DDT Never Mind

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Never Mind
Promotions CyberFight
Brand DDT Pro-Wrestling
First event Never Mind
Last event Never Mind 2022

Never Mind was a recurring professional wrestling event held annually by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) in December in the Tokyo Dome City. Originally held by DDT as an independent promotion from 2000 to 2017, it was brought back by CyberFight for two editions held as DDT-branded events in 2021 and 2022, with the 2021 edition being held in the Yoyogi National Stadium.

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History

From 2000 to 2017, Never Mind was produced by DDT Pro-Wrestling, an independent promotion founded in 1997 by Shintaro Muto and Pro Wrestling Crusaders alumni Kyohei Mikami, Kazushige Nosawa and Sanshiro Takagi. [1] In 2020, DDT and its subsidiaries merged with Pro Wrestling Noah into a new company called CyberFight owned by the digital advertising company CyberAgent, with DDT and Noah persisting as separate brands under the CyberFight umbrella. [2] Never Mind was then held in 2021 and 2022 as a DDT-branded event.

Events

#EventDateCityVenueMain eventRef.
1 Never Mind December 14, 2000 Tokyo, Japan Korakuen Geopolis Poison Sawada Julie (c) vs. Super Uchuu Power vs. Tomohiko Hashimoto vs. Sanshiro Takagi in a four-way elimination match for the KO-D Openweight Championship [3] [4]
2 Never Mind 2001 December 12, 2001 Sanshiro Takagi vs. Sanshiro Takagi [a] in a Loser Loses His Ring Name lumberjack match [5] [6]
3 Never Mind 2002 December 22, 2002 Korakuen Hall Gentaro (c) vs. Mikami vs. Sanshiro Takagi vs. Tomohiko Hashimoto in a four-way elimination match for the KO-D Openweight Championship [7] [8]
4 Never Mind 2003 December 29, 2003 Tomohiko Hashimoto and Seiya Morohashi (c) vs. Mikami and Onryo vs. Hero! and Kudo in a Tables, ladders and chairs three-way tornado tag team match for the KO-D Tag Team Championship [9] [10]
5 Never Mind 2004 December 25, 2004 DDT (Sanshiro Takagi, Mikami, Ryuji Ito, Riki Senshu and Daichi Kakimoto) vs. Far East Connection (Dick Togo, Taka Michinoku, Tomohiko Hashimoto, Yoshiya and Sho Kanzaki) in a 5-on-5 Royal Rumble elimination match [11] [12]
4 Never Mind 2005 December 28, 2005 Danshoku Dino (c) vs. Sanshiro Takagi vs. Super Uchuu Power vs. Francesco Togo vs. Toru Owashi in a five-way ladder match for the KO-D Openweight Championship [13]
7 Never Mind 2006 December 29, 2006 Toru Owashi (c) vs. Harashima for the KO-D Openweight Championship [14] [15]
8 Never Mind 2007 December 30, 2007 Harashima vs. Kota Ibushi [16] [17]
9 Never Mind 2008 December 28, 2008 Sanshiro Takagi (c) vs. Harashima for the KO-D Openweight Championship [18] [19]
10 Never Mind 2009 December 27, 2009 Shuji Ishikawa (c) vs. Harashima for the KO-D Openweight Championship [20] [21]
11 Never Mind 2010 December 26, 2010 Gentaro vs. Antonio Honda for the Interim KO-D Openweight Championship [22] [23]
12 Never Mind 2011 December 31, 2011 Kudo (c) vs. Mikami in a singles match in which ladders were legal for the KO-D Openweight Championship [24] [25] [26]
13 Never Mind 2012 December 23, 2012 El Generico (c) vs. Kenny Omega for the KO-D Openweight Championship [27]
14 Never Mind 2013 December 23, 2013 Harashima (c) vs. Yukio Sakaguchi for the KO-D Openweight Championship [28]
15 Never Mind 2014 December 23, 2014 Harashima (c) vs. Shigehiro Irie for the KO-D Openweight Championship [29]
16 Never Mind 2015 December 23, 2015Happy Motel (Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo) vs. Yuji Okabayashi and Shigehiro Irie in the final of a tournament for the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship [30]
17 Never Mind 2016 December 25, 2016 Harashima (c) vs. Shigehiro Irie for the KO-D Openweight Championship [31]
18 Never Mind 2017 December 24, 2017 Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Colt Cabana for the KO-D Openweight Championship [32]
19 Never Mind 2021 in Yoyogi December 26, 2021 Yoyogi National Stadium 2nd Gymnasium Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Yuji Okabayashi for the KO-D Openweight Championship [33]
20 Never Mind 2022 December 29, 2022 Tokyo Dome City Hall Kazusada Higuchi (c) vs. Yuki Ueno for the KO-D Openweight Championship [34]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Results

