Judgement 2025

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.

Judgement 2025
Promotional poster of the event
Promotion	CyberFight
Brand	DDT Pro-Wrestling
Date	March 20, 2025
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Korakuen Hall
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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

No.	Results[5]	Stipulations	Times[5]
1	NωA Jr. (Shunma Katsumata, Yuni and Kazuma Sumi) defeated Harimau (Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu and Yuki Ishida) by pinfall	Six-man tag team match[1] for the vacant KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship	11:29
2	Toru Owashi defeated Antonio Honda and Kazuki Hirata by pinfall	Three-way match[1]	8:40
3	Damnation T.A. (MJ Paul and Ilusion) defeated JJ Furno and Tomomitsu Matsunaga by pinfall	Tag team match[1]	7:23
4	Yukio Naya, Yuya Koroku and Keigo Nakamura defeated Makoto Oishi, Akito and Soma Takao by submission	Six-man tag team match[1]	11:42
5	Harashima and Takeshi Masada defeated Jun Akiyama and Daichi Satoh by pinfall	Tag team match[1]	13:39
6	Super Sasadango Machine defeated Danshoku Dino (c) by pinfall	Loser Joins DDT match for the DDT Extreme Championship with Amon Tsurumi as a special observer[1] As a result, Dino's dog, Haku, had to "join" DDT.	8:33
7	Daisuke Sasaki defeated Kanon by submission	Singles match[1]	11:34
8	Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura) defeated The37Kamiina (Mao and To-y) (c) by submission	Tag team match for the KO-D Tag Team Championship[1]	16:17
9	Minoru Suzuki defeated Yuki Ueno (c) by pinfall	Singles match for the DDT Universal Championship[1]	23:32
10	Chris Brookes (c) defeated Masahiro Takanashi by pinfall	Singles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship[1]	21:17
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match