Judgement 2025
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| Promotion | CyberFight | ||
| Brand | DDT Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | March 20, 2025 | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Korakuen Hall | ||
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Judgement 2025: 28th Anniversary 5-Hour Special (Japanese: Judgement2025〜旗揚げ28周年記念大会5時間スペシャル〜, Hepburn: Jajjimento 2025 Hataage 28-shūnen Kinentaikai 5-jikan Supesharu) was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on March 20, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Korakuen Hall.[1] It was the 29th event under the Judgement name and the 13th to take place at the Korakuen Hall. The event will air domestically on Fighting TV Samurai and globally on CyberFight's video-on-demand service Wrestle Universe.
The main event saw Chris Brookes successfully defending the KO-D Openweight Championship against Masahiro Takanashi.
Production
Background
Judgement is an event held annually around March by DDT Pro-Wrestling since 1997. It has been marking the anniversary of the promotion since the very first official event produced by DDT on March 25, 1997. Over the years, Judgement would become the biggest show of the year until 2009 when Peter Pan became the flagship event series.
Storylines
Judgement 2025 featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[2]
Event
The event started with the six-man tag team confrontation between in which Shunma Katsumata, Yuni and Kazuma Sumi defeated Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu and Yuki Ishida to win the vacant KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. Next up, Toru Owashi defeated Antonio Honda and Kazuki Hirata in three-way competition. The third bout saw MJ Paul and Ilusion outmatch JJ Furno and Tomomitsu Matsunaga in tag team competition. Next up, Yukio Naya, Yuya Koroku and Keigo Nakamura defeated Makoto Oishi, Akito and Soma Takao in six-man tag team competition. In the fifth bout, Harashima and Takeshi Masada picked up a victory over Jun Akiyama and Daichi Satoh. Next up, Super Sasadango Machine defeated Danshoku Dino to win the DDT Extreme Championship, ending the latter's reign at 151 days and two defenses. Next up, Daisuke Sasaki defeated Kanon in singles competition. In the eighth match, Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura defeated Mao and To-y to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship, ending the latter teams' reign at 82 days and one defense. In the semi main event, Minoru Suzuki defeated Yuki Ueno to win the DDT Universal Championship, ending the latters' reign at 53 days and no defenses.[3]
In the main event, Chris Brookes defeated Masahiro Takanashi to secure the defense of the KO-D Openweight Championship in that respective reign.[4]
Results
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Judgement2025～旗揚げ28周年記念大会5時間スペシャル～. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 23, 2025.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
- ^ Thompson, Andrew (March 20, 2025). "Minoru Suzuki captures DDT Universal Championship". POSTWrestling. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
- ^ Dark Angelita (March 27, 2025). "DDT: «Resultados Judgement 2025» Brookes vs Takanashi". Superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved March 27, 2025.
- ^ a b Judgement2025～旗揚げ28周年記念大会5時間スペシャル～ [Judgement 2025: 28th Anniversary 5-Hour Special]. Weekly Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Baseball Magazine Sha. March 20, 2025. Archived from the original on March 21, 2025.