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NJPW New Year Dash!! 2026 Results: Andrade El Idolo, Yota Tsuji Compete, Will Ospreay Appears & More

January 5, 2026 | Posted by Yash Mittal
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2026 Image Credit: NJPW

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) presented its annual “New Year Dash!!” from Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, on January 5, 2026.

The event aired on NJPW World, and it featured the likes of Andrade El Idolo, Gabe Kidd, Konosuke Takeshita, Tomohiro Ishii, Yota Tsuji, and more in action.

Below are the results of NJPW New Year Dash 2026 (via Fightful)

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

* Tomohiro Ishii and Shota Umino continued to fight after the match, leading to Ishii taking down Umino with a headbutt

* The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita & Rocky Romero) defeated Shoma Kato & El Phantasmo

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

* Andrade and Kidd continued to brawl after the match, leading to Kidd challenging El Idolo to a match at New Beginning in Osaka, with the winner receiving a shot at the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship

* Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Boltin Oleg defeated the HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & SANADA)

* Aaron Wolf, Tora Yano, YOH & Master Wato defeated the HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL, Don Fale, Dick Togo & Ren Narita)

* HOUSE OF TORTURE attacked Wolf & Co. after the match, with Ren Narita laying out Aaron Wolf with a wooden block

* Yota Tsuji revealed the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. He told Jake Lee that Lee has to prove his worth if he wants a shot at the title

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

* Lee taunted Tsuji before handing over the IWGP Heavyweight Title. They slapped each other. Callum Newman issued a challenge to David Finlay

* AEW star Will Ospreay made a surprise appearance, declaring that he is going to take care of business in All Elite Wrestling and then return to NJPW to support Newman, who hugged him. Ospreay, O-Khan, and HENARE hit the UE pose, but Newman didn’t. He then teased hitting the Aerial Assassin with a chair, only to be stopped by HENARE and O-Khan.

* TMDK (Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita) defeated the HOUSE OF TORTURE (DOUKI & SHO), El Desperado & KUUKAI, & War Dogs (Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

* Francesco Akira attacked Ishimori before Hiromu Takahashi came to his aid. He said that he will team up with Ishimori against Akira and a partner of Akira’s choosing.

* Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) © defeated TMDK (Yota Tsuji & Ryohei Oiwa) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship

* Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura and Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii confronted the Knockout Brothers, staking their claim to the title.