Never Mind 2014 was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on December 23, 2014, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Korakuen Hall. The event aired domestically on Fighting TV Samurai. It was the fourteenth event in the Never Mind series.[2]

Never Mind 2014
PromotionDDT
DateDecember 23, 2014
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueKorakuen Hall
Attendance2,014[1]
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Production

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Background

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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. Beginning with 2017 and until 2021, the "Never Mind" series were briefly replaced by the DDT Ultimate Party as the promotion's year-closing events.

Storylines

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The event featured ten 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

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There were a total of three title fights at the event. In the first one, an inflatable doll named Yoshihiko defeated LiLiCo to win the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. In the second one, Happy Motel (Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo) scored their fourth consecutive defense of the KO-D Tag Team Championship over Shuten Doji (Kudo and Yukio Sakaguchi). In the main event, Harashima successfully defended the KO-D Openweight Championship against Shigehiro Irie.[4][5]

Results

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No.Results[6]StipulationsTimes[1]
1PKazusada Higuchi and Kouki Iwasaki defeated Kota Umeda and Ryota NakatsuTag team match9:29
2Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii and Soma Takao) and T2Hii (Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi) defeated Antonio Honda, DJ Nira, Mikami and Yasu UranoEight-man tag team match9:29
3Makoto Oishi defeated AkitoSingles match7:54
4Sanshiro Takagi defeated Bernard AckahSingles match4:08
5Yoshihiko defeated LiLiCoSingles match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
6Golden Storm Riders (Daisuke Sasaki and Kota Ibushi) defeated Chinsuke Nakamura, Gota Ihashi, Shunma Katsumata and Suguru Miyatake4-on-2 handicap match11:34
7Hikaru Sato and Masahiro Takanashi defeated Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu MatsunagaTag team match0:29
8Hikaru Sato and Masahiro Takanashi defeated Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu MatsunagaTag team match8:58
9Happy Motel (Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo) (c) defeated Shuten Doji (Kudo and Yukio Sakaguchi)Tag team match for the KO-D Tag Team Championship18:08
10Harashima (c) defeated Shigehiro IrieSingles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship22:21
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

References

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  1. ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 24, 2017). "DDT Never Mind 2017". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  2. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (December 23, 2014). NEVER MIND 2014. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 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 Angelita (December 23, 2014). "DDT: Resultados «Never Mind 2014» – 23/12/2014 –". superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  5. ^ Taigermen (December 23, 2014). "RESULTS: DDT "NEVER MIND 2014" 23/12/2014". zonawrestling.net. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  6. ^ Saalbach, Axel (December 23, 2014). "DDT Never Mind 2014". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
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