Dramatic Dream Team 6/25/2022 - Dramatic Dream Tour 2022 in Yokohoma

Dramatic Dream Team 6/25/2022 - Dramatic Dream Tour 2022 in Yokohoma

Yuji Hino and Yukio Naya vs HARASHIMA and Hideki Okatani

Hino headlocks Harash then Hino is put in the corner for Oka forearms. Hino gives Oka a chop back and they repeat Oka hitting forearms then being dropped with a chop. Hino slams him then Naya slams him. Naya then kicks him hard in the back. Hino fallaway slams Oka then Oka tries more forearms on him. Oka hits some dropkicks then a running forearm.

Harash rider kicks Hino off the top then Hino suplexes him. Hino hits chops on him and trades for Harash's chest kicks. Harash hits a bunch of chest kicks in a row then takes a nice overhead belly to belly. Naya splashes Harash in the corner then hiptosses and elbows him. Harash leg sweeps him then kicks him in the back and tags out. Oka gets in and takes a Naya knee. Harash superkicks Naya then Oka flying clotheslines him for 2.

Oka drops a knee off the top on Naya for 2. Oka hits forearms then runs blind into a Hino lariat. Oka then takes a running Naya knee for 2. Naya hits a great backdrop on Oka for the win.

It got better near the end. It was okay but it needed more time and realistically, it kind of had to be one sided with the two big hosses on one side versus much smaller foes.

DAMNATION TA(KANON and Daisuke Sasaki) vs Chris Brookes and Antonio Honda

CB and Honda double team Kanon and hit a double fist to the gut. Kanon gets his head banged off the buckle and CB throws a shirt at his face. CB hits chops on Kanon then is eye raked. MJ Paul then grabs CB on the outside and runs his knee into the post. CB gets his knee pulled around the middle rope and stepped on. Kanon leg locks CB and CB ropebreaks.

Sasaki steps on CB's knee then CB sentons his back off the 2nd rope as he is bent over. Honda gets in and hits Sasaki in the gut then knee lifts him. Honda then drops a knee. Honda hits some punches and goes for a Dusty Rhodes elbow but gets crossfaced. Sasaki breaks the crossface up then ddt's Honda. Sasaki then misses a top rope elbow.

Honda comes back with punches on Sasaki then is speared. Honda hits a Thesz press on Kanon and pounds on him. CB and Honda hit punches then an elbow on Kanon. Kanon then takes a magic killer for 2. CB accidentally slaps Honda then pulls the rope down to force Sasaki over it. CB puts Kanon in an octopus stretch then Kanon does the same. They trade forearms for chops then trade only forearms. Kanon goes for a volleyball spike but gets knee'd in the head. Kanon then lariats Brookes.

Honda gets tagged in and trips then grabs the mic. Honda starts talking and goes at Kanon but is hit. Sasaki crossfaces CB then Kanon chairs Honda as MJ Paul holds the ref. Kanon then ties up Honda on the mat and taps him out.

The match up until the ending was okay, but the ending was really stupid with the heels not beating up Honda when he was goofing around on the mic.

Naomi Yoshimura vs Yuya Koroku

Naomi side headlocks Yuya. Yuya hits some forearms then is shouldered over. Naomi slams him down then hits a hard forearm on him. Naomi hits some hard chops and some chest clubs. Naomi hits another slam and misses an elbow. Yuya then hits a dropkick and a hidden blade back elbow. Yuya running forearms him in the corner then takes corner chops. Naomi delay suplexes Yuya then Yuya fights back with more forearms.

Naomi chops him then Yuya running forearms him. Yuya then hits a stiff running forearm and a 2nd rope forearm. Yuya backdrops Naomi. Naomi hits a nice back body drop then a real stiff lariat. He then hits a running lariat and a nice side throw for the win.

This was pretty much all squash but Naomi looked good here and he more importantly, looked confident. This is not the same dude from a year or two ago. He's believing in himself and becoming a much better wrestler off of it.

