NJPW New Years Dash Results – January 5, 2023
Location: Tokyo Japan
Venue: Ota City Gymnasium
6 Man Tag Team Match
House Of Torture vs. Tomoaki Honma,Tiger Mask IV & Ren Narita
Match starts off with House Of Torture attacking targeting Tiger Mask IV early before Tiger Mask hits Dick Togo with a tilt a whirl backbreaker.
Things spill outside with Tiger Mask & Ren Narita taking the guard rails before Togo tried to remove Tiger’s Mask. Evil’s in to choke Tiger Mask with a towel before Togo pulled off the mask a little. Yujiro Takahashi in for a snapmare and a low kick to get him a two count before a Tiger Driver bought Tiger Mask some time.
Ren Narita tags in and clears house, charging into Takahashi in the corner ahead of a half hatch suplex for a two count, then a cross armbar that forced Yujiro to scramble into the ropes. Yujiro bites his way out of a Cobra Twist, then raked Narita’s eyes ahead of another low kick as Evil tags in but Narita avoids the trap and booted everyone away.
Tomoaki Honma is in next but he misses a Kokeshi on Evil as the House Of Torture swarmed the ring Evil tries for Everything Is Evil but Honma escapes and landed a leaping Kokeshi then a regular one for a two count. Another headbutt from Honma sinks Evil before Togo ran in with the garotte wire to distract.
The referee misses Takahashi hits Honma with the pimp cane before a Magic Killer on Honma gets the win.
Winners: House Of Torture (8:28)
Rate: 4
Taka Michinoku addressed the crowd and said the crowd will see big changes, and they are going by Just 4 Guys
6 Man Tag Team Match
United Empire (Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Francesco Akira & TJP & Will Ospreay) vs. Just 4 Guys
TJP & Yoshinobu Kanemaru start by going to ground, before a blind tag brought in Francesco Akira as the United Empire swarmed the ring. Cue trips to the guard rails for half of Just 4 Guys before things returned to the ring with TJP tagging back in to propel Akira off his shoulders into a back senton on Kanemaru.
Kanemaru’s tied up by TJP then taken to the corner for a face washing boot before Will Ospreay tagged in and ran Kanemaru into the corner. Rapid fire elbows sink Kanemaru as Taichi came in and got slapped by Ospreay whose powerbomb on Kanemaru was escaped as an enziguiri stunned Ospreay. Taichi’s in for some Kawada kicks then a kick to the back of Ospreay, who then ate an enziguiri before Akira came in and got throttled into the corner.
There’s more throttling for TJP as Ospreay ended up eating a thrust kick as he tried to take advantage. An Axe Bomber from Taichi lands, but he can’t make the cover as tags bring in Douki & Akira with the latter taking a tijeras and a springboard body attack. A swinging northern lights suplex nearly won it for Douki then takes a stomp as Akira wheelbarrowed out of a Suplex De La Luna.
A trio of kicks sandwich Douki in the corner ahead of a crossbody for a two count before Kanemaru stopped Akira from going for a Leaning Tower. Instead Akira goes for the Speedfire but Douki countered with a Skayde Special scores the win.
Winners: Just 4 Guys (9:17)
Rate: 6
After the match United Empire attack again before Ospreay booted Taka Michinoku in the balls. Ospreay mouths off to Taichi who tries to choke him and that flares things up again as all of the Young Lions were needed to try and calm things down.
6 Man Tag Team Match
Chaos vs. TMDK
Shane Haste & Hirooki Goto start us off, locking up into the ropes Haste doesn’t break cleanly and gets charged down by Bishamon as Bishamon clubbed away on TMDK. There’s some for Zack Sabre Jr too, with the help of Tomohiro Ishii before Haste caught Goto’s arm over the ropes and began to stomp away on it.
TMDK take things outside as Sabre pounced on Goto’s injured arm, before he went after Ishii in the ring and ended up doe see doeing into a back suplex. Mikey Nicholls takes a suplex too before ZSJ unwisely tried to trade strikes with Ishii eventually getting hiptossed out of a Cobra Twist before he struck Ishii down.
Ishii’s shoulder tackle bounced ZSJ down, as a tag brought in Yoshi Hashi things looked to build up to Shoto but everyone’s breaking up everything before TMDK nails Yoshi Hashi to the mat with the Tagbuster to score the win for TMDK.
