Never Mind 2021

Never Mind 2021 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on December 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. It was the eighteenth event in the Never Mind series.[2]

Never Mind 2021
Promotional poster featuring various wrestlers
PromotionCyberFight
Brand(s)DDT
DateDecember 26, 2021
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueYoyogi National Gymnasium
Attendance1,234[1]
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Eleven matches were contested at the event, including three on the pre-show, and four of DDT's championships were on the line. The main event saw Konosuke Takeshita defeat Yuji Okabayashi to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship. Other prominent matches included Disaster Box (Harashima and Naomi Yoshimura) successfully defending the KO-D Tag Team Championship against The Bodyguard and Yuji Hino, and Daisuke Sasaki defeated Masahiro Takanashi to retain the DDT Universal Championship.

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 eleven 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

The show portraited three title matches, with all of them coming off with the champions retaining their respective titles. The first one saw Damnation T.A.'s leader Daisuke Sasaki scoring the third defense of the DDT Universal Championship against Masahiro Takanashi. Next, the team of Harashima and Naomi Yoshimura securing their first defense of the KO-D Tag Team Championship against The Bodyguard and Yuji Hino. The main event portraited the confrontation between Konosuke Takeshita and Big Japan Pro Wrestling's Yuji Okabayashi which solded with the victory of The 37Kamiina's leader who scored the second defense of the KO-D Openweight Championship.[4]

Results
No.Results[5]StipulationsTimes[6][7]
1PToru Owashi and Yukio Naya defeated Antonio Honda and Hideki OkataniTag team match6:17
2PVent Vert Jack defeated IlusionSingles match9:08
3PSanshiro Takagi defeated Maku DonarutoSingles match7:54
4Romance Dawn (Shota and Soma Takao) defeated Akito and Yuki IshidaTag team match8:35
5Pheromones (Danshoku "Dandy" Dino, Yuki "Sexy" Iino and Yumehito "Fantastic" Imanari) defeated Shinya Aoki, Super Sasadango Machine and Yumiko HottaSix-man tag team match for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship9:57
6Shuji Kondo defeated Kazuki HirataSingles match9:40
7Chris Brookes, Maki Itoh and Minoru Suzuki defeated Eruption (Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi)Mixed tag team match20:38
8Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo, Yusuke Okada and Yuya Koroku) defeated The 37Kamiina (Mao, Shunma Katsumata, Toui Kojima and Yuki Ueno)Eight-man tag team match16:30
9Daisuke Sasaki (c) defeated Masahiro TakanashiSingles match for the DDT Universal Championship17:48
10Disaster Box (Harashima and Naomi Yoshimura) (c) defeated The Bodyguard and Yuji HinoTag team match for the KO-D Tag Team Championship18:17
11Konosuke Takeshita (c) defeated Yuji OkabayashiSingles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship37:17
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

References
  1. Buckeldee, Mark (December 26, 2021). "DDT Never Mind in Yoyogi 2021 Report: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yuji Okabayashi". Post Wrestling. Archived from the original on December 24, 2022. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  2. DDT Pro-Wrestling (December 26, 2021). NEVER MIND 2021 in Yoyogi. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 24, 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. Dark Angel (December 31, 2021). "DDT: «Never Mind 2021 in Yoyogi» Konosuke Takeshita continues to reign". Súper Luchas. Archived from the original on January 25, 2023. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  5. Daly, Wayne (December 26, 2021). "DDT Results: Never Mind 2021 In Yoyogi – Tokyo, Japan (12/26)". wrestling-news.net. Archived from the original on January 23, 2023. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  6. Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 26, 2021). "DDT Never Mind 2021 In Yoyogi". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  7. Saalbach, Axel (December 26, 2021). "DDT Never Mind 2021 in Yoyogi". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
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