Wrestling message boards and Twitter have been buzzing for the past few days about Dragon Gate USA wrestler Johnny Gargano leaving the company this month and joining WWE.
He wrestled a tryout match for WWE earlier this year and WWE has been interested in signing him to a developmental deal.
Gargano is the reigning Freedom Gate champion and is scheduled to defend the title against Akira Tozawa at the upcoming 7/27 DGUSA show from Michigan. Gargano is expected to be gone from DGUSA by the end of the month, so there’s a lot of speculation that he’ll drop the title to Tozawa at the Michigan show.
WWE has been looking to sign several wrestlers from DGUSA, including Johnny Gargano, Sami Callihan, Brodie Lee.
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