Dramatic Dream Team 5/6/2022 - DDT Audience 2022 Tour In Shinjuku

Dramatic Dream Team 5/6/2022 - DDT Audience 2022 Tour In Shinjuku

Yuji Hino, Yuki Ishida & Yukio Naya vs. Burning (Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku)

Ishida shoulders Yuya down early. Okada and Ishida trade forearms and Okada gets downed. Hino hits a big chop on Okada then Naya hits some forearms and a shoulder on Jun. Ishida tries forearms on Jun but gets poked in the eye.

Ishida gets stomped on in the corner then he trades forearms against knees with Okada. Ishida flying forearms Okada then Naya hits a big hip toss on Okada. Okada tries forearms on Naya but can't get anywhere and takes a big knee to the gut. Okada then ddt's Naya.

Jun and Naya trade forearms then Jun headbutts Naya and takes a big face kick. Hino chops Jun and Jun comes back with a forearm. They trade forearms and Hino gives him some free shots at more. Hino overhead belly to bellies Jun and the two stare down after a failed Hino exploder attempt. Ishida asks to get tagged in as does Yuya. The two come in and flurry each other with forearms then Ishida does a slap flurry.

Yuya arm wringers and drops Ishida then his fujiwara armbar attempt is stopped. Yuya goes for a very unique takedown but Ishida counters it and takes him down then spears him. Ishida sit out spinebusters Yuya for 2. Ishida misses a corner charge then Yuya backdrops him and does a nice hammerlock STO takedown for 2. Yuya then puts him in the A-T Lock for the victory.

They tagged out way too much here early on and it hurt the flow. Once they slowed down, it got better and the finishing stretch was nice here with Yuya and Ishida. This needed more time as it would have been a strong match.

Yuki Ueno vs Illusion

Ueno takes him down early and they stand off. Illusion rolls out an armlock. He then stands on Ueno's back in the corner and flips off of it. Illusion tries to steamroll his legs then sends him over the top. Illusion hits a reverse dive on the outside off the 2nd buckle. Illusion misses a slingshot senton then takes a high back body drop.

Illusion hits some forearms then takes slams for it. Ueno back elbows him and swinging back breakers him over his knee. Ueno stands on his back and takes some forearms. Illusion then hits a bulldog off a casadora and counters a Ueno suplex attempt with one of his own. Illusion forearm flurries him in the corner, beating him down. Illusion gets his top rope dropkick avoided and Ueno single leg crabs him.

Ueno misses a vader bomb style knee drop in the corner then Illusion bounces off the bottom rope and rolls him up. Illusion then takes a leg lariat and is pinned after a Ueno frogsplash.

Illusion was in his 10th match or so here and didn't look out of place at all. He looked great here and had no problems going toe to toe with Ueno. This was pretty solid stuff that would have been better if Illusion was allowed to look stronger.

Tetusya Endo vs El Unicorn

Unicorn rolls out of his armlock early and they both kip up at the same time. Endo tries not to run into his and messes it up. He then back flips up. Unicorn flips out of his corner attack then backflips into a spinning headscissors.

Ueno goes outside and Unicorn is on his shoulders. He gets his head banged off the apron then Endo bangs Unicorn's head off one of the fan tables. Endo bullies him around a little and headscissors him. Unicorm fights back with forearms but is dropped with one. Unicorn grabs Endo but Endo rakes his back. Unicorn hits a nice dropkick then cartwheel back elbows him. Unicorn then headscissors him and hits a wild top rope moonsault to the outside.

Unicorn standing moonsaults him for 2. Endo avoids his top rope moonsault then alley oops him on the top buckle. Endo then puts him in the moss covered 3 handed family gradunza but Unicorn ropebreaks at 10 minutes.

Unicorn fights back with chest shots and dropkicks him in the front and back. Endo suplexes Unicorn for 2. Unicorn evades Endo's top rope SSP then runs up the ropes and springboard moonsault ddt's Endo. Uni rolls him up. Endo catches his cartwheel back elbow and does a spinning torture rack bomb on him to win it.

Like the Illusion match, Unicorn did really well here and did not look out of place. This was a solid match with Unicorn working the like underdog to the older and bigger Endo. Unicorn did some nice flips and stuff here and this was solid.

KO-D Six Man Tag Team Title Tournament First Round Match - Akito, Hikaru Machida & Thanomsak Toba vs. Eruption (Hideki Okatani, Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi)

Machida and Yukio trade strikes and Yukio rolling armbars him. Machida misses a big punch and they stare down. Akito works Higuchi's arm then Higuchi slams him and splashes him. Oka forearms Akito but Akito trips him on his way down. Toba gets in and hits a punch flurry on Oka with some hard stomach shots.

Machida gets in and hits nice kicks on Oka. Akito then gets back in and does an indian deathlock on Oka. Oka 2nd rope dropkicks Akito then Yukio gets in and hits kicks on Akito. akito hits karelin's lift on Yukio but takes a step up enzugiri.

