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Professional wrestling pay-per-view event series
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.
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Production
Background
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]
Storylines
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 .
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Date and venues
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 )
Results
2014
2015
2016
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
2017
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
2018
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
2019
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
2020
2021
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
2023
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
2024
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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