New Year Dash!!

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 first six held on January 5th. Starting in 2020, with Wrestle Kingdom now a two night event, New Year Dash is now held January 6.[1]

New Year Dash!!
Official logo used since 2020
Promotion(s)New Japan Pro-Wrestling
First eventNew Year Dash!! (2014)
Last eventNew Year Dash!! (2021)

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 World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).[6][7][8]

Results

2014

New Year Dash!! (2014)
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJanuary 5, 2014
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueKorakuen Hall
Attendance2,015[9]
Pay-per-view chronology
 Previous
Wrestle Kingdom 8
Next 
Fantastica Mania 2014
New Year Dash!! chronology
 Previous
First
Next 
2015
No. Results[10] Stipulations Times[11]
1 Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & Kushida) defeated The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson), Suzuki-gun (Taichi & Taka Michinoku), and Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero) Four-way tag team match 7:01
2 Minoru Suzuki defeated Sho Tanaka Singles match 4:30
3 Chaos (Jado, Takashi Iizuka, Toru Yano & Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Manabu Nakanishi, Super Strong Machine, Yohei Komatsu & Yuji Nagata Eight-man tag team match 11:16
4 El Desperado & Jyushin Thunder Liger defeated Bushi & Kota Ibushi Tag team match 8:22
5 Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale & Prince Devitt) defeated Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) Tag team match 9:43
6 Suzuki-gun (Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lance Archer & Shelton Benjamin) defeated Bullet Club (Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & Tama Tonga) Six-man tag team match 11:50
7 The IronGodz (Jax Dane & Rob Conway) (c) defeated Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) Tag team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship 11:29
8 Captain New Japan, Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & Yoshi-Hashi) Eight-man tag team match 20:30
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2015

New Year Dash!! (2015)
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJanuary 5, 2015
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueKorakuen Hall
Attendance1,995[12]
Pay-per-view chronology
 Previous
Wrestle Kingdom 9
Next 
Fantastica Mania 2015
New Year Dash!! chronology
 Previous
2014
Next 
2016
No. Results[13] Stipulations Times[14]
1 Suzuki-gun (Taichi & Taka Michinoku) defeated Sho Tanaka & Tiger Mask Tag team match 7:29
2 reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) defeated Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero) Ten-man tag team match 10:30
3 Suzuki-gun (Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki, Shelton Benjamin & Takashi Iizuka) defeated Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima), Captain New Japan, Manabu Nakanishi & Tomoaki Honma Ten-man tag team match 11:59
4 Jyushin Thunder Liger (c) defeated El Desperado Singles match for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship 16:56
5 Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & Kushida) & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Bullet Club (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) Six-man tag team match 9:16
6 Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga) defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano) Tag team match 10:17
7 Kota Ibushi, Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata defeated Chaos (Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & Yoshi-Hashi) Six-man tag team match 13:58
8 Bullet Club (AJ Styles, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & Yujiro Takahashi) (with Cody Hall) defeated Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata & Tetsuya Naito Eight-man tag team match 14:45
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2016

New Year Dash!! (2016)
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJanuary 5, 2016
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueKorakuen Hall
Attendance1,726[15]
Pay-per-view chronology
 Previous
Wrestle Kingdom 10
Next 
Fantastica Mania 2016
New Year Dash!! chronology
 Previous
2015
Next 
2017
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 (Doc Gallows, 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 Japon (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 (Beretta, Kazuchika Okada, Rocky Romero & 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, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship 11:02
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2017

New Year Dash!! (2017)
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJanuary 5, 2017
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueKorakuen Hall
Attendance1,738[18]
Pay-per-view chronology
 Previous
Wrestle Kingdom 11
Next 
Fantastica Mania 2017
New Year Dash!! chronology
 Previous
2016
Next 
2018
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 Bullet Club (Hangman Page & Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Billy Gunn & Yoshitatsu Tag team match 6:39
3 Chaos (Beretta, Rocky Romero & Yoshi-Hashi defeated Bullet Club (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, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) Ten-man tag team match 9:57
5 Kushida & Michael Elgin defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito) Tag team match 13:45
6 Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma), Juice Robinson, Katsuyori Shibata & Yuji Nagata defeat Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Will Ospreay) Ten-man tag team match 14:54
7 Hiroshi Tanahashi, Manabu Nakanishi & Ryusuke Taguchi defeat Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Evil & Sanada) (c) Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship 13:24
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2018

New Year Dash!! (2018)
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJanuary 5, 2018
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueKorakuen Hall
Attendance1,737[21]
Pay-per-view chronology
 Previous
Wrestle Kingdom 12
Next 
Fantastica Mania 2018
New Year Dash!! chronology
 Previous
2017
Next 
2019
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, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) defeated Roppongi 3K (Sho & Yoh) & Cheeseburger (with Rocky Romero) Six-man tag team match 11:19
5 Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Cody, Leo Tonga, Marty Scurll & Yujiro Takahashi) (with Brandi Rhodes) defeated David Finlay, Juice Robinson, Kota Ibushi, Kushida & Ryusuke Taguchi Ten-man tag team match 13:20
6 Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, 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 (Davey Boy Smith Jr., 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 Japon (Bushi, Evil, Hiromu Takahashi, Sanada & Tetsuya Naito) defeated Chaos (Gedo, Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay & Yoshi-Hashi) Ten-man tag team match 13:50
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2019

New Year Dash!! (2019)
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJanuary 5, 2019
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueKorakuen Hall
Attendance1,730[24]
Pay-per-view chronology
 Previous
Wrestle Kingdom 13
Next 
Fantastica Mania 2019
New Year Dash!! chronology
 Previous
2018
Next 
2020
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 The Elite (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi) (with Pieter) 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, 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 Japon (Bushi, Evil, Sanada, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito) Ten-man tag team match 14:45
7 Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Gedo & Jay White) defeated Chaos (Kazuchika Okada & Yoshi-Hashi) & Hiroshi Tanahashi Six-man tag team match 15:16
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

2020

2021

New Year Dash!! (2021)
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJanuary 6, 2021
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueTokyo Dome City Hall
Attendance1,019 [27]
Pay-per-view chronology
 Previous
Wrestle Kingdom 15
Next 
Road to The New Beginning
New Year Dash!! chronology
 Previous
2020
Next 
2022
No. Results[28] Stipulations Times[27]
1 Yuji Nagata defeats Gabriel Kidd via submission Singles match 7:59
2 Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Douki) defeat Tiger Mask & Yuya Uemura Tag team match 10:45
3 United Empire (Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb) defeat Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) & Yota Tsuji Six-man tag team match 9:44
4 Bullet Club (Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa), Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo) defeat 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) defeat Bullet Club (Jay White, Evil, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens) Ten-man tag team match 13:47
6 Los Ingobernables de Japon (Sanada, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & Bushi) defeat Golden Ace (Kota Ibushi & Hiroshi Tanahashi), Roppongi 3K (Rocky Romero & Sho) & Master Wato Ten-man tag team match 17:23
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

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