Never Mind 2017
{{short description|2017 DDT Pro-Wrestling event}}
{{Infobox professional wrestling event
|name = Never Mind 2017
|image = File:DDT_Never_Mind_2017.jpg
|caption = Promotional poster featuring various wrestlers
|alt =
|promotion = DDT
|date = December 24, 2017
|city = Tokyo, Japan
|venue = Korakuen Hall
|buyrate =
|tagline =
|event = Never Mind
|lastevent2 = 2016
|nextevent2 = 2018
|lastevent = Peter Pan 2017
|nextevent = Into The Fight 2018
}}
Never Mind 2017 was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on December 24, 2017, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Korakuen Hall. The event aired domestically on Fighting TV Samurai. It was the seventeenth event in the Never Mind series.{{cite web|url=https://www.ddtpro.com/results/8114|script-title=ja:NEVER MIND 2017|work=ddtpro.com|author=DDT Pro-Wrestling|language=ja|date=December 24, 2017|access-date=December 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225195758/https://www.ddtpro.com/results/8114|archive-date=December 25, 2022|url-status=live}}
Ten matches were contested at the event, including one on the pre-show, and three of DDT's eight championships were on the line. The main event saw Konosuke Takeshita successfully defending the KO-D Openweight Championship against Colt Cabana.
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. Beginning from 2017 until 2021, the "Never Mind" series were briefly replaced by the DDT Ultimate Party as the promotion's year-closing events.
=Storylines=
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.{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|title=How Pro Wrestling Works|last=Grabianowski|first=Ed|access-date=December 25, 2022|work=HowStuffWorks, Inc.|publisher=Discovery Communications|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|archive-date=November 29, 2013}}
=Event=
Three titles were disputed but only two of them changed hands during the pay-per-view. The Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship was the first to do so, parting between Miyu Yamashita, Kazuki Hirata and Diego. KO-D Tag Team Champions Naomichi Marufuji and Harashima defended successfully against Daisuke Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo, and in the main event, Konosuke Takeshita defeated Colt Cabana to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship, securing his tenth consecutive defense of the title.{{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/en/amp/ddt-resultados-never-mind-2017-konosuke-takeshita-llega-decima-defensa/|title=DDT: Results "Never Mind 2017" Konosuke Takeshita reaches his tenth defense|work=Súper Luchas|author=Dark Angel|date=December 29, 2017|access-date=December 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225195812/https://superluchas.com/en/amp/ddt-resultados-never-mind-2017-konosuke-takeshita-llega-decima-defensa/|archive-date=December 25, 2022|url-status=dead}}
Results
{{Pro Wrestling results table
|match1= Mad Paulie defeated Gota Ihashi
|stip1= Singles match
|time1= 5:08
|note1=pre
|match2= Keisuke Okuda and Shigehiro Irie defeated Daiki Shimomura and Soma Takao
|stip2= Tag team match
|time2= 8:58
|match3= Miyu Yamashita, Yuka Sakazaki and Yuna Manase defeated Francoise Takagi, Kazuko Hirata and Margaret Owashi
|stip3= Six-man tag team match
|time3= 9:47
|match4= Kazuko Hirata defeated Miyu Yamashita
|stip4= Singles match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
|time4=
|match5= Shuten Doji (Kudo, Masahiro Takanashi, Yukio Sakaguchi) and Saki Akai defeated Keisuke Ishii, Nobuhiro Shimatani, Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Tomoya
|stip5= Eight-man tag team match
|time5= 5:47
|match6= New Wrestling Aidoru (Makoto Oishi, Mao and Shunma Katsumata) defeated Antonio Honda, Danshoku Dino and Super Sasadango Machine
|stip6= Six-man tag team match
|time6= 10:30
|match7= All Out (Akito & Diego) and Kazusada Higuchi defeated Kouki Iwasaki, Mizuki Watase and Rekka
|stip7= Six-man tag team match
|time7= 11:59
|match8= Diego defeated Kazuko Hirata
|stip8= Singles match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
|time8=
|match9= Harashima and Naomichi Marufuji (c) defeated Damnation (Daisuke Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo)
|stip9= Tag team match for the KO-D Tag Team Championship
|time9= 18:47
|match10= Konosuke Takeshita (c) defeated Colt Cabana
|stip10= Singles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship
|time10= 22:23
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.ddtpro.com/ The official DDT Pro-Wrestling website]
{{DDT Pro-Wrestling}}
{{List of major DDT Pro-Wrestling events}}
Category:2017 in professional wrestling
Category:DDT Pro-Wrestling shows
Category:December 2017 in Japan