Loss Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawho5 Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 This wasn't as good as the February match pitting Saito against Mochizuki. It had a similar weakness, Saito not selling the arm in place of Mochizuki not selling the leg. Milano's stuff is so varied, he has some strange submissions that tie Saito in a knot, a few of which are a bit too convoluted. Especially since he's really good at simple stuff like a shoulder armbreaker or the armbar variant where he tries to pull Saito's shoulder out of it's socket instead. His strikes are really weak too. I don't mind his aerial stuff, but when you put it everything he does in the match together it's hard to see what he was even trying to do besides hit a bunch of cool looking nearfalls and submissions. At the very least Mochizuki had some kind of focus to where he was striking that led to his finishers. Saito almost completely no-selling the arm was really disappointing. I want to like him as a wrestler, but stuff like that is hard for me to get around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makai Club #1 Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 Open The Dream Gate Title #1 Contendership Match: Milano Collection AT vs. Ryo Saito This looks like this is a good place to pick a start to Ryo Saito’s accession to the Dream Gate Title which will culminate next year. Despite being against Milano, who is on his way out (although perhaps that isn't known in real time), he has the crowd in the palm of his hand and is able to get the win and a title shot against Masaaki Mochizuki soon after. The match has a lot of history behind it. Dragon Gate airs their 2001 acclaimed match in T2P during the intermission. So there is a lot of tension in the air besides just the title match. Milano controls the majority of the match in the way you'd expect. Tons of tricky, lucha libre inspired holds with a little flair. Perfect style for Milano who is an eccentric character. Ryo Saito’s selling was really solid, helping make Milano a credible winner and gaining crowd heat for himself. The match’s bread and butter was creating some terrific, nail-biting nearfalls for a prolonged time period. Great stuff. **** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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