New Year Dash!! (2020)

New Year Dash!! (2020) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on January 6, 2020, one day after Wrestle Kingdom 14, which is generally considered to be NJPW's biggest show of the year.[2][3]

New Year Dash!! (2020)
Event poster featuring Jushin Thunder Liger
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
DateJanuary 6, 2020
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueOta City General Gymnasium
Attendance4,078[1]
Event chronology
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The event featured the retirement ceremony of Japanese wrestling legend Jushin Thunder Liger.[1]

Production
Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
English commentators Gino Gambino
Kevin Kelly
Chris Charlton
Rocky Romero
Japanese commentators Yohei Onishi
Milano Collection A.T.
Yusuke Okamoto
Ring announcers Kimihiko Ozaki
Makoto Abe
Referees Jeremy Marcus
Kenta Sato
Marty Asami
Red Shoes Unno
Tiger Hattori

Background

New Year Dash!! was announced to be coming to Ōta on September 26, 2019, and was described as the "biggest New Year!! Dash" ever.[4] The event featured blow-off matches for the previous night's Wrestle Kingdom 14 and as is tradition, all matches were revealed the night of the event.[5]

Storylines

New Year Dash!! featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[6]

The previous night at Wrestle Kingdom 14, the IWGP Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito defeated Kazuchika Okada to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship becoming the first ever dual IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental champion.[7] After the match, he was attacked by Kenta,[8] setting up the main event for New Year Dash!! as Naito and Los Ingobernables de Japón teammate Sanada would take on Kenta and his Bullet Club partner Jay White.[9]

Results
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes[1]
1Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors, and Karl Fredericks defeated Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji, and Toa Henare by submissionSix-man tag team match10:40
2Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado) defeated Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh), Los Ingobernables de Japón (Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi), and Bullet Club's Cutest Tag Team (El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori)Fatal 4-way tag team match13:29
3Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi and FinJuice (David Finlay, and Juice Robinson) defeated Bullet Club O.G. (Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale and Guerillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa, and Tama Tonga)) (with Jado)Eight-man tag team match11:39
4Los Ingobernables de Japón (Shingo Takagi and Evil) defeated Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Hirooki Goto)Tag team match16:28
5Chaos (Birds of Prey (Robbie Eagles and Will Ospreay) and Chaos Ride the Lightning (Yoshi-Hashi and Kazuchika Okada)) defeated Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Lance Archer, Zack Sabre Jr., and Minoru Suzuki) by disqualificationEight-man tag team match15:27
6Los Ingobernables de Japón (Sanada and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Bullet Club (Jay White and Kenta) (with Gedo)Tag team match13:58

See also

References
  1. "2020.01.06 NEW YEAR DASH!!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  2. "GFW News: New Japan Pro Wrestling "Wrestle Kingdom 9" press conference details". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. December 23, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  3. Keller, Wade (December 13, 2016). "New Japan's WrestleKingdom 11 to air on AXS TV starting Jan. 13 in four weekly special episodes with Ross & Barnett on commentary". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  4. "New Year Dash!! Coming to Ota-ku January 6!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. September 26, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  5. "2020.01.06 NEW YEAR DASH!! Tickets". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  6. Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  7. "2020.01.05 WRESTLE KINGDOM in TOKYO DOME night 2". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. January 5, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  8. Powell, Jason (January 5, 2020). "1/5 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 night two results: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championships, Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chris Jericho, Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White, Jushin Liger's final match, Jon Moxley vs. Juice Robinson for the IWGP U.S. Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  9. "2020.01.06 NEW YEAR DASH!! Card". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
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