Winners: TMDK (8:02)
Rate: 6
After the match ZSJ mused about getting another member for TMDK and then roped in Kosei Fujita as part of the group.
8 Man Tag Team Match
Los Ingobnrables De Japon vs. Yoh,Togi Makabe,Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino
Match starts off with Los Ingobnrables De Japon attacks Yoh,Togi Makabe,Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino then Ryusuke Taguchi’s attempts to overcome LIJ saw him leap into an atomic drop from Bushi. The 2nd try worked, before Taguchi’s ass eventually claimed Yoh & Togi Makabe as he was expecting to have LIJ run into his cheeks.
Bushi puts the boots back to Taguchi from there with Hiromu Takahashi tagging in to chop Taguchi into the corner. Sanada’s in to keep it going grounding Taguchi with a chinlock until Yoh ran in to break it up. Hiromu takes care of Yoh throwing him into the rails while Tetsuya Naito & Sanada took down Taguchi for a two count.
Sanada rakes Taguchi’s back, but couldn’t avoid a boot out of the corner before Taguchi faked out a hip attack then landed one for good measure. Makabe’s in to charge down Sanada ahead of mounted punches in the corner before Umino tagged in and scored with armdrags and dropkicks.
A ‘rana and a dropkick keeps Sanada on the back foot before Sanada rolls out of a sunset flip and tied up Umino in the Paradise Lock. Naito’s in but Umino goes right to his bad knee, as a STF’s needed to be stomped apart by Bushi tags bring us back to Takahashi & Yoh with the latter running wild en route to a Falcon Arrow for a near fall. LIJ swarm Yoh after that, with Naito holding him for a Hiromu Chan Bomber for a near fall before Yoh rolled his way out of a Time Bomb.
Takahashi shrugged it off but ends up getting taken to the ropes, countering a 5 Star Clutch before superkicking Yoh down to the mat. Time Bomb II looks to follow but Yoh countered with a reverse ‘rana, then a superkick, before an over the knee Falcon Arrow and a Direct Drive got the win.
Winners: Yoh,Togi Makabe,Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino (13:17)
Rate: 6
8 Man Tag Team Match
Bullet Club vs. Guerrillas Of Density,Hiroshi Tanahashi & Master Wato
Taiji Ishimori & Master Wato start us this match off with Wato eventually downing Ishimori with a bulldog. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kenta tag in next & they got the crowd to clap. Kenta eventually got going with a side headlock but Tanahashi countered with one of his own only to get dropped with a DDT. Kenta tries to call the Bullet Club in but Hikuleo’s quickly in to stop it.
Jay White tags in and works over Tanahashi, throwing him into boots in the corner, before Tanahashi tried to fire back with forearms and elbows. White tries to shut him down, eventually doing so with an eye rake that Tanahashi copies ahead of a dragon screw to White.
Hikuleo’s in to charge through White, whose attempted chop was pushed aside before the big man booted White down. Kenta & Ishimori come in and take clotheslines, before White’s chopped into the corner. A charge into the corner then a powerslam out of it gets Hikuleo a two count.
White rakes the eyes to stop Hikuleo then kicked at the knees to avoid a chokeslam before a short DDT left the big man laying. Tags bring us to El Phantasmo & Tama Tonga with ELP getting splashed in the corner before he snuck back in with a CR2 attempt. Tonga escapes, then elbowed out of a UFO as a parade of moves was sparked culminating in a Hikuleo powerslam to White before ELP nearly stole the win on Tonga with a roll up.
From the kick out, a Tongan Twist leaves ELP laying before Gedo ran in and took a Stun Gun then ELP grabs the NEVER Openweight Title and clocked Tonga with it to give GOD,Tanahashi & Wato the DQ win.
Winners By DQ: Guerrillas Of Density,Hiroshi Tanahashi & Master Wato (11:29)
Rate: 5
After the match lots low blows and chair shots cleared the ring with Jay White breaking the seat out of a chair over Hikuleo then White challenges Hikuleo to a Loser Leaves Japan Match.
