Dramatic Dream Team 2/23/2022 - Ultimate Tag League 2022 in Fukushima

Dramatic Dream Team 2/23/2022 - Ultimate Tag League 2022 in Fukushima

Kazusada Higuchi vs Yuki Ishida

Yuki refuses a clean break and forearms KH. They test strength and Yuki tries some forearms but is chopped down. KH crabs him and Yuki comes back with forearms. KH lariats him for 2. Yuki hits some forearms then a flying forearm. Yuki hits some splashes and a slam for 2.  

KH drops him with chest chops and Yuki tries to push him sumo style but is thrown down. Yuki tries it again and tries some sumo slaps. Yuki tries some headbutts but KH wins that battle then powerslams him for 2. KH claws him over his knee and wins it.

This was just a long squash. The crowd couldn't cheer and wasn't too into it and it dragged with little happening. It's like they had a 20 minute match set up then just stopped 10 minutes in.

Chris Brookes vs Yukio Naya

Slow start here as they both force breaks then Naya drops him with a forearm. They trade shoulders then Chris gets shouldered down. They trade shots on the floor and Chris gets dropped off a forearm. Chris is then whipped into the post.

Naya kicks Chris hard in the back then Chris gives it back, then both do it again. Naya then running kicks him in the back. They trade forearms then Naya foot chokes him. Naya knees Brookes hard in the gut then forces him to rope break on a chinlock.

They trade chops and Naya ddt's him. Chris hits a chop and forearm combo then sentons him as he is bent over. Chris octopus stretches him. Naya hits a big back body drop then hiptosses him into an elbow. Chris dropkicks him hard in the corner then suplexes him.

They trade chops for forearms and both hit knees. Naya hits a big boot then a running knee for 2. The Naya hits a chokeslam for 2. Naya hits more knees then sidewalk slams him for 2. Chris then gets a surprise pin to win it.

This was a little and slow and with the crowd not being able to cheer, it was tough at times. It was a decent match though with both going back and forth with each other on strike trades.

Akito & Yuji Hino vs. DAMNATION T.A (Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul)

Hino and Paul try to shoulder each other then Hino decks him hard with a forearm/shoulder. Paul then gives it back.

Sasaki and Akito go at it then Akito is pulled out by Paul and sent into the post. Hino and Sasaki eye rake each other outside. Paul stands on Akito's neck. Sasaki has hit feet out so Paul can bang Akito's head into it, but Akito grabs the feet and dragon screws them. He then evades another 2v1 with another dragon screw on Sasaki.

Akito hits an impressive gutwrench suplex on Paul and tags out. Sasaki puts Hino's hands behind his back and tries to shoulder him but goes down hard. Sasaki wants to tag out but Paul just watches, then he eye rakes Hino and neckbreakers him. Hino and Paul trade forearms and chops. Paul bolo punches him then gets thrown for a big exploder.

Both tag out and Akito hits another dragon screw on Sasaki. Sasaki comes back with a chin breaker and a spear then Akito rolls him up and figure fours him. Paul breaks it up then Sasaki gets 2v1'd, with hino just slapping him in the back of the knee. Akito kneebreakers Sasaki then Sasaki dragon suplexes him. Paul splashes Akito in the corner and samoan drops him. Sasaki then top rope elbows him for 2 and turns it into a crossface. Akito works on Sasaki's knee then Sasaki taps Akito with a kneeling crossface.

 

I thought was a good match with Akito sticking to the knee work and the two big men hoss battling it out.

 

The 37KAMIINA (MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno) vs. Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada)

37Kamiina teases handshakes but then moves their hands away. Ueno shoulders down Okada and they trade forearms. Jun and Ueno mat wrestle. Mao and Endo doe a fun little flippy reversal and escape section. They both kip up at the same time then Mao rips off his shirt and dropkick him.

37Kamiina then triple dives their opponents. Mao fist drops Endo then Endo hits a big back body drop on Shunma. Shunma takes a bunch of slams from all three opponents and begs for mercy. He asks for help and his teammates just said to keep fighting. Shunma then takes triple boots in the corner. Endo ground sleepers Shunma and Mao tries to break it up but gets tossed out.

Shunma finally suplexes Okada and tries to tag out but Jun stops it. Jun bullies him and short piledrivers him for 2. Shunma finally gets a break and dropkicks him off the 2nd rope and tags out. Ueno vader bomb knees Jun then suplexes him for 2. Ueno and Jun trade forearms and Ueno goes for a hurricanrana but is powerbombed hard. Okada then top rope dropkicks Ueno and perfectplexes him for 2.

Okada flying forearms Ueno for 2 then Ueno hits a big dropkick on him. Mao slams Okada and split legged moonsaults him for 2. Okada double dropkicks Mao and Shunma for 2 and Endo double handspring back elbows Mao and Shunma. He then flying space tiger drops them.

Shunma springboard crossbodies Endo the springboard dropkicks him. Shunma grabs Endo's arms and double stomps him down then tries for a crossbody, but Endo gets his knees up. Endo and Shunma trade forearms and Endo takes some moves for 2. Endo goes to dragon suplex Shunma but just does a high german then Shunma is double powerbombed and high crabbed for 2. Endo then top rope SSP's Shunma for the win.

Good main event here with Shunma basically being the whipping boy before being beaten. No problems with this at all. 

Overall thoughts: What I saw was good with the main being very good and the semi-main being surprisingly good.