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New Year Dash!!
Promotions
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
First eventNew Year Dash!! (2014)

New Year Dash!! is a

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

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.[6][7][8]

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 (
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
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
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
Aaron Henare and Jeff Cobb
)
New Year Dash!! (2024) January 5, 2024 Sumida City Gymnasium
Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls) vs Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Kazuchika Okada) and Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson
)

Results

2014

New Year Dash!! (2014)
Tokyo, 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
Eight-man tag team match
20:30
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

2015

New Year Dash!! (2015)
Tokyo, 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
Eight-man tag team match
14:45
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

2016

New Year Dash!! (2016)
Tokyo, 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
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

New Year Dash!! (2017)
Tokyo, 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
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

New Year Dash!! (2018)
Tokyo, 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
Ten-man tag team match
13:50
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

2019

New Year Dash!! (2019)
Tokyo, 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
Six-man tag team match
15:16
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

2020

Main article: New Year Dash!! (2020)

2021

New Year Dash!! (2021)
Tokyo, 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 →
2023
No.Results
Ten-man tag team match
17:23

2023

New Year Dash!! (2023)
Tokyo, Japan
VenueOta City General Gymnasium
Attendance2,713
Event chronology
← Previous
Wrestle Kingdom 17 		Next →
The New Beginning in Nagoya
New Year Dash!! chronology
← Previous
2021 		Next →
—
No.Results
Tag team match
13:36

2024

New Year Dash!! (2024)
Tokyo, Japan
VenueSumida City Gymnasium
Attendance2,910
Event chronology
← Previous
Wrestle Kingdom 18 		Next →
Battle in the Valley
New Year Dash!! chronology
← Previous
2023 		Next →
—
No.Results
Eight-man tag team match
13:50
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

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  31. ^ "2024.01.05 New Year Dash!! | New Japan Pro-Wrestling". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 2024-01-05.

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