Hiromu Takahashi challenges Mustafa Ali for NJPW Capital Collision

A singles match featuring two junior heavyweights could be added to the Friday, August 30 NJPW Capital Collision card.

In a new video posted to NJPW’s social media accounts, junior heavyweight legend Hiromu Takahashi issued a challenge to Mustafa Ali to face him in a rematch in Washington, DC at Capital Collision:

Hiromu & Ali met earlier this year at Windy City Riot in Chicago on April 12, with Ali scoring the victory.

Capital Collision streams as an NJPW World pay-per-view on Friday, August 30 at 8 p.m. Eastern time from the Entertainment and Sports Arena. The current official lineup for the event is as follows:

  • NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone in action
  • 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 contenders 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