10 AEW And NJPW Dream Crossover Matches
6. Jurassic Express Vs. YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto
If you’re going to cross promote you want to not only show the depth of your talent roster but also the importance and prestige of your championships. At the time of writing, the tag champions in both AEW and NJPW are so diametrically opposed that it would without doubt make for an interesting spectacle. Then again, that implies that anyone in the wrestling landscape today is at all anything like the tiny, high-flying Jungleboy and the powerful half-man half-dinosaur Luchasaurus…
More than that though, sometimes the unexpected can surprise you and whilst it’s not the immediately obvious dream match it certainly has the potential to overdeliver.
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team champions Goto and YOSHI-HASHI represent a new challenge for Jurassic Express as a first-time match-up and something unexpected. YOSHI-HASHI’s jack of all trades style and Goto’s punishing neck-based offence would put AEW’s tag champions on the backfoot from the get-go which is exactly where they excel. Plus, watching long-time and respected NJPW talent come over to the USA to find legendary opponents and instead are matched up with essentially pro-wrestling Tarzan and a giant lizard man? It’s too good to resist.