Never Mind 2022

Never Mind 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on December 29, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Tokyo Dome City Hall. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. It was the nineteenth event in the Never Mind series.[2]

Never Mind 2022
Promotional poster featuring various wrestlers
PromotionCyberFight
Brand(s)DDT
DateDecember 29, 2022
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueTokyo Dome City Hall
Attendance1,207[1]
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Production

Background

Since 2001, DDT began producing their year-end shows under the branch of "Never Mind". The events' traditional venue was initially the Korakuen Hall, but during the years, the promotion moved the events to other arenas. These events conclude certain feuds and rivalries built during the year. Between 2017 and 2021, the "Never Mind" series were briefly replaced by the DDT Ultimate Party as the promotion's year-closing events.

Storylines

The event featured twelve professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3]

Event

There were a total of three title matches during the show. In the first of them, Burning (Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki and Yusuke Okada) defeated Kazuki Hirata, Toru Owashi and Naruki Doi to win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. Endo Suzuki and Okada received a challenge from Pheromones after the match. In the second one, Jun Akiyama successfully defended the DDT Extreme Championship against Super Sasadango Machine in a comedic match which started with both wrestlers who sat down in the middle of the ring playing with their respective toy action figures. The match got physical and solded with Akiyama's victory. The main event saw Kazusada Higuchi securing his fifth consecutive defense of the KO-D Openweight Championship over the 2022 D-Oh Grand Prix winner Yuki Ueno. Higuchi received a challenge from Yuji Hino after the match.[4][5]

Results
No. Results[6][7] Stipulations Times[1]
1D Hideki Okatani and Toui Kojima defeated Yuya Koroku and Kazuma Sumi Tag team match 9:32
2P Damnation T.A. (MJ Paul, Minoru Fujita and Kanon) defeated Masahiro Takanashi, Soma Takao and Antonio Honda Six-man tag team match 9:31
3 Sanshiro Takagi defeated Takeshi Masada Singles match 4:42
4 Yukio Sakaguchi and Harashima defeated Yuji Hino and Yuki Ishida Tag team match 10:08
5 Pheromones (Yuki "Sexy" Iino, Danshoku "Dandy" Dino, Koju "Shiningball" Takeda and Yumehito "Fantastic" Imanari) defeated Akito, Shunma Katsumata, Osamu Nishimura and Shinichiro Kawamatsu Eight-man tag team match
Had Pheromones lost the match they had to disband.		 16:20
6 Chihiro Hashimoto defeated Shinya Aoki Singles match 8:21
7 Reiwa Ban AA Cannon (Saki Akai and Yuki Arai) defeated Saori Anou and Riko Kawahata Tag team match 12:40
8 Burning (Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki and Yusuke Okada) defeated Kazuki Hirata, Toru Owashi and Naruki Doi (c) Six-man tag team match for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship 12:25
9 Jun Akiyama (c) defeated Super Sasadango Machine Toys match for the DDT Extreme Championship 2:30
10 Konosuke Takeshita and Yukio Naya defeated Daisuke Sekimoto and Rickey Shane Page Tag team match 17:43
11 Mao defeated Daisuke Sasaki, Chris Brookes and Cara Noir Four-way match 13:22
12 Kazusada Higuchi (c) defeated Yuki Ueno Singles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship 27:57
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • D – indicates the match was a dark match
  • P – indicates the match took place on the pre-show

References
  1. Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 29, 2022). "DDT Never Mind 2022". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  2. DDT Pro-Wrestling. 東京・TOKYO DOME CITY HALL「NEVER MIND 2022」. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  3. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  4. Johnson, Jamie (December 29, 2022). "DDT Nevermind 2022 Review". monthlypuroresu.com. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  5. Harris, Jeffrey (December 29, 2022). "DDT Pro Never Mind 2022 Results 12.29.22: Kazusada Higuchi Faces Yuki Ueno". 411mania.com. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  6. DDT Pro-Wrestling. NEVER MIND 2022. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  7. Moral, Ángel (December 30, 2022). "Resultados DDT Pro Wrestling Never Mind 2022". turnheelwrestling.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 30, 2022.
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