New Japan Pro-Wrestling holds its New Year Dash!! 2023 event on January 5 from Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. The event airs for free on NJPW World.
The only bout official is Shingo Takagi vs. Toru Yano vs. Great-O-Khan vs. SHO to crown the 2023 King of Pro Wrestling Provisional Champion. The rest of the card is a mystery and won't be known until entrances are made.
Fightful will continue to update this post as the event unfolds.
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2023 Ongoing Results (1/5)
- HOUSE OF TORTURE (Dick Togo, Yujiro Takahashi, EVIL) def. Tomoaki Honma, Tiger Mask & Ren Narita
- HOUSE OF TORTURE continue to attack Narita after the match. Minoru Suzuki makes the save, but the numbers catch up. El Desperado saves Suzuki. Suzuki, Desperado, and Ren run off HOUSE OF TORTURE.
- TAKA Michinoku promises big changes and says he, DOUKI, Taichi, and Kanemaru are "Just Four Guys."
- Just Three Guys (Taichi, DOUKI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru) (w/ TAKA Michinoku) def. Catch 22 (Francesco Akira & TJP) & Will Ospreay
- United Empire attacked Just Four Guys after the match, leading to a brawl.
- TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr, Shane Haste, & Mikey Nicholls) def. Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASH) & Tomohiro Ishii
- Kosei Fujita joins TMDK.
- YOH, Rysuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe, & Shota Umino def. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, & SANADA)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hikuleo, Tama Tonga, & Master Wato def. Bullet Club (Jay White, Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo, & KENTA)
- Bullet Club laid out their opponents after the match. Jay White says he's going to take away all of Hikuleo's moments and challenged him to a Loser Leaves Japan match.
- KOPW 2023 Provisional Championship: Shingo Takagi def. SHO, Toru Yano, and Great-O-Khan to win the vacant provisional title.
- Kenny Omega & Kazuchika Okada def. Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare
- Shingo Takagi confronts Okada and once again challenges him for the IWGP World Heavyweight Title.
Fans can find results from past NJPW events at Fightful's results section.
