NJPW New Year Dash 2024 Results – Jan. 5, 2024 – TMDK vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Jon Moxley, Bryan Danielson, & Kazhcuika Okada

January 5, 2024
Tokyo, Japan – Sumida City Gymnasium
English Commentary: Walker Stewart, Chris Charlton, and Rocky Romero

Quick Match Results

1. NJPW World Television Championship – Hiroshi Tananashi (c) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi via Roll-up (pinfall 5:40)
   • Following the match, Tanahashi’s victory celebrations were cut short after his music went off. A video then played on the big screen revealing a mysterious person training and a car pulling up. Matt Riddle came out and challenged Tanahashi for his NJPW TV title. After the video ended, Tanahashi responded stating that he had no clue who Riddle is but will studying up on him.
2. Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) defeated Ryohei Oiwa & Kaito Kiyomiya via Shoto (pinfall 7:40)
3. Guerillas of Destiny (Hikuleo & El Phantasmo) defeated Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima via Super Thunderkiss ’86 (pinfall 8:50)
   • Prior to the match, it was announced that Leube and Nakashima will be going on excursion after tonight’s show. Following the match, GoD embraced Leube and Nakashima and gave them the spotlight moment in the ring which led to Leube and Nakashima bowing to the crowd. After Leube and Nakashima left the ring, Chase Owens ran out and attacked El Phantasmo and Hikuleo. Owens then grabbed a microphone and challenged GoD for their IWGP Tag Team Championship. Owens revealed that KENTA will be his tag team partner.
4. 12-Man Tag Team match – Master Wato, El Desperado, Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, Shota Umino, & Tama Tonga defeated House of Torture (Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita, & EVIL) via Death Rider (pinfall 9:02)
   • Following the match, House of Torture attacked Wato, El Desperado, Honma, Makabe, Umino, and Tonga laying all of them out. EVIL then grabbed a pair of scissors and cut off a piece of Tonga’s hair and stood over his fallen body while holding up Tonga’s NEVER Openweight Championship belt. Kanemaru held up the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship over El Desperado downed body. After House of Torture left, Tonga was assisted up to his feet by a Young Lion and realized that his hair was cut. An enraged Tonga quickly ran out of the ring and to the back over what had happened to him.
5. 10-Man Tag Team match – United Empire (Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE, Jeff Cobb, & Will Ospreay) vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Gabe Kidd, Alex Coughlin, & David Finlay) went to a No Contest (5:30)
   • This match was ruled a No Contest after the referee was unable to keep things under control due to both teams being engaged in a chaotic mass brawl involving weapons and attacking referees. Following United Empire clearing War Dogs from the ring, Ospreay grabbed a microphone and revealed that February 11th will be his final match in NJPW. Ospreay then issued a challenge to BCWD to a five vs. five team match to settle their issues once and for all at New Beginning 2024 in Osaka. Ospreay then stated that Finlay can pick the stipulation for their match. Finlay grabbed a microphone and responded that they were going to end both Ospreay and United Empire in Osaka. Finlay then stated that this match will be held in a steel cage for his choice.
6. 10-Man Tag Team match – Just Five Guys (Taka Michinoku, DOUKI, Yuya Uemura, Taichi, & SANADA) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, & Tetsuya Naito) via Michinoku Driver II (pinfall 8:47)
   • Following the match, Just Five Guys and LIJ were in a standoff in the ring leading to Uemura and Tsuji getting into each others faces and being pulled apart by their team mates. SANADA then grabbed a microphone and issued a challenge to Naito for a rematch for his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
7. Provisional King of Pro Wrestling 2024 Championship 10-Minite Time Limit Pinfalls Only Scramble match – Taiji Ishimori defeated YOH, Great-O-Khan, and Toru Yano via Pinfall (pinfall 10:00)
   • YOH was the first to score a pinfall on Yano, followed by Great-O-Khan pinning YOH twice in a row, and Ishimori pinning Great-O-Khan for the final pinfall before the time limit expired.
8. TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste, Mickey Nicholls, & Zack Sabre Jr.) defeated Tomohiro Ishii, Jon Moxley, Bryan Danielson, & Kazuchika Okada via Tank Buster (pinfall 13:50)
   • Following the match, Sabre Jr. issued a challenge to Danielson for a rematch between the two while Fujita stated that himself, Haste, & Nicholls were issuing a challenge to Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi, & Okada for their NEVER Six-Man Openweight Tag Team Championship.