Machida gets in and hits some hard shots and a running knee on Higuchi. Machida then flying knees him. He goes for a punch combo and takes a hard chop off of it. Higuchi then suplexes him for 2. Oka gets in and hits some forearms on Machida then Machida hits a nice spinning high kick on him. Toba and Machida double gut punch Oka for 2 then Toba hard buzzsaw kicks Oka. Higuchi hits a hard chop on Toba and Toba takes a kick and chop combo from Higuchi and Yukio in the corner. Yukio flying knee's Toba in the corner.

Higuchi chops both Akito and Machida then double lariats them at the same time. Oka forearm flurries Toba then northern lights suplexes him for 2. Toba hits a nice straight punch on Oka for 2 then his another nasty one. Oka then hits a nice northern lights suplex on him for the win.

This was a fun match. Akito brought some nice submissions and Machida's strikes were great here. I love Toba and Oka looked good too. Good stuff here with lots of stiff strikes and a fun kickboxing influence.

KO-D Six Man Tag Team Title Tournament First Round Match - DISASTER BOX (HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura & Toru Owashi) vs. DAMNATION T.A (Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul)

Paul and Harash start us off and do nothing. Sasaki and Toru get in and Sasaki gets shoulder blocked down. Kanon and Naomi then get in. They battle shoulders and butt heads before trading forearms. Kanon hits a stiff knee to the gut. We get some bad brawling on the outside and Naomi gets flipped hard from Sasaki out there.

Damnation works on Naomi's leg with Paul hitting hammerfists on it. Kanon hits it and dropkicks it. Paul gets in and hits some hooks on Naomi then Naomi STO's him and tags out.

Toru gets the hot tag in and hits some big boots then dragon screws Paul. Toru and Paul trade chops for forearms then Paul hits some bolo punches and hooks. Toru big boots him then Paul hits a Thesz press. Kanon gets in then Toru suplexes him. Harash finally gets back in and top rope rider kicks Kanon and follows it up with a facekick.

Harash superplexes Kanon and holds on for another but Kanon suplexes him. The two stare down and trade forearms then trade kicks for forearms. Harash hits an enzugiri then Naomi and Sasaki get in. Naomi coconut crushes him and hits a big chop then Naomi hits a nice bearhug belly to belly.

Sasaki gets his headscissors attempt blocked then ddt's Naomi. Kanon lariats Naomi in the back and Paul splashes him. Kanon then hits a volleyball spike on Kanon and Sasaki top rope elbows Naomi for 2. Sasaki pedigrees Naomi for 2 then does it again for 2. Naomi comes back with a backdrop then Sasaki takes an enzugiri combo to the front and back at the same time. Harash springboard splashes Sasaki while Naomi legdrops him for 2. Harash jumps off Naomi's back for a meteora on Sasaki.

Naomi hits a big lariat on Sasaki and seemingly has the win but the ref is pulled out. Kanon then comes in and chairs Naomi. Naomi no sells it and lariats Sasaki and Kanon then Naomi gets chaired by Paul. Sasaki then headscissors Naomi for 2 and hits a la mistica into a crossface for the win.

I didn't like how the leg work lead to nothing here and I didn't like the finishing stretch with the ref being pulled out and people using chairs to no disqualification. It honestly would have been a good match without those issues as they worked hard here.

Calamari Drunken Kings (Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi) vs. The 37KAMIINA (MAO & Shunma Katsumata)

The Kamiina boys refuse to shake hands. Masa does a karate pose

Mao and Masa do some technical wrestling then CDK walks off when Brookes gets in. Brookes gets back in and avoids Shunma's charge. Shunma and Brookes both try to rope break with their legs. We get a 4 person chain with everyone pulling. Brookes takes a shot at Mao in the corner, but Mao catches his arm and hands it to Shunma. Shunma then flips out of an arm lock and dropkicks Brookes.  Shunma swings Brookes' leg into Masa then Brookes jumps off of Masa's back to dropkick Shunma.

Mao gets his leg hooked up to Shunma's and they both take a combo armbar/octopus stretch. Masa then rubs Shunma's eyes off the ropeand Brookes does the same. Shunma and Brookes trade forearms. shunma tries to stick something in Brookes' mouth and gets his hand bitten. Brookes then shoves the object in Shuma's shorts and makes a popping sound. Shunma then hurricanrana's and dropkicks Masa at 10 minutes.

Mao gets in and hits a nice shotgun dropkick on Brookes then he arabian moonsaults Masa. Mao fights off a 1v2 then cartwheel back elbows Brookes. Mao gets stuck on the 2nd rope then CDK does a top rope senton/neckbreaker with him hanging. Brookes then piledrivers Mao for 2.

Brookes hits chops on Mao then takes a jumping kick. Mao then michinoku drivers him. Shunma tope con hilos Brookes on the outside. Everyone gets in the ring and gets something in before all 4 are down. Brookes rolls up Shunma and gets superkicked then Shunma gets rolled up. Shunma superkicks Masa then Mao corkscrew kicks Brookes. Mao and Shunma then double sitout chokeslam Masa for 2.

Masa fights off both guys then Brookes slingshot double stunners both. Masa rolls up both opponents and Brookes helps for the Masa and Brookes win.

I wasn't too interested in this. There was too much comedy and it set the stage to make the rest of this look like a joke.

Overall thoughts: I only skipped one match here and liked several of the matches except the main. It was a good looking card and it delivered.