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 2024 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.^[3]

Event

The show started with three preshow bouts broadcast live on DDT's YouTube channel. In the first one Soma Takao defeated Tsubasa Suzuki in the latter's debut match. In the second one, To-y, Ilusion and Rukiya defeated Yuni, Yuya Koroku and Kazuma Sumi in six man tag team action. In the third one, Keisuke Ishii and Shinichiro Kawamatsu outmatched Toru Owashi and Gorgeous Matsuno in tag team action.^[4]

In the first main card bout, the bout between Super Sasadango Machine and Akito ended by a double knockout. Next up, Daisuke Sasaki, Kanon and MJ Paul defeated Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi and Antonio Honda in six-man tag team action. In the sixth bout, Ken Ohka defeated Sanshiro Takagi in singles competition. The seventh bout saw All Japan Pro Wrestling's Shuji Ishikawa and Yoshitatsu picking up a victory against Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Naya. In the eighth bout, Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi defeated Kazuki Hirata, Naruki Doi and Shinya Aoki to secure the third consecutive defense of the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship in that respective reign. Since losing, Hirata Doi and Aoki's unit of Zuncha Muscle Survivor had to disband. Next up, Shunma Katsumata defeated Hideki Okatani in a Jungle of Pain deathmatch to secure the first defense of the DDT Extreme Championship in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, Katsumata received a challenge from Pro Wrestling Noah's Hi69 via video. Next up, Tetsuya Endo and Yuki Iino defeated Ryuki Honda and Yuma Anzai to secure the first defense of the KO-D Tag Team Championship in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, Endo and Iino received a challenge from Jun Akiyama who was set to pick a tag partner for a match which was set to take place at April Fool 2024 on April 7. In the eleventh bout, Mao defeated Takeshi Masada by knockout to secure the sixth consecutive defense of the DDT Universal Championship in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, Mao announced Billie Starkz as his next challenger for the Universal title. In the semi main event, Konosuke Takeshita defeated Yuma Aoyagi in singles competition.

In the main event, Yuki Ueno defeated Harashima to secure the third consecutive defense of the KO-D Openweight Championship in that respectibe reign. After the bout concluded, Ueno nominated Akito as his next challenger.^[5]