NJPW New Year Dash 2026 Results – Jan. 5, 2026 – Knockout Brothers vs. TMDK

Results
Jan 5, 2026

January 5, 2026
Tokyo, Japan – Ota City General Gymnasium
English Commentary: Walker Stewart, Chris Charlton, and Rocky Romero
Results via Corey Michaels of F4WOnline.com

Quick Match Results

  1. 6-Man Tag Team match – Team 150 defeated Shota Umino, Yuya Uemura, & Katsuya Murashima via Boston Crab (submission 10:23)
  2. Don Callis Family defeated El Phantasmo & Shoma Kato via Boston Crab (submission 8:43)
  3. 6-Man Tag Team match – Bishamon & Boltin Oleg defeated HOUSE OF TORTURE via Deep Sleep (pinfall 9:23)
  4. 6-Man Tag Team match – United Empire defeated Gabe Kidd, Hiromu Takahashi, & Clark Connors via The Message (pinfall 10:31)
  5. 8-Man Tag Team match – Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano, YOH, & Master Wato defeated HOUSE OF TORTURE via Texas Cloverleaf (submission 5:37)
  6. 8-Man Tag Team match – United Empire defeated Yota Tsuji, David Finlay, Shingo Takagi, & Drilla Moloney via Eliminator Powerbomb (pinfall 8:56)
  7. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – Ichiban Sweet Boys defeated El Desperado & KUUKAI, BULLET CLUB War Dogs, and HOUSE OF TORTURE (c) via Interceptor (pinfall 7:20)
  8. IWGP Tag Team Championship – Knockout Brothers (c) defeated TMDK via KOB (pinfall 26:20)

Shota Umino, Yuya Uemura, & Katsuya Murashima vs. Team 150 (Tomohiro Ishii, Taichi, & Satoshi Kojima)

Uemura and Taichi started the evening with the early lockup. Taichi wriggled out of Uemura’s shoulder control with a lariat. Uemura fired back at opponents Kojima and Ishii. The latter forced Uemura down and shrugged off Murashima. Kojima let loose gnarly chops on Uemura, who rebounded with dropkicks. Umino exploded onto the scene, following through with a flurry of offense to Kojima, complete with a bridging suplex.

A Koji-Cutter gave way for an Ishii rampage. The Stone Pitbull didn’t so much as flinch upon Umino’s chops, but his forearms did the trick, staggering the veteran. Ishii met his match in the young Murashima, who refused to be put down, as he pounced on his now bloody-nosed elder. Taichi attempted intervention, but Uemura trounced him, so that Murashima could slam the still-legal Ishii. Taking a clobbering, Ishii headbutted Murashima as the announcer reminded the competitors of the time limit. Mercilessly sinking in a low, deep Boston Crab, Ishii tapped Murashima out for the win.

Winner: Team 150 via Submission.

Post-match: Uemura and Taichi stared each other down while Ishii brawled with Umino after the former spat blood in the latter’s eye.

El Phantasmo & Shoma Kato vs. Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita & Rocky Romero)

Phantasmo, to Takeshita’s amusement, sustained control over the Alpha’s limbs, countering him at every turn. Kato demanded to be tagged in, hoping to tangle with his fellow Osaka-native, but contended with Romero instead, resulting in a forearm laying Azucar flat. Kato and the former World Heavyweight Champion whipped each other into the barricades. Almost tauntingly, Takeshita kept the Young Lion down with several repeated pin attempts. Still bitter at his loss in the Tokyo Dome, Kato laid out all his frustrations on Takeshita, leading to a Boston Crab.

Phantasmo helped Kato in dealing with Romero, but the Westerners quickly found themselves on the outside. Meanwhile, Takeshita struck back on Kato with a Brainbuster. Exploiting his knackered opponent, Takeshita submitted the youngster with a Boston Crab.

Winner: Don Callis Family via Submission.

Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) & Boltin Oleg vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (SANADA, Yujiro Takahashi, & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

Prepared for a House of Torture ambush, Bishamon and Boltin laid out their opponents with an extra barrage of fists on Kanemaru’s back. Exposing the turnbuckle, Takahashi catapulted Goto into its steel. SANADA ate a disastrous lariat from Goto. YOSHI-HASHI stampeded Takahashi and Kanemaru before spanking and dropkicking SANADA off the ropes he was propped upon. Thanks to a low blow courtesy of SANADA, Takahashi had the opportunity to wound YOSHI-HASHI, but a Boltin save put a stop to that.