2012

Never Mind 2012
Promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling
DateDecember 23, 2013
City Tokyo, Japan
Venue Korakuen Hall
Attendance2,013 [27]
Event chronology
← Previous
Jakai Tensho Final: Poison Sawada Julie Forever		Next →
Sweet Dreams! 2013
Never Mind chronology
← Previous
2011 		Next →
2013
No.Results [27] StipulationsTimes [35]
1D Tetsuya Endo defeated DJ Nira Singles match 0:05
2Team Dream Futures (Soma Takao and Shigehiro Irie) defeated Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi Tag team match 10:36
3 Mikami and Gorgeous Matsuno defeated Nurunuru Brothers (Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Michael Nakazawa), Hikaru Sato and Masa Takanashi, and Yukio Sakaguchi and Akito Four-way tag team match 8:32
4 Harashima and Hiroo Tsumaki defeated Golden☆Rendez-Vous (Kota Ibushi and Gota Ihashi) Tag team match 15:02
5 Sanshiro Takagi and Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) defeated Monster Army (Antonio Honda, Yuji Hino, Hoshitango and Daisuke Sasaki) Four-on-three handicap match 11:09
6 Keisuke Ishii (c) defeated Yasu Urano, and Isami Kodaka Three-way match for the DDT Extreme Championship 12:18
7 Kenny Omega defeated El Generico (c) Singles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship 24:17
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
D – this was a dark match

2013

Never Mind 2013
Promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling
DateDecember 23, 2013
City Tokyo, Japan
Venue Korakuen Hall
Attendance2,013 [28]
Event chronology
← Previous
God Bless DDT 2013		Next →
Sweet Dreams! 2014
Never Mind chronology
← Previous
2012 		Next →
2014
No.Results [28] StipulationsTimes [36]
1D Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Kazuki Hirata Singles match
First match in Hirata's five-match trial series		1:44
2D Kazuki Hirata defeated Gota Ihashi Singles match
Second match in Hirata's five-match trial series		1:26
3D Guanchulo defeated Kazuki Hirata Singles match
Third match in Hirata's five-match trial series		1:06
4D Kazuki Hirata defeated Choun Shiryu Singles match
Fourth match in Hirata's five-match trial series		1:46
5D Jun Kasai defeated Kazuki Hirata Singles match
Final match in Hirata's five-match trial series		4:13
6Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) defeated Mikami, Masa Takanashi and Akito Six-man tag team match 8:15
7 Hikaru Sato defeated Michael Nakazawa Singles match 4:39
8Urashimakudo (Kudo and Yasu Urano) and Saki Akai defeated Monster Army (Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki and Gami) Six-person tag team match 11:59
9 Kota Ibushi defeated DJ Nira Singles match 9:48
10 Konosuke Takeshita defeated Testuya Endo Singles match 10:47
11Team Homo Sapiens (Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi and Aja Kong) defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi and Akebono (c) Six-person tag team match for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship 12:30
12 Harashima (c) defeated Yukio Sakaguchi Singles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship 16:34
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
D – this was a dark match

2014

The 2014 edition of Never Mind was held on December 23 at the Korakuen Hall. In the main event, Harashima defeated Shigehiro Irie to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship. [29]