KOPW 2023 Title Fatal 4 Way Match
NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion Sho vs. Great O Khan vs. Toru Yano vs. Shingo Takagi
Match begins with Sho stepping outside at the bell. Toru Yano does the same as Great O Khan & Shingo Takagi square off to each other.
Yano & Sho run in to try and surprise everyone with roll ups but they’re kicked out of as Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo ended up pulling Takagi & O Khan to the outside. Yano rips off a corner pad but got thrown into the exposed corner for the sake of it then got chucked outside so the House Of Torture could get their shots in.
Thrown back in, Yano kicks out of a cover before Sho pulled him into Snake Bite. Takagi breaks it up, but instantly Sho’s on him as a trip to the exposed corner allowed Sho to follow up with a suplex on the former world champion. More distraction allowed Takahashi to clock Takagi with a chair as the referee was distracted, but it still doesn’t work for Sho nor did a spear, which Takagi countered into a DDT.
Takagi pulls ahead with a slam and a back senton to Sho before a sliding lariat was avoided. Sho’s elbows looked to lead to something, but instead he takes the Takagi combination of a jab, elbow and lariat before O Khan & Yano returned to the fray. O Khan disarms Sho from his spanner but got kick in the balls as he went for an Eliminator.
More shenanigans see Sho lay out Yano with a chair, before Takagi blocked another chair shot. The ref catches Takagi with the chair but doesn’t call off the match as Takagi & O Khan went outside to dispose of the House Of Torture with Takagi charging Takahashi through the guard rails to knock Evil & Dick Togo off their seats. Back in the ring Sho is begging as Takagi & O Khan put paid to him.
O Khan & Takagi then trade Mongolian Chops on each other, before Yano snuck in to hit an atomic drop. He slingshots O Khan into the corner, then tried the same on Takagi who put on the brakes. Yano takes his exposed corner, then a lariat as the end felt nigh. Yano eats an Eliminator but Takagi breaks up the cover with a sliding punch before he hits Yano with Last Of The Dragon to get the win.
Winner & New KOPW 2023 Champion: Shingo Takagi (12:50) (NEW CHAMPION!!!)
Rate: 6
Tag Team Match
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada & United States Champion Kenny Omega vs. United Empire (Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare)
Jeff Cobb & Kenny Omega start us off with Omega getting taken to the ropes for a clean break with Cobb eyeballing Kazuchika Okada as he did it. Omega rolls out of a German suplex as Cobb threatened to have his way with Omega who promptly tagged in Okada. Aaron Henare’s in too, teasing kicks on Okada then takes Okada to the corner for a series of body blows.
Henare’s Thesz press takes down Okada as he then knocked Omega off the apron, before Okada was whipped into the corner. Knees from Henare target Okada’s ribs en route to a two count before Cobb tagged in for some standing back & rib breakers. A standing moonsault from Cobb’s good for a two count before Henare tags in to continue the focus on Okada.
Okada finally fights out of the corner but got decked by a Henare kick for a two count, who followed it up with a grounded head & arm choke. It’s escaped as Okada got elbowed but he’s back out of the corner with the neckbreaker slam to Henare before Omega got the tag in and instantly traded blows with Cobb.
Omega dunks Cobb on the way to a two count but a follow up suplex needed some more work as Henare came in to wear down Omega with knees to the midsection. Breaking free, Omega hauls up Henare for the Finlay roll and springboard moonsault out of the corner for a two count before Okada tagged back in to keep things moving. Henare wriggles out of a landslide tombstone then took Okada into the ropes for a thrust kick as United Empire began to focus on Okada once more.
Omega breaks up a cover allowing Okada to try and go back to Henare a dropkick does the trick ahead of a bodyslam and a top rope elbow drop then we get the Rainmaker zoom out as Omega & Okada begin to rattle through their finishers, leading to a Rain Trigger to Henare while a 2nd Rainmaker to Henare gets the win.
Winners: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada & United States Champion Kenny Omega (13:36)
Rate: 7
After the match Cobb got in Omega’s face teasing Omega’s 1st challenger for the United States Title Omega exits stage left. Okada’s show closing speech is interrupted again by KOPW 2023 Champion Shingo Takagi, who again challenged Okada for a IWGP World Heavyweight Title shot. Okada acknowledged he’d created the whole KOPW mess and that he’d never held the KOPW Title.
