NJPW reveals full lineup for New Year’s Dash
NJPW has revealed the full lineup for New Year’s Dash.
The first event of NJPW’s post-Hiroshi Tanahashi in-ring era takes place Monday, January 5 at Ota City General Gymnasium.
Previously announced for the show, IWGP Tag Team Champions The Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) will defend their titles against World Tag League winners Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa.
Also announced, Jake Lee and Yota Tsuji will be in the same ring at the same time following Lee’s attack on Tsuji after the Wrestle Kingdom 20 semi-main event. The two will be on opposing sides of an eight-man tag at New Year’s Dash.
New NEVER Openweight Champion Aaron Wolf will wrestle his second official match on the show, teaming with Toru Yano, YOH, and Master Wato against House of Torture.
The full lineup is below:
NJPW New Year’s Dash 2026 Lineup:
- IWGP Tag Team Champions Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) defend against TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.)
- Yota Tsuji, David Finlay, Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney vs United Empire (Jake Lee, Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & HENARE)
- Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano, YOH & Master Wato vs House of Torturę (Ren Narita, EVIL, Don Fale & Dick Togo)
- Gabe Kidd, Hiromu Takahashi & Clark Connors vs United Empire (Andrade El Idolo, Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young)
- Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Boltin Oleg vs House of Torture (SANADA, Yujiro Takahashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
- El Phantasmo & Shoma Kato vs Konosuke Takeshita & Rocky Romero
- Shota Umino, Yuya Uemura & Katsuya Murashima vs Team 150 (Tomohiro Ishii, Taichi & Satoshi Kojima)
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