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]
Pay-per-view chronology
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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]StipulationsTimes[1]
1DHideki Okatani and Toui Kojima defeated Yuya Koroku and Kazuma SumiTag team match9:32
2PDamnation T.A. (MJ Paul, Minoru Fujita and Kanon) defeated Masahiro Takanashi, Soma Takao and Antonio HondaSix-man tag team match9:31
3Sanshiro Takagi defeated Takeshi MasadaSingles match4:42
4Yukio Sakaguchi and Harashima defeated Yuji Hino and Yuki IshidaTag team match10:08
5Pheromones (Yuki "Sexy" Iino, Danshoku "Dandy" Dino, Koju "Shiningball" Takeda and Yumehito "Fantastic" Imanari) defeated Akito, Shunma Katsumata, Osamu Nishimura and Shinichiro KawamatsuEight-man tag team match
Had Pheromones lost the match they had to disband.		16:20
6Chihiro Hashimoto defeated Shinya AokiSingles match8:21
7Reiwa Ban AA Cannon (Saki Akai and Yuki Arai) defeated Saori Anou and Riko KawahataTag team match12:40
8Burning (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 Championship12:25
9Jun Akiyama (c) defeated Super Sasadango MachineToys match for the DDT Extreme Championship2:30
10Konosuke Takeshita and Yukio Naya defeated Daisuke Sekimoto and Rickey Shane PageTag team match17:43
11Mao defeated Daisuke Sasaki, Chris Brookes and Cara NoirFour-way match13:22
12Kazusada Higuchi (c) defeated Yuki UenoSingles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship27:57
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
D – this was a dark match
P – the match was broadcast 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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