Dramatic Dream Team 7/18/2022 Summer Vacation Tour 2022 In Nagano

Dramatic Dream Team 7/18/2022 Summer Vacation Tour 2022 In Nagano

I saw 4 of the 6 matches.

DAMNATION T.A (Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul) vs Soma Takao, Yuji Hino & Yuya Koroku

Mao and Kanon start us off and trade holds. Mao rolls and kips up out of a wristlock then armdrags Kanon and kips up. Mao then dropkicks him and flips up in a nice sequence. Yuya works Kanon's arm then Yuta is beaten up 1v2 outside. He has his head rammed into the apron and the post. Kanon stabs Yuya with scissors or a screwdriver and then Yuya is picked on in the corner 1v3.

Sasaki back elbows Yuya then backdrops him for 2. Paul suplexes Yuya and is beaten up in the corner ahain. Kanon jumping fist drops Yuya then Yuya hits forearms on him. Yuya puts him in a side headlock and is dropped down body first. Yuya running forearms Kanon.

Hino gets in and shoulders Kanon then Hino double lariats Paul and Sasaki, who had just double teamed him. Hino exploders Paul then sentons Kanon for 2. Kanon and Hino trade chops then Kanon dropkicks him. Sasaki is tagged in and comes off the the top but is caught and brown down by Hino. Soma running forearms Sasaki for 2 then 2nd rope double stomps him. Sasaki crossfaces Soma and lets the move go after Yuya breaks it. Sasaki misses a top rope elbow then Paul running lariats Soma. Soma comes off of Sasaki's back and ddt's Paul.

Yuya running forearms Paul then 2nd rope forearms him for 2. Paul hits stiff bolo punches on Yuya then splashes him. Paul then drops an elbow for 2. Paul takes a hammerlock STO + chop combo then Yuya hammerlocks Paul. Kanon cobra twists Yuya so Sasaki can dropkick him. Yuya then takes a ddt into a release german for 2. Paul death valley drivers Yuya for the win.

I liked this one. It was pretty simple with Yuya taking a whooping and the heels just being heels. 

Burning (Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada) vs Chris Brookes & Yuki Ishida

Ishida throws down Okada to start then shoulders him over. Jun takes down CB and CB does a nice bridge and a kip-up out of a wristlock. Ishida stomps Jun and Jun sidesteps him down on a sumo style battle. Okada gets in and takes hard forearms from Ishida then back elbows him. Ishida neckbreakers him and then twisting neckbreakers him.

Ishida takes a double back elbow then hits a bunch of forearms on Jun. He is then elbowed in the head and takes a short piledriver. Ishida does a nice flying shoulder on Jun then CB top rope elbows Jun. Ishida then top rope sentons Jun's back. CB octopus stretches Jun and the two trade forearms. Jun then lariats him.

Okada forearm flurries CB and running forearms him. Okada then suplexes CB. They fight up top and CB top rope butterfly suplexes him. Ishida is hot tagged in and runs over Okada and forearms Jun hard on the apron. He palm thrust flurries Okada then holds him so CB can dropkick him. Ishida thne suplexes Okada for 2.

Okada hits a stiff running knee to Ishida's gut then Jun running back elbows Ishida. Jun knees Ishida as he is down and Okada 2nd rope splashes Ishida for 2. Okada then backdrops Ishida then Okada hits a stiff fisherman's buster and wins it.

This was fun. Nothing really wrong with it. It was short, aggressive and real stiff. Good stuff here.

The 37KAMIINA (Toi Kojima & Yuki Ueno) vs Eruption (Hideki Okatani & Yukio Sakaguchi)

Toi catches Yukio's leg kick early and takes him down. Yukio trips him from behind and bodyscissors him into a choke attempt. toi and Oka trade shots then Oka goes over his back for an armdrag and dropkicks him. Yuki slams Oka then they trade forearms. Yuki pop-up hurricanrana's him and then plancha's him outside. Toi hiptosses and dropkicks Oka in the lower back then slams him for 2.