Eruption (Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi) defeat Burning (Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada)

Jun and Higuchi both push their partners away to go at it. They shoulder battle then tag out. Yukio and Okada trade forearms then Yukio hits knees and stops him with a good forearm. Okada hits forearms on Higuchi and Higuchi chops him. Higuchi slams Okada then crabs him. Jun breaks it up and is shouldered over. Jun and Higuchi trade chops and forearms outside then Higuchi chops the post when Jun moves. Jun then hits a nasty knee to his face/chest.

Jun gives him another knee then sliding knee's him. Jun boots Higuchi and takes chops. Higuchi then suplexes him for 2. Higuchi runs into an exploder then lariats him. Okada and Yukio fight. Okada hits a bunch of forearms then takes chest kicks. Okada blocks Yukio's PK then fisherman's suplexes him for 2. Yuki pulls Okada off the top and Okada hits forearms. Yukio hits kicks back then Yuko running knees him in the gut. Yukio hits a PK then Higuchi chops down Okada.

Okada and Higuchi trade forearms for chops then Okada running forearms him. Higuchi then battering rams him and corner lariats him. Higuchi hits a great flying kick on Okada for 2. Higuchi then uranage's him and wins it.

This was a good match. It was fast and hard hitting. Everyone brought the stiffness here and I thought it got the best out of Higuchi, Yukio and Jun. I really enjoyed this.

KO-D Ten Man Tag Team Title Match - The 37KAMIINA (MAO, Shunma Katsumata, Toi Kojima & Yuki Ueno) & Shinya Aoki vs Suicide Boyz (MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba), GENTARO, Poison Sawada JULIE & Takashi Sasaki (c) (w/Naomi Susan)

That's right folks, we have the 10 Man Tag titles up for grabs. 5 on each team here.

Shunma and Julie start us off. Shunma does his pose at Julie and is shouldered over. Julie runs the ropes then falls over due to Shunma's pose. Toba and Aoki go at it and Toba is knocked over.Ueno snap mares Toba then hits team hits a bunch of elbow drops and a triple dropkick on him. Toi machine gun chops Toba then hitts a hard right punch. Mikami elbow drops Toi and sentons him.

Gentaro works Toi's arm then back body drops him. Sasaki and Toi trade chops then Julie beats up on Toi. Toba hits a hard right punch on Toi then punch combos him in the corner. Sasaki suplexes Toi then crabs him. Sasaki and Toi trade chops and toi hits a nice dropkick. Mao gets in and fights off Julie's curse by distracting and punching him. Mao then split legged moonsaults Sasaki.

Sasaki spin kicks Mao and Mao flips out of his PK. Sasaki suplexes Mao. Mao takes a double hiptoss into a double elbow drop, then is double flapjacked. Mao dropkicks Mikami off the ropes then Shunma top rope dropkicks Mikami. Shunma enzugiri's Mikami and they trade roll-ups. Mikami codebreakers Shunma then Julie spin kicks Shunma. Julie then elbow drops him repeatedly.

Shunma superkicks Julie then is cursed up top. Shunma tries to wave it off and frogsplashes him for 2. Julie double curses Ueno and Shunma and flips them both with it. He then makes Mao crotch himself with it and flips Aoki. Julie chokeslams Ueno then flips over with a double underhook submission on him. Everyone gets put in a submission then Ueno is thrown into a hard Toba punch for 2. Toba punch combos Ueno then takes a shining wizard.

Toi gets in and dropkicks Toba in the corner. Toba comes back with knees and punches then Mao corkscrew kicks Sasaki. Genatro backdrops Mao then Ueno dropkicks Gentaro. Mikami does a twisting dive on Ueno outside then Toba punches Toi. Toi tries to power up out of his punches and does a flipping enzugiri. Toba hits a great punch on Toi then buzzsaw kicks him for 2. Toi triangles Toba. It seems like Toba ropebreaks but the ref allows the submission to stay on and Toi wins it.

It was a fun match. It wasn't as good as it could have been and the comedy and bad finish didn't help it. It was a nice house show sample of some of the wrestlers work. Toi got put over here by beating Toba and Toba looked good as usual.

The new champs then talk on the mic to close the show.

Overall thoughts: I generally enjoy DDT's house shows and this was no exception. The main was decent but flawed, the semi-main was good and the rest of the matches had some good things to them as well.