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]
Production
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Background
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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] Tokyo Dome City Hall , another venue right next to the Dome.[3]
Storylines
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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 Beginning shows.[5] Raw WrestleMania in WWE .[6] [7] [8]
Date and venues
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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 (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 (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. (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 (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
References
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