Damnation (professional wrestling)

[1] The stable, originally known as Damnation, currently consists of Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul, Minoru Fujita, Kanon, Ryuichi "Fire" Kawakami and Ilusión.

[2][3] The main ideology and motto of the stable is "We don't conform, kiss ass or get married" (Japanese: 群れない・媚びない・結婚しない, Hepburn: Murenai Kobinai Kekkonshinai),[4] affirmation which portrays the heel character of the unit.

12 on July 9, 2016, where Sasaki, Paulie and Ishikawa picked up a victory over Guanchulo, Kazusada Higuchi and Kouki Iwasaki in a six-man tag team match.

[8] Tetsuya Endo left the Happy Motel unit and officially joined Damnation one week later, on July 17, 2016, after having failed to capture the KO-D Openweight Championship from Konosuke Takeshita.

In the first round, Sasaki and Paulie were eliminated respectively by Akito and Shigehiro Irie while Endo won the tournament after defeating Harashima in the final on June 25, which granted him the right to challenge for the KO-D Openweight Championship.

[17] On July 8, 2018, at Masahiro Takanashi's 15th Anniversary Show, Sasaki, Paulie, Takao and Endo defeated Baliyan Akki, Facade, Sammy Guevara and Shigehiro Irie in an eight-man tag team match.

[20] On January 3, 2019, after having toured with DDT throughout the D-Oh Grand Prix 2019 in late 2018, the Mexican luchador enmascarado Puma King teamed with Damnation in a losing effort to Disaster Box (Harashima, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata and Yuki Ueno) and was then enrolled in the stable.

[21] At Wrestle Peter Pan 2019 on July 15, Shimatani teamed up with Disaster Box (Yuki Ueno and Naomi Yoshimura) in a losing effort to All Out (Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Iino) and Mizuki Watase, followed by Paulie unsuccessfully participating in a Rumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship also involving Lucky Ikeda, Shiro Koshinaka, Joey Ryan and others, and finally Sasaki and Takao retaining the KO-D Tag Team Championship against UraShima (Harashima and Yasu Urano).

[22] At Ultimate Party 2019 (the first event under the Ultimate Party chronology) on November 3, Endo, Paulie and Shimatani unsuccessfully challenged Takumi Tsukamoto, Yasu Urano and Takato Nakano for the UWA World Trios Championship in a three-way match also involving Ken Ohka, Yumehito Imanari and Miss Mongol, then Sasaki and Takao retained the KO-D Tag Team Championship in a Four-way hardcore match also involving All Out (Akito and Shunma Katsumata), Iron Priest (Fuma and Yusuke Kubo) and Sento Minzoku (Minoru Fujita and Daiki Shimomura).

[23] On January 3, 2020, Endo presented #StrongHearts (Cima, T-Hawk and El Lindaman) as associate members of the stable, wrestlers who would often compete alongside various components of the unit.

On March 22, Endo, T-Hawk and El Lindaman won the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship by defeating All Out (Takeshita, Katsumata and Iino).

He initially named Kenny Omega, a former DDT full-time member and KO-D Openweight champion, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, travel restrictions prevented the match from happening.

On December 23, Endo, Takao, Paulie and Yamato (accompanied by Sasaki who was injured) faced the DDT Sauna Club (Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata, Mao and Yuki Ueno) in a falls count anywhere match at the Sumida Health Sports Center Pool.

[29] At CyberFight Festival 2021 on June 6, Sasaki, Endo and Takao defeated Chris Brookes and The37Kamiina (Katsumata and Mao) in a six-man tag team match.

On June 13, 2017, Ishikawa and Endo teamed up to defeat Nextream (Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi) on the second night of the Dynamite Series 2017, an event promoted by All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW).

2, an event promoted by Pro Wrestling Noah on December 16, 2018, Nobuhiro Shimatani, who represented the stable, teamed up with Kazusada Higuchi and Kota Umeda in a losing effort to Atsushi Kotoge, Kenoh and Masa Kitamiya.

[40] On May 4, 2019, at Mercury Rising, an event promoted by WWNLive, Sasaki, Takao and Endo defeated The Skulk (Adrian Alanis, A. R. Fox and Leon Ruff).

[41] At Infinity: 2021 Spring, an event promoted by Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW) on February 7, Ishikawa represented the stable as he teamed up with Ryuki Honda in a losing effort to Kengo Mashimo and Tatsuya Hanami.

First leader of the unit Daisuke Sasaki shown here as half of the KO-D Tag Team Champions in July 2016.
The original members of the stable, from left to right: Shuji Ishikawa , Tetsuya Endo , Daisuke Sasaki and Mad Paulie in 2016.
#StrongHearts ( Cima (left) and T-Hawk (right)), accompanied by Issei Onitsuka in March 2020.
Second leader Tetsuya Endo shown here as the KO-D Openweight Champion in September 2020.