New Year Dash!! is a professional wrestling event held annually by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It is held every year the day after Wrestle Kingdom , the biggest show of the year for New Japan, starting at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in 2014. There have been eight events under the name held so far, with the traditional January 5 date. In 2020 and 2021, with Wrestle Kingdom a two-night event, New Year Dash!! was held on January 6. The event was not held in 2022. After it was confirmed that Wrestle Kingdom would return to a one-day event for 2023, the event returned to its original January 5 date.[ 1]
New Year Dash!! is traditionally held at Korakuen Hall , a prestigious venue right next to the Tokyo Dome , where Wrestle Kingdom is held. The 2020 edition, however, was held at Ota City General Gymnasium due to the event being the official retirement ceremony for Jyushin Thunder Liger .[ 2] The 2021 edition was held at Tokyo Dome City Hall , another venue right next to the Dome.[ 3]
New Year Dash!! features professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines . Wrestlers portray villains , heroes , or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[ 4] New Year Dash!! is the night were New Japan Pro-Wrestling starts many new storylines and feuds after most have ended the night before at Wrestle Kingdom. Dash!! is an exciting show, where fans tune in to see how the promotion will start the year in terms of stories leading into the New Beginning shows.[ 5] Because of its "reset"-like nature after the company's biggest show of the year, many fans see Dash!! as NJPW's equivalent to the first Raw after WrestleMania in WWE .[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Event
Date
City
Venue
Main event
New Year Dash!! (2014)
January 5, 2014
Tokyo, Japan
Korakuen Hall
Captain New Japan , Hirooki Goto , Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada , Shinsuke Nakamura , Tomohiro Ishii & Yoshi-Hashi )
New Year Dash!! (2015)
January 5, 2015
Bullet Club (AJ Styles , Doc Gallows , Karl Anderson & Yujiro Takahashi ) vs. Hirooki Goto , Hiroshi Tanahashi , Katsuyori Shibata & Tetsuya Naito
New Year Dash!! (2016)
January 5, 2016
The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe ) & Toru Yano (c) vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale , Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson ) for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
New Year Dash!! (2017)
January 5, 2017
Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi , Evil & Sanada ) (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi , Manabu Nakanishi & Ryusuke Taguchi for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
New Year Dash!! (2018)
January 5, 2018
Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi , Evil , Hiromu Takahashi , Sanada & Tetsuya Naito ) vs. Chaos (Gedo , Hirooki Goto , Kazuchika Okada , Will Ospreay & Yoshi-Hashi )
New Year Dash!! (2019)
January 5, 2019
Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale , Gedo & Jay White ) vs. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada & Yoshi-Hashi ) & Hiroshi Tanahashi
New Year Dash!! (2020)
January 6, 2020
Ota City General Gymnasium
Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada and Tetsuya Naito ) vs. Bullet Club (Jay White and Kenta ) (with Gedo )
New Year Dash!! (2021)
January 6, 2021
Tokyo Dome City Hall
Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada , Shingo Takagi , Tetsuya Naito , Hiromu Takahashi & Bushi ) vs. Golden Ace (Kota Ibushi & Hiroshi Tanahashi ), Roppongi 3K (Rocky Romero & Sho ) & Master Wato
New Year Dash!! (2023)
January 5, 2023
Ota City General Gymnasium
Kazuchika Okada and Kenny Omega vs. United Empire (Aaron Henare and Jeff Cobb )
New Year Dash!! (2024)
January 5, 2024
Sumida City Gymnasium
TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. , Kosei Fujita , Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls ) vs Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Kazuchika Okada ) and Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson )
No. Results[ 16] Stipulations Times[ 17] 1 Manabu Nakanishi , Ryusuke Taguchi , Shiro Koshinaka , Sho Tanaka & Yuji Nagata defeated Cheeseburger , Jyushin Thunder Liger , Tiger Mask , Yohei Komatsu & Yoshiaki Fujiwara Ten-man tag team match 10:13 2 Matt Sydal & Ricochet defeated David Finlay & Jay White Tag team match 6:46 3 Jay Lethal (with Truth Martini ) defeated Juice Robinson Singles match 7:11 4 Bullet Club (The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson ), Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi ) & King Haku defeated Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma ), Kushida & Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima )Ten-man tag team match 11:10 5 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi , Evil & Tetsuya Naito ) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi , Mascara Dorada & Michael Elgin Six-man tag team match 11:57 6 Bullet Club (AJ Styles & Kenny Omega ) defeated Chaos (Shinsuke Nakamura & Yoshi-Hashi )Tag team match 12:01 7 Hirooki Goto , Katsuyori Shibata & reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly ) defeated Chaos (Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero ) and Chaos Invincibles (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii ))Eight-man tag team match 13:19 8 The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe ) & Toru Yano (c) defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and The Young Bucks Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson )Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship 11:02 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
No. Results[ 19] Stipulations Times[ 20] 1 David Finlay , Kyle O'Reilly & Ricochet defeated Henare , Jyushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask Six-man tag team match 6:16 2 Dick and Balls [broken anchor ] (Hangman Page & Yujiro Takahashi ) defeated Billy Gunn & Yoshitatsu Tag team match 6:39 3 Chaos (Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero ) & Yoshi-Hashi ) defeated Superkliq (Adam Cole , Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson )Six-man tag team match 9:59 4 Team 2000 (Hiro Saito , Hiroyoshi Tenzan , Satoshi Kojima & Scott Norton ) & Cheeseburger defeated Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale , Bone Soldier , Kenny Omega and Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa ))Ten-man tag team match 9:57 5 Kushida & Michael Elgin defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito )Tag team match 13:45 6 Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma ), Juice Robinson , Katsuyori Shibata & Yuji Nagata defeated Chaos (Hirooki Goto , Chaos Invincibles (Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii ), Toru Yano & Will Ospreay )Ten-man tag team match 14:54 7 Hiroshi Tanahashi , Manabu Nakanishi & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi , Evil & Sanada ) (c)Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship 13:24 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
No. Results[ 22] Stipulations Times[ 23] 1 Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima ), Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata defeated Ren Narita , Shota Umino , Tetsuhiro Yagi & Tomoyuki Oka Eight-man tag team match 7:09 2 Suzuki-gun (El Desperado , Taichi , Taka Michinoku , Takashi Iizuka & Yoshinobu Kanemaru ) defeated Hirai Kawato , Jyushin Thunder Liger , Tiger Mask , Toa Henare & Togi Makabe Ten-man tag team match 8:49 3 Jay White defeated Katsuya Kitamura Singles match 7:31 4 Bullet Club (Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson )) defeated Roppongi 3K (Sho & Yoh ) & Cheeseburger (with Rocky Romero )Six-man tag team match 11:19 5 Bullet Club Elite [broken anchor ] (Chase Owens , Cody , Leo Tonga , Marty Scurll & Yujiro Takahashi ) (with Brandi Rhodes ) defeated FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson ), Kota Ibushi , Kushida & Ryusuke Taguchi Ten-man tag team match 13:20 6 Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa )) defeated Chaos (Beretta , Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano ) (c)Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship 14:40 7 Suzuki-gun (Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer ), Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr. ) defeated War Machine (Hanson & Raymond Rowe ), Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Elgin Eight-man tag team match 11:36 8 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi , Evil , Hiromu Takahashi , Sanada & Tetsuya Naito ) defeated Chaos (Gedo , Hirooki Goto , Will Ospreay & Chaos Ride the Lightning (Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi ))Ten-man tag team match 13:50 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
No. Results[ 25] Stipulations Times[ 26] 1 Roppongi 3K (Rocky Romero , Sho & Yoh ) defeated Suzuki-gun (Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. , Lance Archer ) & Takashi Iizuka )Six-man tag team match 8:34 2 Bullet Club (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi ) defeated Toa Henare & Tomoaki Honma Tag team match 9:24 3 FinJuice (David Finlay & Juice Robinson ) defeated Best Friends (Beretta & Chuckie T ) by disqualification Tag team match 9:02 4 Chaos (Hirooki Goto , Tomohiro Ishii & Will Ospreay ) defeated Jeff Cobb , Kushida & Yuji Nagata Six-man tag team match 14:09 5 Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori and Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa )) (c) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi , Togi Makabe & Toru Yano Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship 11:33 6 Suzuki-gun (El Desperado , Minoru Suzuki , Taichi , Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr. ) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi , Evil , Sanada , Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito )Ten-man tag team match 14:45 7 Bullet Club O.G. [broken anchor ] (Bad Luck Fale , Gedo & Jay White ) defeated Chaos Ride the Lightning (Kazuchika Okada & Yoshi-Hashi ) & Hiroshi Tanahashi Six-man tag team match 15:16 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
