Capital Collision (2022)

Capital Collision
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	May 14, 2022
City	Washington, D.C.
Venue	Entertainment and Sports Arena
Attendance	2,641[1]
Event chronology
← Previous Wrestling Dontaku Next → Best of the Super Jr. 29 Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall
Capital Collision chronology
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Capital Collision was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on May 14, 2022, at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C.^[2][3] Wrestlers from NJPW's U.S. partner promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) appeared on the card. This was the first event to be held under the Capital Collision name.

Storylines

Capital Collision featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.^[4]

Results

No.	Results[1]	Stipulations	Times[5]
1^D	Nick Comoroto defeated Kevin Knight by pinfall	Singles match	6:26
2	Karl Fredericks defeated Ren Narita by pinfall	Singles match	10:32
3	Team Filthy (Tom Lawlor, Jorel Nelson, Royce Isaacs, J.R. Kratos, and Danny Limelight) defeated The DKC, Yuya Uemura, David Finlay, Tanga Loa, and Fred Rosser by pinfall	Ten-man tag team match	14:48
4	Chase Owens defeated Great-O-Khan by pinfall	Singles match	8:46
5	TMDK (Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste, Jonah, and Bad Dude Tito) defeated United Empire (Aaron Henare, Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis, and Jeff Cobb) by pinfall	Eight-man tag team match	12:09
6	Brody King defeated Minoru Suzuki by pinfall	Singles match	9:05
7	Tomohiro Ishii defeated Eddie Kingston by pinfall	Singles match	16:07
8	Bullet Club (Jay White and Hikuleo) defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Rocky Romero) by pinfall	Tag team match	15:59
9	Juice Robinson defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c), Will Ospreay, and Jon Moxley by pinfall	Four-way match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship	15:45
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match D  – this was a dark match

References

1. "2022.05.14 WINDY CITY RIOT | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING". NJPW. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
2. NJPW. "Capital Collision hits Washington DC May 14! 【NJoA】】 | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING". NJPW. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
3. Renner, Ethan. "NJPW making Washington DC debut with Capital Collision event". WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, AEW News, AEW results. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
4. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
5. Knipper, Justin (May 14, 2022). "NJPW Capital Collision live results: Tanahashi vs. Ospreay vs. Moxley vs. Robinson". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved May 15, 2022.