Suffering a scoop and a slam, Takahashi’s world became a blur after a Boltin Shake rattled him. SANADA and Takahashi sandwiched Boltin between their boots, but couldn’t follow up if an angry Goto had anything to say about it. Bishamon propped up Takahashi for a Boltin Splash to finish the match.

Winner: Bishamon & Boltin Oleg via Pinfall.

Gabe Kidd, Hiromu Takahashi, & Clark Connors vs. United Empire (Andrade El Idolo, Francesco Akira, & Jakob Austin Young)

Both teams spared no second, engaging in all-out war. Takahashi initially had Akira under his boot, but the freshly returned Italian retaliated with whips into barricades and dominant chops to the chest. Young chipped away with some kicks and bent the Time Bomb’s fingers with gremlin-like joy. Idolo added further punishment with stomps and elbow drops, punctuating with a dive like an exclamation point. Akira added to this with a standing moonsault.

At last, Takahashi found respite in a dropkick to Akira, with a subsequent Dragonscrew Leg Whip. Kidd delivered an onslaught of faceplants to the corners and a lariat to Idolo. La Sombra recovered with a dropkick and knees to the Madman’s face in the corner. Kidd bounced back with a Brainbuster. Connors laid out the United Empire and caught Idolo with a powerslam. After goring Idolo, Connors’s rampage begat all-out chaos. A decisive big boot from Idolo rocked Connors’s brain. He ended the match with a Hammerlock DDT to stamp out Connors for good.

Winner: United Empire via Pinfall.

Post-match: Kidd and Idolo brawled, with the former challenging the latter for a title opportunity for Yota Tsuji’s IWGP Global Heavyweight title at New Beginning in Osaka on February 11.

Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano, YOH, & Master Wato vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, EVIL, Don Fale, & Dick Togo)

House of Torture immediately isolated Wolf from his partners before bullying him as they pulled out all the stops. Wato, Yano, and YOH prevented their patented Dick-to-Dick Contact, allowing Wolf to hurl Togo clear across the ring. Wato bulldogged the rattled competitor. Fale laid his immeasurable weight on Wato, pressing fully on his back before stepping on him. EVIL doled out additional torment to Wato. Togo struck the ring bell during a pin attempt to cause a disruption. YOH and Yano dropped Narita, but paid dearly for it from a united House of Torture front. This resulted in a successful Dick-to-Dick Contact.

Togo failed an inside cradle to YOH, who replied with a Slingblade. He tapped out Togo with a Texas Cloverleaf for the submission.

Winner: Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano, YOH, & Master Wato via Submission.

Post-match: House of Torture assaulted YOH. His partners came to the rescue, but were also clobbered, especially Wolf. Narita clobbered him with a plank of wood, leaving the former judoka to be carried out by Young Lions.

Yota Tsuji, David Finlay, Shingo Takagi, & Drilla Moloney vs. United Empire (Jake Lee, Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, & HENARE)

Tsuji unveiled the new look of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. True to his word, the belt appeared as the classic V4 IWGP Heavyweight Championship design.

Lee frantically overwhelmed Tsuji, including a Facebreak Shot. Finlay traded forearms with Newman before grounding him with a shoulder tackle. Newman rebounded with a dropkick. HENARE picked up the scraps, nearly following through with a Fireman’s Carry, but Finlay countered with Oblivion. Takagi struggled to topple Khan and Lee in their union against him, so Moloney provided backup. Khan and HENARE sought to whip their opponents into one another, but found themselves on the receiving end instead.

Takagi toppled HENARE, yet Khan stalled his momentum with a Mongolian Chop and an Iron Claw. Moloney smashed him with a spinebuster. HENARE pinned Moloney after a Khan-assisted powerbomb.

Winner: United Empire via Pinfall.

Post-match: While Jake Lee rubbed his hands all over the newly redesigned World Heavyweight Championship, Khan and HENARE assaulted Takagi. Tsuji stood unamused to Lee’s antics with the title. The pair paintbrushed each other. Finlay had to be restrained by Young Lions and his teammates after he ripped off the ring apron and tossed chairs into the ring.

Newman took to the microphone to insult Finlay. As though addressing someone else entirely, Newman stated that this was a different United Empire he’d been carrying on his back. Will Ospreay emerged, embracing HENARE and Khan, ignoring Lee completely. Reporting that he had yet to be cleared, but once he handled business in AEW, he’d help Newman in NJPW. He even offered to do it Newman’s way. Newman seemingly agreed before teasing a chair shot. Khan and HENARE quietly prevented this while Ospreay’s back was conveniently turned.

