| New Years Unit War 6 Man Tag Team Tournament | ||||
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 Promotional image featuring the Teams participating in the tournament | ||||
| Theme song(s) | "OPEN THE DREAM GATE" by Diamond✡Yukai | |||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Dragon Gate | |||
| Sponsor(s) | GAORA | |||
| Date | January 18, 2017 | |||
| Attendance | 1,850 | |||
| Venue | Korakuen Hall | |||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||||
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The New Years Unit War 6 Man Tag Team Tournament (新春ユニット対抗6人タッグトーナメント Shinshun yunitto taikō 6-ri taggutōnamento) was a single-elimination trios tournament held in Dragon Gate to determine the strongest team in the promotion for the year. The tournament was held in one show.
Winners
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| Winners | Stable |
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| VerserK (Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk and El Lindaman) | VerserK 
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Announced competitors Edit
On January 6, 2017 Dragon Gate announced a trios tournament named New Years Unit War 6 Man Tag Team Tournament one night trios tournament on January 18 and the first round will be contested under 2 count rules and the rest of the rounds will be normal 3 count rules. It was also announced the stables that will be part of the tournament. The stables that will be part of the tournament are Over Generation, VerserK, Jimmyz, Tribe Vanguard and some Unaffiliated teams. It will be two teams from VerserK, one from Over Generation, one from Jimmyz and one from Tribe Vanguard, and it will also have three Unaffiliated teams. Later Kaito Ishida was replaced by Punch Tominaga.
ParticipantsEdit
| Wrestlers | Stable |
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| Jimmy Susumu, Ryo "Jimmy" Saito and Jimmy Kanda | Jimmyz 
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| YAMATO, BxB Hulk and Kzy | Tribe Vanguard 
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| Eita, Takehiro Yamamura and Punch Tominaga | Over Generation 
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| Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk and El Lindaman | VerserK
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| "brother" YASSHI, Cyber Kong and Mondai Ryu | Verserk
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| Masato Yoshino, Ben-K and Kotoka | Unaffiliated 
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| Naruki Doi, Masaaki Mochizuki and Big R Shimizu | Unaffiliated
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| Don Fujii, Hyou Watanabe and Yuki Yoshioka | Unaffiliated
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ReplacedEdit
These participants were taken out of the tournament for a specific reason and therefore were replaced by another competitor.
| Wrestler | Progression in the tournament | Reason | Replacing wrestler |
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| Kaito Ishida | Replaced before the official start of the tournament | Injury | Punch Tominaga |
Tournament bracketEdit
VerserK (Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk and El Lindaman), the winners of the New Years Unit War 6 Man Tag Team Tournament
| First round January 18 | Semifinal January 18 | Final January 18 | |||||||||||
| Tribe Vanguard (YAMATO, BxB Hulk and Kzy) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Don Fujii, Hyou Watanabe and Yuki Yoshioka | 08:00 | ||||||||||||
| Tribe Vanguard (YAMATO, BxB Hulk and Kzy) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Masato Yoshino, Ben-K and Kotoka | 09:18 | ||||||||||||
| Masato Yoshino, Ben-K and Kotoka | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Over Generation (Eita, Takehiro Yamamura and Punch Tominaga) | 04:27 | ||||||||||||
| Masato Yoshino, Ben-K and Kotoka | Pin | ||||||||||||
| VerserK (Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk and El Lindaman) | 16:23 | ||||||||||||
| Jimmyz (Jimmy Susumu, Ryo "Jimmy" Saito and Jimmy Kanda) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| VerserK ("brother" YASSHI, Cyber Kong and Mondai Ryu) | 06:21 | ||||||||||||
| Jimmyz (Jimmy Susumu, Ryo "Jimmy" Saito and Jimmy Kanda | 11:02 | ||||||||||||
| VerserK (Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk and El Lindaman) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| VerserK (Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk and El Lindaman) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Naruki Doi, Masaaki Mochizuki and Big R Shimizu | 09:41 | ||||||||||||
Non-Tournament matches Edit
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Jimmy Kagetora, Yosuke♥Santa Maria, Shachihoko BOY defeated CIMA, Dragon Kid, Gamma, "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa | Eight-man Tag team match | 0:13 |
| 2 | Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Jimmy Kagetora, Yosuke♥Santa Maria, Shachihoko BOY defeated CIMA, Dragon Kid, Gamma, "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa | Eight-man Tag team match | 11:08 |