No. Results[ 28] Stipulations Times[ 27] 1 Yuji Nagata defeated Gabriel Kidd by submission Singles match 7:59 2 Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Douki ) defeated Tiger Mask & Yuya Uemura Tag team match 10:45 3 United Empire (Will Ospreay , Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb ) defeated Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima ) & Yota Tsuji Six-man tag team match 9:44 4 Bullet Club (Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa ) and Bullet Club's Cutest Tag Team Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo )) defeated Suzuki-gun (Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. ), El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru )Eight-man tag team match 11:35 5 Chaos (Kazuchika Okada , Toru Yano , Hirooki Goto , Tomohiro Ishii & Yoshi-Hashi ) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White , Evil , Yujiro Takahashi and General's Jewel (Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens ))Ten-man tag team match 13:47 6 Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada , Shingo Takagi , Tetsuya Naito , Hiromu Takahashi & Bushi ) defeated Golden Ace (Kota Ibushi & Hiroshi Tanahashi ), Roppongi 3K (Rocky Romero & Sho ) & Master Wato Ten-man tag team match 17:23
No. Results[ 30] Stipulations Times 1 House of Torture [broken anchor ] (Evil , Yujiro Takahashi and Dick Togo ) defeated Tomoaki Honma , Tiger Mask and Ren Narita by pinfall Six-man tag team match 8:26 2 Taichi , Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Douki defeated United Empire (Will Ospreay , TJP and Francesco Akira ) by pinfall Six-man tag team match 9:17 3 TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. , Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste ) defeated Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii , Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi ) by pinfall Six-man tag team match 8:02 4 Shota Umino , Togi Makabe , Ryusuke Taguchi and Yoh defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito , Sanada , Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi ) by pinfall Eight-man tag team match 13:17 5 Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo and Tama Tonga ), Hiroshi Tanahashi and Master Wato defeated Bullet Club (El Phantasmo , Jay White , Kenta and Taiji Ishimori ) by disqualification Eight-man tag team match 11:29 6 Shingo Takagi defeated Sho , Great-O-Khan and Toru Yano by pinfall Four-way match to determine the inaugural Provisional KOPW 2023 Champion [ 29] 12:50 7 Kazuchika Okada and Kenny Omega defeated United Empire (Aaron Henare and Jeff Cobb ) by pinfall Tag team match 13:36
No. Results[ 31] Stipulations Times 1 Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi by pinfall Singles match for the NJPW World Television Championship 5:40 2 Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi ) defeated Ryohei Oiwa and Kaito Kiyomiya by pinfall Tag team match 7:40 3 Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo and Hikuleo ) defeated Oskar Leube and Yuto Nakashima by pinfall Tag team match 8:06 4 Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma ), El Desperado , Master Wato , Tama Tonga , and Shota Umino defeated House of Torture (Dick Togo , Yujiro Takahashi , Ren Narita , Sho , Yoshinobu Kanemaru , and Evil ) by pinfall Twelve-man tag team match 9:02 5 United Empire (Will Ospreay , Jeff Cobb , Henare and Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira )) vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay , Alex Coughlin , Gabriel Kidd , Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors ) ended in a no contest Ten-man tag team match 5:10 6 Just 5 Guys (Sanada , Douki , Yuya Uemura , Taichi and Taka Michinoku ) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi , Hiromu Takahashi , Yota Tsuji , Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito ) by pinfall Ten-man tag team match 8:47 7 Taiji Ishimori defeated Great-O-Khan , Toru Yano and Yoh Four-way match to determine the inaugural Provisional KOPW 2024 Champion 10:00 8 TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. , Kosei Fujita , Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls ) defeated Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Kazuchika Okada ) and Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson ) by pinfall Eight-man tag team match 13:50 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
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