Fantasticamania night 3 (February 24) Preview

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Factional tag tournament gets started

The second consecutive sellout of the Fantasticamania series sees the tour come to Osaka on Friday, February 24. This time, it’s the Interfaction Tag Team Tournament that takes center stage, with four teams fighting to determine Sunday’s final bout in Chiba.

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Main event: Interfaction Tag Tournament: Los Deprededadores (Magia Blanca & Volador Jr.) vs Los Guerreros Incre?bles de la Atl?ntida (Ultino Guerrero & Atlantis Jr.)

This main event first round in the Faction Tag Tournament will see Big Boss Ultimo Guerrero as the focal point of two severed relationships. The Volador Jr. led Los Depredadores faction was formed when the Skywalker started recruiting members as dedicated to the lucha arts as he was, including young prospect Magia Blanca. Blanca had originally been taken under the wing of Ultimo Guerrero, but now calls Volador his mentor. Meanwhile, Atlantis Jr., once a card carrying member of Los Guerreros, has departed the group out of distaste for Ultimo’s underhanded tactics, leading to the uneasy alliance of Los Guerreros Incre?bles de la Atl?ntida. Certainly the Depredadores pairing will be the more harmonious of the two, but just which will advance?

5th Match: Interfaction Tag Tournament- Los Dulces Atrapasue?os (Rey Cometa & Dulce Gardenia) vs Los Ingobernables De Japon (BUSHI & Titan)

The Sweet Dreamcatcher team of Los Dulces Atrapasue?os, Dulce Gardenia and Rey Cometa will take on Titan and BUSHI of Los Ingobernables De Japon. Titan and BUSHI not only have their eyes on winning the Interfaction Tag Tournament, but could be targeting a future IWGP Junoior Heavyweight Tag Championship shot, having fallen just short of Catch 2/2 back in November. Yet LIJ, BUSHI included, never could get along with Dulce Gardenia’s eccentric way of expressing fondness for their opposition when last we saw the People’s Honey in 2020, and that could spell diaster for the masked side three years on.

4th Match: El Desperado, Soberano Jr. & Mistico vs Hechicero, DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Six man action will see Soberano Jr and Mistico go up against the Wizard that is Hechicero, but the most intriguing prospect here is El Desperado. For the first time since Suzuki-Gun’s dissolution back in December, he finds himself opposite former teammates in Yoshinobu Kanemaru and DOUKI, and while some comradeship still remains, none will hold anything back.

3rd Match: OKUMURA, Kosei Fujita & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Templario, Barbaro Cavernario & SHO

Increibles trios action will see the ultimate tecnico in Hiroshi Tanahashi teaming with TMDK’s Young lion Kosei Fujita and the devious OKUMURA. In fact OKUMURA and the Ace have a past that goes back to the Japanese rudo looking after Tanahashi in Mexico many moons ago, but will they be on the same page tonight? And can anyone ever be on the same page as SHO?

2nd Match: YOH & Captain Suicida vs Los Ingobernables De Japon (tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi)

Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi take on Captain Suicida and YOH. Suicida has made quite the impression on Japanese fans already, having taken part oin the very first match of the tour this year. Now with YOH, can the duo make their mark, especially on IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi ahead of next challenger Lio Rush’s return next week?

1st Match: Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & Tiger Mask vs Hijo Del Villano 3, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo

Trios action will kick off tonight as Taiji Ishimori and Gedo team with the similarly villanous Hijo Del Villano 3 against an all NJPW team of Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato. All three have made their mark in CMLL rings over the years, and will want to stamp their mark on HDV3, BULLET CLUB and the night’s matches tonight.

 

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