New Year Dash!!

New Year Dash!! is a professional wrestling event held annually by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. It is held every year the day after Wrestle Kingdom, starting at Wrestle Kingdom 8.

Production

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.[1]

Results

2014

New Year Dash!! (2014)
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	January 5, 2014
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Korakuen Hall
Attendance	2,015[2]
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous Wrestle Kingdom 8 In Tokyo Dome Next → Fantastica Mania 2014
New Year Dash!! chronology
← Previous First Next → 2015

No.	Results[3]	Stipulations	Times[4]
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)
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	January 5, 2015
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Korakuen Hall
Attendance	1,995[5]
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome Next → Fantastica Mania 2015
New Year Dash!! chronology
← Previous 2014 Next → 2016

No.	Results[6]	Stipulations	Times[7]
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)
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	January 5, 2016
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Korakuen Hall
Attendance	1,726[8]
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome Next → Fantastica Mania 2016
New Year Dash!! chronology
← Previous 2015 Next → 2017

No.	Results[9]	Stipulations	Times[10]
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)
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	January 5, 2017
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Korakuen Hall
Attendance	1,738[11]
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome Next → Fantastica Mania 2017
New Year Dash!! chronology
← Previous 2016 Next → 2018

No.	Results[12]	Stipulations	Times[13]
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)
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	January 5, 2018
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Korakuen Hall
Attendance	1,737[14]
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome Next → Fantastica Mania 2018
New Year Dash!! chronology
← Previous 2017 Next → 2019

No.	Results[15]	Stipulations	Times[16]
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)
Promotion	New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Date	January 5, 2019
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Korakuen Hall
Attendance	1,730[17]
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome Next → Fantastica Mania 2019
New Year Dash!! chronology
← Previous 2018 Next → 2020

No.	Results[18]	Stipulations	Times[19]
1	Chaos (Rocky Romero, Sho & Yoh) defeated Suzuki-gun (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	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

New Year Dash!! (2020)

Main article: New Year Dash!! (2020)

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