2015

Never Mind 2015
Promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling
DateDecember 23, 2015
City Tokyo, Japan
Venue Korakuen Hall
Attendance2,015 [30]
Event chronology
← Previous
Osaka Octopus 2015		Next →
Sweet Dreams! 2016
Never Mind chronology
← Previous
2014 		Next →
2016
No.Results [30] StipulationsTimes [37]
1D Dai Suzuki (c) and Kouki Iwasaki defeated Gota Ihashi and Gorgeous Matsuno Tag team match for the King of Dark Championship
As a result, Ihashi won the title.		0:15
2D Dai Suzuki and Kouki Iwasaki defeated Gota Ihashi (c) and Gorgeous Matsuno Tag team rematch for the King of Dark Championship
As a result, Ihashi retained the title.		2:55
3 Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai and Ladybeard defeated Kat-Too (Makoto Oishi and Shunma Katsumata) and Cherry Six-person tag team match 6:03
4T2Hii (Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi and Kazuki Hirata) defeated Happy Motel (Antonio Honda and Hiroshi Fukuda) and Tomomitsu Matsunaga Six-man tag team match 6:31
5 Yasu Urano defeated Daisuke Sasaki Singles match 10:47
6Shuten Doji (Masahiro Takanashi and Kota Umeda) defeated Isami Kodaka and Ryota Nakatsu, Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii and Soma Takao), and Kazusada Higuchi and Suguru Miyatake Four-way tag team match 8:50
7 Kendo Kashin (c) defeated Akito Special rules amateur wrestling match for the DDT Extreme Championship 6:36
8 Harashima and Ken Ohka defeated Danshoku Dino and Super Sasadango Machine Turn-Based Endless Gig match 12:31
9Happy Motel (Konosuke Takeshita and Testuya Endo) defeated Yuji Okabayashi and Shigehiro Irie Tournament final for the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship 19:12
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
D – this was a dark match

2016

Never Mind 2016
Promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling
DateDecember 25, 2016
City Tokyo, Japan
Venue Korakuen Hall
Attendance2,016 [31]
Event chronology
← Previous
God Bless DDT 2016		Next →
Sweet Dreams! 2017
Never Mind chronology
← Previous
2015 		Next →
2017
No.Results [31] StipulationsTimes [38]
1Fantastic Memories (Danshoku Dino and Keisuke Ishii) and Jiro "Ikemen" Kuroshio defeated T2Hii (Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi and Kazuki Hirata) Six-man tag team match 9:53
2NωA (Shunma Katsumata and Mao) defeated Soma Takao and Mizuki Watase, and Antonio Honda and Guanchulo Three-way tornado tag team match 7:24
3 Joey Ryan and Laura James defeated Makoto Oishi and Saki Akai Tag team match 5:50
4 Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazusada Higuchi and Kouki Iwasaki defeated Smile Squash (Akito and Yasu Urano) and Tomomitsu Matsunaga Six-man tag team match 11:13
5 Konosuke Takeshita defeated Mad Paulie Singles match 11:15
6Shuten Doji (Kudo, Yukio Sakaguchi and Masahiro Takanashi) (c) defeated Damnation (Daisuke Sasaki, Shuji Ishikawa and Tetsuya Endo) Six-man tag team match for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship 15:37
7 Harashima (c) defeated Shigehiro Irie Singles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship 23:53
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

2017

The 2017 edition of Never Mind was held on December 24 at the Korakuen Hall. In the main event, Konosuke Takeshita defeated Colt Cabana to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship. [32]

2021

The 2021 edition of Never Mind was held on December 26 at the Yoyogi National Stadium 2nd Gymnasium. In the main event, Konosuke Takeshita defeated Yuji Okabayashi to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship. [33]

2022

The 2022 edition of Never Mind was held on December 29 at the Tokyo Dome City Hall. In the main event, Kazusada Higuchi defeated Yuki Ueno to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship. [34]

Notes

  1. ↑ Shoichi Ichimiya under the name Sanshiro Takagi (高偽三四郎, Takagi Sanshirō), written with gi (偽, fake)

