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NJPW New Year’s Dash Results (1/5) YOSHI-HASHI Returns

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FIRST MATCH: Suzuki-gun (Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lance Archer & Takashi Iizuka) vs. Roppongi 3K (SHO, YOH & Rocky Romero)

Suzuki-gun attacks at the bell. Brawl to the outside.

Complete mismatch. All of the usual Suzuki-gun shenanigans occur. Iizuka feeds.

After an eternity of punishment from KES, YOH rolls up Iizuka for the pinfall.

WINNERS: ROPPONGI 3K

SECOND MATCH: Bullet Club-ish (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare

Chase and Yujiro are wearing Bullet Club gear. “Forget Hangman Page,” Chase Owens says, pointing at Yujiro Takahashi, “that’s my friend now.”

Chase and Yujiro have been heeling it up in a big way. Definitely feels like a reset on both of their characters. Owens seems far more confident than he seemed all of 2018.

Owens locked in a beautiful ankle lock but Honma broke up the submission. Owens hits a superkick on Henare. Owens hits a Package Piledriver on Henare for the pinfall.

WINNERS: CHASE OWENS & YUJIRO TAKAHASHI

THIRD MATCH: The Besties (Beretta & Chuckie T) vs. Fin-Juice (David Finlay & Juice Robinson)

Beretta hugged his mom during the match. This made Chuckie mad.

At one point Juice tried to kiss Finlay but Finlay turned him down. Beretta then hit a double stomp on a barricade-hung Finlay.

Really solid rematch from World Tag League. Chuckie T went crazy with a chair for the DQ.

WINNERS: DAVID FINLAY & JUICE ROBINSON

After the match, Chuckie knocks out Juice with a chair. Chuckie then piledrove Finlay onto a chair.

FOURTH MATCH: Yuji Nagata, KUSHIDA & Jeff Cobb vs. CHAOS (Will Ospreay, Hirooki Goto & Will Ospreay)

This is a spectacular match. Go watch it now. Truly amazing tag match.

Ospreay hits KUSHIDA with Stormbreaker.

WINNERS: HIROOKI GOTO, WILL OSPREAY & TOMOHIRO ISHII

Ishii and Nagata came to blows after the match.

FIFTH MATCH: NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Match: Bullet Club (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taiji Ishimori) (c) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Most Violent Players (Toru Yano & Togi Makabe)

A stellar match that saw two teams put everything on the- CHASE OWENS AND YUJIRO TAKAHASHI HELP BULLET CLUB RETAIN!

PACKAGE PILEDRIVER FROM CHASE OWENS. APESHIT FROM TANGA LOA.

WINNERS AND STILL NEVER OPENWEIGHT 6-MAN TAG CHAMPIONS: TAMA TONGA, TANGA LOA & TAIJI ISHIMORI

Chase Owens makes a crack about making “business decisions” instead of “YouTube Videos.”

SIXTH MATCH: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA) vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi & Minoru Suzuki)

Taichi smashed Naito with a chair before the bell and the match never really regained its sanity. Wild, fun brawl. Taichi hits Naito with the IC title belt and delivers an Air Raid Crash for the pinfall.

WINNERS: SUZUKI-GUN

Rivalries coming out of the match are Naito/Taichi. Suzuki/SANADA. EVIL/Sabre. Suzuki-gun destroys everyone.

MAIN EVENT: YOSHI-HASHI, Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bullet Club (Jay White, Bad Luck Fale & Gedo)

YOSHI-HASHI and Jay White have amazing chemistry. Jay White pins YOSHI-HASHI via Blade Runner.

WINNERS: Bullet Club

After the match, Jay White calls out Tanahashi and holds the IWGP title high.

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