past Sunday.

Ospreay was originally scheduled to be Tanahashi’s opponent at Wrestling Dontaku, but Ospreay had to miss the show due to testing positive for COVID-19. 

Robinson attacked Tanahashi at Wrestling Dontaku and posed with the IWGP United States Heavyweight title belt. Robinson also joined Bullet Club in the process.

Last month, Moxley challenged Tanahashi to face him at Capital Collision.

The IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship was vacated by SANADA last month due to a fractured left orbital bone.

Two matches have been confirmed for Capital Collision thus far. Ishii will face Eddie Kingston at the PPV, while Minoru Suzuki will take on Brody King.

Brody King vs. Minoru Suzuki official for NJPW Capital Collision

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A new match has been made official for NJPW’s Capital Collision pay-per-view.

NJPW has confirmed that Brody King vs. Minoru Suzuki will take place at Capital Collision on Saturday, May 14. The show is being held at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, D.C.

King vs. Suzuki was set up for Capital Collision when King confronted Suzuki backstage at Windy City Riot earlier this month:

“After a hard fought war between Minoru Suzuki and Tomohiro Ishii two weeks ago at Windy City Riot, Suzuki was in a foul mood when approached by Brody King. King would demand a match against Suzuki at Washington, while professional wrestling’s King was suitably incensed at ‘Big Bad’ Brody getting in his space,” NJPW wrote.

“It didn’t take too long for the relevant arrangements to be made, and this match is now official! Brody King will go head to head with Minoru Suzuki for the first time on Saturday May 14 at Capital Collision in Washington DC!”

King debuted for AEW this January and is part of the promotion’s House of Black stable with Malakai Black and Buddy Matthews.

Here’s the updated card for Capital Collision:

  • Eddie Kingston vs. Tomohiro Ishii
  • Brody King vs. Minoru Suzuki

Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jon Moxley, and Will Ospreay are also among the talent set for Capital Collision. Moxley has issued a challenge to Tanahashi for the show.

NJPW making Washington DC debut with Capital Collision event

Posted on by Ethan Renner

NJPW has announced their Washington DC debut show. 

Capital Collision is set for Saturday, May 14, with a major talent lineup that includes Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, plus AEW’s Jon Moxley. 

The event is scheduled while the Best of the Super Juniors tour will be taking place in Japan, so the company’s top heavyweight talent was available for shows in the US. While not explicitly stated, it appears that the event will be a pay-per-view, rather than an NJPW Strong taping.

Tomohiro Ishii, Minoru Suzuki, Will Ospreay, Jay White, and NJPW Strong Openweight Champion “Filthy” Tom Lawlor have also been announced for the show. 

No matches have been announced as of yet. 

Tickets for the show at the Entertainment & Sports Arena will go on sale Monday, April 4 at 12 p.m. Eastern time. Ticket prices will range from $25 to $299. 

Here is the announced lineup: 

  • Kazuchika Okada
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi
  • Jon Moxley
  • Jay White
  • Will Ospreay
  • Minoru Suzuki
  • Tomohiro Ishii
  • Jeff Cobb
  • Tom Lawlor
  • Fred Rosser

A promotional video announcing the show can be seen below.