References

  1. ↑ Cain, Michelle (2023). Dramatic Dreams and Those Who Have Them. ISBN   9798865475439.
  2. ↑ Pollock, John (July 27, 2020). "DDT and Pro Wrestling NOAH merge to form CyberFight". POSTWrestling . Archived from the original on September 24, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Dramatic Dream Team Results: 2000". purolove.com (in German). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  4. ↑ "DDT "NEVER MIND" 12/14 Geopolis event Part. 2" DDT "NEVER MIND" 12/14 ジオポリス大会その２. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Dramatic Dream Team Results: 2001". purolove.com (in German). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  6. ↑ "DDT "NEVER MIND 2001" 12/12 Geopolis Part. 3" DDT "NEVER MIND 2001" 12/12ジオポリス大会その３. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  7. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "DDT Never Mind 2002". cagematch.net. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  8. ↑ "DDT 12/22 "Never Mind 2002" Korakuen Hall event Part. 4" DDT 12/22 "Never Mind 2002" 後楽園ホール大会その４. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Dramatic Dream Team Results: 2003". purolove.com (in German). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  10. ↑ "DDT "NEVER MIND 2003" 12/29 Korakuen Hall event Part. 5" DDT "NEVER MIND 2003" 12/29後楽園ホール大会その５. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  11. ↑ Saalbach, Axel. "DDT Never Mind". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  12. ↑ "DDT 12/25 Korakuen Hall event "Never Mind 2004" Part. 6" DDT 12/25後楽園ホール大会 "Never Mind 2004"その６. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  13. ↑ "DDT "Never Mind" 2005 12.28 Korakuen Hall event Part. 6" DDT "Never Mind" 2005 12.28 後楽園ホール大会その６. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  14. ↑ Saalbach, Axel. "DDT Never Mind 2006". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  15. ↑ "DDT 12/29 "Never Mind" Korakuen Hall event Part. 6" DDT 12/29 "Never Mind" 後楽園ホール大会その６. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  16. ↑ Saalbach, Axel. "DDT Never Mind". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  17. ↑ "DDT "NEVER MAX 2007" 12/30 Korakuen Hall event Part. 6" DDT "NEVER MIND 2007" 12/30 後楽園ホール大会その６. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  18. ↑ "DDT Never Mind 2008". cagematch.net. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  19. ↑ "DDT "Never Mind 2008" 12/28 Korakuen Hall event Part. 7" DDT “Never Mind 2008” 12/28 後楽園ホール大会その７. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  20. ↑ "NEVER MIND 2009". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  21. ↑ "DDT "NEVER MIND 2009" 12/27 Korakuen Hall event Part. 6" DDT “NEVER MIND 2009” 12/27 後楽園ホール大会その６. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  22. ↑ "NEVER MIND 2010". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  23. ↑ "DDT "NEVER MIND 2010" 12/26 Korakuen Hall event Part. 10" DDT "NEVER MIND 2010" 12/26 後楽園ホール大会その10. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  24. ↑ "MNEVER MIND 2011". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  25. ↑ "DDT "NEVER MIND 2011" 12/31 Korakuen Hall event Part. 9" DDT “NEVER MIND 2011” 12/31 後楽園ホール大会その９. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  26. ↑ Saalbach, Axel. "DDT Never Mind 2011". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  27. 1 2 3 "NEVER MIND 2012". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). December 23, 2012. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013.
  28. 1 2 3 "NEVER MIND 2013". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). December 23, 2013. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013.
  29. 1 2 "NEVER MIND 2014". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). December 23, 2014. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014.
  30. 1 2 3 "NEVER MIND 2015". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). December 23, 2015. Archived from the original on December 28, 2015.
  31. 1 2 3 "NEVER MIND 2016". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). December 25, 2016. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016.
  32. 1 2 "NEVER MIND 2017". Weekly Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Baseball Magazine Sha. Archived from the original on March 1, 2026.
  33. 1 2 "NEVER MIND 2021 in Yoyogi". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). December 26, 2021. Archived from the original on March 1, 2026.
  34. 1 2 "NEVER MIND 2022". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). December 29, 2022. Archived from the original on March 1, 2026.
  35. ↑ "NEVER MIND 2012". Weekly Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Baseball Magazine Sha. December 23, 2012. Archived from the original on March 1, 2026.
  36. ↑ "NEVER MIND 2013". Weekly Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Baseball Magazine Sha. December 23, 2013. Archived from the original on March 1, 2026.
  37. ↑ "NEVER MIND 2015". Weekly Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Baseball Magazine Sha. December 23, 2015. Archived from the original on March 1, 2026.
  38. ↑ "NEVER MIND 2016". Weekly Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Baseball Magazine Sha. December 25, 2016. Archived from the original on March 1, 2026.
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