DDT runs their final tour-ending Tokyo signature event of 2024 today, Never Mind 2024, which also is the final event before their blowout year-ender. Unusually there are no title matches scheduled today, but there’s a big potential hoss fight highlighting the card because of New Japan participation, as Tomohiro Ishii comes over for a special match against Yuki Iino…in other words, BEEF! Tough 2 Dollar Steaks all around! It will also be the last time Chris Brookes & Daisuke Sasaki are on opposite sides before their KO-D Openweight Championship match on 12/28, and challenger Sasaki has been getting the better of champion Brookes almost every time so far. Will that continue?
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Marika Tani will be making her semi-regular appearance as a special guest on commentary. There are 7 matches and no 30+ minute matches so the longest the event could go is about 3 1/2 hours but I expect it to be close to a”normal” Korakuen event running about 2 1/2 hours.
Today’s lineup:
MJ Paul, Demus & Illusion vs. Takeshi Masada, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata vs. Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda
Jun Akiyama, Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura vs. HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida
MAO, To-y & Takao Soma vs. Tetsuya Endo, Yuya Koroku & Akito
Yuki Ueno vs. Super Sasadango Machine
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yuki Iino
Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Daisuke Sasaki & KANON
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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event (based on social media posts the broadcast at the venue should start about 10 minutes before the event).
6:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 10 minutes.
6:22 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano & Marika Tani.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in and it’s their usual smaller-capacity setup, with a few other events happening in Tokyo soon I’ll predict a little on the low side and go around 800. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 966, a full house/near sellout)
The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.
The matches begin at 6:35 PM PT/9:35 PM ET.
Match 1: MJ Paul, Demus & Illusion vs. Takeshi Masada, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: MJ Paul, Demus & Illution beat Takeshi Masada, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. Demus pinned Sumi.
Quick break for the GM Imabayashi opening announcements. Announced for 1/3 is Danshoku Dieno vs. Shuji ishikawa, HARASHIMA & KANON in a 4-way for the next KO-D Openweight Championship shot. That title match will happen on 1/26. Yuji Nagata (New Japan) participation is also announced for the Sanshiro Takagi 30th Anniversary event on 2/3, and MInoru Suzuki participation is announced for the annual 5 Hour Anniversary event on 3/20.
Match 2: Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata vs. Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata beat Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. Dieno pinned Honda after Danshoku Driver. Afterwards, Dieno with microphone. He calls out-and gets-New Japan wrestler Great-O-Khan. They talk a possible match on 12/28. Soon they are joined by Kentaro Kumagai. Khan apparently has convinced Kumagai to join United Empire. Then someone I don’t recognize comes out of the crowd to side with Dieno. So perhaps a tag match. Either way, sounds like Dieno now wants to put the DDT Extreme Championship on the line. We’ll see. Updates to come.
Match 3: Jun Akiyama, Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura vs. HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama, Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakmaura beat HARASHIMA, Yuko Naya & Yuki Ishida. Nakamura pinned Ishida after 3 right head kicks.
The D GENERATIONS CUP Tournament will return in 2025, which is for the younger/less experienced wrestlers. Participants announced: Yuni, Kazuma Sumi, Illusion, Yuki Ishida, Yuya Koroku, Keigo Nakamura, Takeshi Masada, To-y. It will be held on 2/4 at Shinjuku Face & 2/23 at Korakuen. The winner gets a future KO-D Openweight Championship match. Masada won the first tournament in 2023, To-y won last year.
Your new host is Haruo Murata.
Match 4: MAO, To-y & Takao Soma vs. Tetsuya Endo, Yuya Koroku & Akito. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo, Yuya Koroku & Akito beat MAO, To-y & Takao Soma. Koroku beat To-y with an armbar.
Match 5: Yuki Ueno vs. Super Sasadango Machine. 30 minute time limit
Result: Super Sasadango Machine beat Yuki Ueno
Match 6: Tomohiro Ishii (New Japan) vs. Yuki Iino. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tomohiro Ishii beat Yuki Iino
Main Event: Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Daisuke Sasaki & KANON. 30 minute time limit
Result: Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi beat Daisuke Sasaki & KANON. Brookes pinned Sasaki after Praying Mantis Bomb.
Updated 12/28 card to finish the show. DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno vs. Great-O-Khan for the title is now official, and it’s an Unauthorized Match. Tetsu Inada will be in Dieno’s corner, Kentaro Kumagai in Khan’s corner.
The next event is ULTIMATE PARTY 2024, the year-ending blowout event, Saturday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.
UPDATE: The DDT Extreme Championship match on 12/28 will be an “unofficial” match, meaning the outcome, whether successful defense or title change, will not be recognized as official. Interesting.
