DDT Pro-Wrestling Never Mind 2022 Results (12/29/22) – Kazusada Higuchi vs. Yuki Ueno, Konosuke Takeshita

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On December 29th, the Tokyo Dome City Hall venue played host to DDT Pro-Wrestling’s Never Mind 2022 event. This was the nineteenth event in the Never Mind year end series.

In the main event, the current KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi defeated D Oh Grand Prix Winner and DDT Universal Champion Yuki Ueno to retain his title in a MOTY candidate. Higuchi and Ueno hugged and shook hands after the grueling match as a sign of respect.

Yuji Hino challenged Higuchi for the KO-D Openweight title and the match was made official for DDT Pro-Wrestling’s upcoming Sweet Dreams event on January 28th.

There was a major title change at Never Mind 2022 as the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship changed hands. Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada defeated Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata to become the new champions.

Recent AEW signee Konosuke Takeshita had a successful return to DDT Pro-Wrestling (his home promotion in Japan) at Never Mind 2022 as he and Yukio Naya were victorious over Daisuke Sekimoto and Rickey Shane Page.

Here are the full results and highlights for DDT Pro-Wrestling Never Mind:

  • KO-D Openweight Championship Match:  Kazusada Higuchi (c) defeated Yuki Ueno (D Oh Grand Prix Winner) via pinfall to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship. (Yuji Hino came out and challenged Higuchi for the title. The match was made official forthe January 28th Sweet Dreams event)
  • Four Way Match: MAO defeated Daisuke Sasaki, Chris Brookes & Cara Noir via pinfall.
  • Special Tag Team Match:  Konosuke Takeshita & Yukio Naya defeated Daisuke Sekimoto & Rickey Shane Page via pinfall.
  • DDT EXTREME Championship Match:  Jun Akiyama (c) defeated Super Sasadango Machinevia pinfall to retain the DDT EXTREME Championship.
  • KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship: Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada defeated Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata (c) via pinfall to become the new KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions (Endo, Suzuki and Okada were challenged after the match by Yuki “Sexy” Iino, Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno and Takeda “Shining Ball” Koju for the titles. Challenge was accepted for DDT Pro-Wrestiing’s Sweet Dreams 2023 event January 28th)
  • Saki Akai & Yuki Arai defeated Saori Anou & Riko Kawabata via pinfall
  • Special Singles Match: Chihiro Hashimoto defeated Shinya Aoki via pinfall
  • Yuki “Sexy” Iino, Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno, Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari & Takeda “Shining Ball” Koju defeated Akito, Osamu Nishimura, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Shunma Katsumata via pinfall
  • HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Yuji Hino & Yuki Ishida via pinfall
  • Sanshiro Takagi defeated Takeshi Masada via submission
  • Dark Match:  Minoru Fujita & MJ Paul & KANON defeated Masahiro Takanashi & Soma Takao & Antonio Honda
  • Dark Match:  Hideki Okatani & Toi Kojima defeated Yuya Koroku & Kazuma Sumi

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