Johnny Gargano: From gold
star to goofball
John Anthony Nicholas Gargano, an
eight year freelancer on the independent wrestling scene made an interesting
name for himself.
The twenty-five year old began
his debut in October 2005 and has since made certain interest on the wrestling
scene. In 2006 he was crowned CAPW’s Junior Heavyweight champion lasting over a
year where competition, granted, was minimal, however was catapulted into a
further spotlight beginning his entry level to the profession.
During his career, the naïve budding youngster
held a multitude of titles in his new uprising surge of interest on the independent's
as a minimal name of interest. Gargano soon changed that perspective in 2009
when he became involved with the Dragon Gate USA and Evolve promotions.
Convinced by Colt Cabana after a match with All American Wrestling (AAW) ‘bana
suggested contacting Gabe Sapolsky, recently departed booker of Ring of Honor,
who chose to scout talent for the Dragon Gate company in a change of scenery. After informing, Cabana directed him to Sapolsky. Gargano was given an opportunity
in July ’09 with a multi dark match loss. Gargano officially joined on November
28th in a championship tournament, failing to win, however set him
as an on-screen talent.
Gargano followed with a defeat of
Chris Dickinson on Jan 16th 2010 to remain a new star on television.
Gargano finally inked a deal in May that year after more dark matches of consideration.
Taking on a massive challenge, Gargano fought CIMA in a loss on Sept 26th
after one of the company’s founders and toughest fighters put Gargano in a
comfortable position as a result. This set a humble offering of his services to
CIMA’s faction Warriors International, which was rejected. Spurned, instead
Johnny formed a group with Rich Swann and Chuck Taylor collectively known as
Ronin.
In September 2011 Gargano would
become a two time CHIKARA tag team champion with pal Chuck Taylor towards June
2012 finding his niche in the comedy promotion.
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| Competition in YAMATO? |
Come November 2011, back in
Dragon Gate, Gargano would capture the Open the Freedom Gate heavyweight title
from YAMATO in a daring match for company turnaround projections. Under Gargano’s
rule, however, the title came into disrupte. Dragon Gate, believing the
championship to be in sustainable hands soon became invalid three months in.
Having held the championship for 536 days and currently today, the feline
loving thug, with his half-hearted, lazy approach to match layout, effort and
ignorance regarding match portrayal has become an intense liability. Laboured, apathetic
and bland, green bean Gargano, struggling to maintain any dominance or impact
as champion should be launched into a series with YAMATO and lose the title if
Dragon Gate wish to continue to keep its doors open, have a monumental champ
and to be filled with powerful aggression among intense passion to rebrand its
company tiers as a credible option. YAMATO can have an interesting series with
other performers afterwards making the title meaningful and the company of
interest once again.
Gargano also joined Pro Wrestling
Guerrilla (PWG) in 2013. The intense, tough setting in PWG doesn’t have the
capacity to house dated Gargano and keep its credibility with other performers
if it is to continue its rising success on the independent scene and should
sidestep the problem before it continues, rather than allow pride to ruin their
progression.
Gargano, already floundering in
matches with stars in certain companies, has become a constrained mess without
any format or logically concepts. Becoming a complete embarrassment and in need
of a charisma transplant the absurd borefest limits many companies than
enhances them.
Goofy Gargano, with his gleaming
stance and incapable booking qualities, is rapidly casting doubt among the independent
wrestling scene as a legitimate choice for anything other than looking good and
failing dismally.
So much so was the appearance at Preston
City Wrestling's (PCW) Springslam event, (on April 26th) a constant rip off of WWE's branding including "Money in the bank" matches among many washed up old WWE stars, in a one on one match with homosexual Noam Dar. The clunky,
defunct and minor scrap in hardcore fashion was a diabolical level of
disjointed interaction from both incomplete lamebrains. Gargano lost.
Disgracing the independent scene,
companies worked with and boring performances enamoured with dorky displacement
and self-enhancing status for himself, Gargano has become a wasteful setting in
the wrestling world which has become more harmful to any company that utilises
his so called talent. If there is no time for the business, it should not have
the time for him with such pitiful choices which harm the pro wrestling landscape
further along the course of its already troublesome financial times in the independent
settings where wrestling may have to shut its doors if it cannot balance its
output righteously enough.
© Max Waltham 15th May 2013