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
El Desperado & KUUKAI vs. Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita) vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X) vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (DOUKI & SHO) (c)

SHO taunted all of his and DOUKI’s opponents before sliding out of the ring. Kuukai dove over the top rope to lay them out. The bell rang, with Desperado and Kuukai ready to level the playing field when DOUKI and SHO tripped them up. Desperado aided Kuukai in elevating him for a missile dropkick to House of Torture. Ishimori and X combined their offense on Desperado. X and Eagles formed a temporary alliance on DOUKI. Since both men were named Robbie, the modest Tokyo crowd chanted “Robbie.”

SHO launched Fujita at Kuukai, who ducked and united with him for the latter’s missile dropkick. Dissolving their brief partnership, Fujita and Kuukai collided. Ishimori sent Fujita and Eagles down in a Tower of Terror spot. Before X could get the 3-count, Yoshinobu Kanemaru pulled the referee out of the ring. He, SHO, and DOUKI teased weaponry, but Fujita laid them out with SHO’s black sheet pan. A double-Thrillride from Fujita and Eagles lent the former a pinfall win over X. Ichiban Sweet Boys are the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.

Winner: Ichiban Sweet Boys via Pinfall to become the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.

Post-match: As Chris Charlton mentioned, a new faction was forming backstage via Yota Tsuji as “Unbound Company”. Francesco Akira laid out the competitors from the match, with special attention directed to Ishimori. Hiromu Takahashi came to their rescue.

IWGP Tag Team Championship
TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Yota Tsuji) vs Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) (c)

Oiwa and Yuto-Ice initiated the bout with a slobberknocker brawl that saw the Knockout Brother laid flat. Sabre equalized OSKAR as he joined Oiwa to stretch Yuto-Ice’s limbs. OSKAR returned, his size nearly circumventing TMDK’s attempts to topple his giant stature. Back on his feet, Yuto-Ice fired back at Sabre, kicking him down with an assist from OSKAR.

Sabre challenged the towering OSKAR and paid the price with the German’s knee pressed on his chest. Yuto-Ice was equally as unforgiving, beating down on the blonde Brit. Oiwa decapitated Yuto-Ice with a lariat and stomped the back of OSKAR’s knee from the bottom rope. Yuto-Ice flung Oiwa’s face into OSKAR’s large boot. Sabre incurred the wrath of OSKAR for the sin of a Penalty Kick, eating stiff forearms as recompense. The Knockout Brothers maintained their dominance with a Backbreaker + knee strike combination.

Sabre planted his boot on OSKAR’s head, wrenching his arm back behind his shoulder as he screamed sweet agony, climaxing into a rope break. OSKAR bore down upon the Englishman with a booming elbow drop. By a miraculous last-second resurgence, Sabre thudded the ring with a Zack Driver for a nearfall. Oiwa matched Yuto-Ice’s fire with his own to land a Tenzan Suplex. Beheaded by lariats, Yuto-Ice watched in hazy eyes as Oiwa vertically suplexed OSKAR. Sabre tagged in, peppering Yuto-Ice with slaps until he lost focus; this gave way for Oiwa to bridge a suplex for Sabre to exploit a jackknife pin. Yuto-Ice bypassed Oiwa’s Grip for a rolling elbow. OSKAR broke Sabre’s Ankle Lock on Yuto-Ice for a life-squeezing sleeper hold. Leaking blood from his nose, Oiwa tried another Grip on Yuto-Ice. Knockout Brothers pinned Oiwa with a ruinous K.O.B. to retain their gold.

Winner: Knockout Brothers via Pinfall to retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship.

Post-match: Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura approached Knockout Brothers while the crowd was still chanting for Ryohei Oiwa. While Yuto-Ice was receptive towards Uemura, OSKAR sidestepped Umino. Tomohiro Ishii and Taichi joined the quartet, positioning themselves as next in line. Knockout Brothers suggested that the two teams face each other before taking them on at New Beginning in Osaka. Alone, OSKAR and Yuto-Ice thanked the crowd. Following the emotional retirement of Hiroshi Tanahashi the night before, Ice declared himself the “Ice” of NJPW in a compelling promo that rallied the fans and commentary.

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