Ueno kneedrops Oka then puts a deep chinlock on him. Oka takes a double hiptoss then takes a slams a kneedrop from Ueno. Toi then slams Oka. Yukio gets in and rams Kamiina's heads together then PK's Ueno. Yukio sleepers Ueno but Ueno rolls back on him for a 2 count pin attempt. Toi running dropkicks Yukio then springboard crossbodies him for 2. Yukio then back kicks him and chest kicks him down.

Oka gets in and running chest kicks Toi then they trade strikes. Oka flapjacks Toi then flying lariats him for 2. Toi is put in the corner and pumping knee'd by Yukio then running forearm'd by Oka. Toi springboard twisting crossbodies Oka. Toi hits a nice flipping enzugiri on Oka then Ueno overhead belly to belly suplexes Oka. Oka forearms Ueno and bulldogs him. Oka then northern lights suplexes Ueno.

Oka goes up top and Toi bounces off the ropes to dropkick him then Oka is double superplexed. Ueno hits a nice german on Oka for 2. Ueno flying shining wizards him then rolling sto's him for the win.

This was a decent match with a fast pace to it. The 4 matched up well and I thought Toi looked good here as the face. It could have been longer, but they didn't overdo it and left you hungry for more, so that's okay.

Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura vs. The 37KAMIINA (MAO & Shunma Katsumata)

Mao leapfrogs and dropkicks Higuchi early then is shouldered over. Shunma evades Naomi's shoulder and poses. Naomi shoulders him over and misses an elbow then Shunma misses an elbow. Both them ram each other while selling their arms. Shunma tries to crossbody him but runs into the wall. Naomi is tripped into the bottom rope and dropkicked and ddt'd. Shunma then yells in his ear. Naomi then takes a double basement dropkick and Mao is rolled onto Naomi from the cazadora position for 2.

Shunma double stomps Naomi's back from the top then Naomi double flatliners his opponents. Higuchi gets in and Shunma tries to hug the bottom rope. Higuchi falling splashes him for 2 then Shunma takes a double shoulder. Mao tries to fight off a 2v1. Naomi picks Mao up for a suplex and delays it so Higuchi can chop Mao as he hangs upside down. Higuchi hits snake eyes on Shunma then face kicks him for 2. Shun then does a nice satellite ddt on him.

Mao gets in and shotgun dropkicks Higuchi then step-up knees him in the corner. Mao then hits a split legged moonsault for 2. Mao and Higuchi trade chops then Mao catches his arm and crossfaces him. Mao turns it into a headscissors then Higuchi hits a sweet suplex lift into a slam. Naomi hits chops on Mao then exploders him out of the bearhug position for 2. Naomi STO's Mao for 2 then Mao takes chops from both opponents. Mao is double gorilla press slammed and Shunma stops the count.

Mao spin kicks Naomi and they trade punches. Mao distracts him and punches him and Mao jumping sidekicks him. Naomi runs at Mao and takes an uppercut palm strike. Shunma enzugiri's Higuchi then springboard twisting dropkicks him for 2. Higuchi and Shunma trade strikes then Shunma steps on his foot. Shunma enzugiri's him in the corner then top rope M. Bison stomps him while holding his arms. Higuchi double brain claws his opponents then Naomi and Higuchi chop their opponents as htye are back to back. They run into each other with lariats then take double superkicks from Shunma and Mao. Higuchi takes a powerbomb + legdrop combo from the top then Shunma top rope splashes Higuchi for 2. Shunma takes sandwich lariats then Mao falls on his head on a botched springboard moonsault but is okay. Mao then is chopped into an elevated german from Higuchi.

Shunma enzugiri's Higuchi and rolls him up for 2. Higuchi lariats Shunma then doctor bombs him for 2. Higuchi running pushes Shunma into the buckles then claw uranage's him for the win.

I thought Mao and Shunma got too much in here considering they were so much smaller. It was a decent match but logically, it could have been a lot smarter.  

Overall thoughts: What I saw was pretty good though not great. It wasn't anything you;d remember, but it was decent stuff, especially for a house show.