Capital Collision | |
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Promotions | New Japan Pro-Wrestling |
First event | Capital Collision (2022) |
Capital Collision is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Held annually at Washington, D.C.'s Entertainment and Sports Arena.
# | Event | Date | City | Venue | Attendance | Main event | Ref(s) |
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1 | Capital Collision (2022) | May 14, 2022 | Washington, D.C. | Entertainment and Sports Arena | 2,641 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Will Ospreay vs. Juice Robinson vs. Jon Moxley in a Four-way match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship | [1] [2] |
2 | Capital Collision (2023) | April 15, 2023 | 2,179 | Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) (c) vs. Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) vs. Dream Team (Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi) in a Three way tag team match for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship | [3] [4] | ||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||||
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