Mercedes Mone’s challenger for NJPW Capital Collision revealed
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