Milano Collection A. T.

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Milano Collection A. T.
Morioka, Iwate, Japan[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Milano Collection A. T.
Masked Italiano
Billed height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Billed weight85 kg (187 lb)[3]
Billed fromMilan, Italy[2]
Trained bySkayde
Magnum Tokyo[3]
Último Dragón
Rudy Boy Gonzalez
Texas Wrestling Academy
DebutMay 13, 2000[2]
RetiredJanuary 18, 2010

Akihito Sawafuji (澤藤 章人, Sawafuji Akihito, born August 27, 1976),

professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Milano Collection A. T. (ミラノコレクションA.T., Mirano Korekushon A. T.). As Milano, Sawafuji adopted the gimmick of an Italian fashion aficionado/supermodel, reflected in his ring attire. Milano is also known for walking to the ring with an invisible dog known as Mikeru. After retiring from in-ring competition in 2010, Milano began working as a color commentator for New Japan Pro-Wrestling
(NJPW), a position he maintains to this day.

Professional wrestling career

Sawafuji debuted in 2000 in

World X Cup as part of Team Japan, winning his first and only singles match for TNA against Curry Man, gaining 2 points for his team.[6] He then competed at Victory Road in the third round, which was a four team triple elimination match, dominating early in the match before getting eliminated.[7]

After returning to Japan full time in 2007, he began working for

G1 Tag League, making it to the semi-finals where they were eliminated by Hiroshi Tanahashi and Koji Kanemoto.[10]

On January 18, 2010, Sawafuji announced his retirement from professional wrestling because of

Gedo
. A retirement ceremony was held on February 14.

Sawafuji remains with New Japan as a member of the IWGP Championship Committee and a color commentator.

As a trainer

Sawafuji is currently a trainer for World Wonder Ring Stardom.[11]

Wrestlers trained


Championships and accomplishments

  • Chikara
    • ICW/ICWA Tex-Arkana Television Championship (1 time)

References

  1. ^ a b 食いっぱぐれない技術に憧れた. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). 2012-06-13. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "ミラノコレクションA.T." New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2010-06-18. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Milano Collection A.T. profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
  4. ^ a b c d "Profile at Puroresu Central". Puroresu Central. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  5. ^ "Italian Connection". Cagematch. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  6. ^ Sokol, Bryan (2008-07-04). "Impact: Bad dates and Sting's return". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved 2009-04-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ Kapur, Bob (2008-07-13). "Main event mars Victory Road". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved 2009-04-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ "NJPW Circuit 2006 Explosion ~ G1 Tag League ~ - Tag 13 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 2021-12-16.
  9. ^ "NJPW New Japan 35th Anniversary Tour Circuit 2007 Best Of The Super Junior XIV ~Power of Mind". Cage Match. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  10. ^ "NJPW 35th Anniversary Tour ~ Circuit 2007 New Japan Truth ~G1 Tag League~ - Tag 10 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 2016-01-21.
  11. ^ a b c d e T.SAKAI (November 30, 2023). ミラノ先生「練習時間の確保を」　復活スターダムに向け岡田社長に進言. Kakuto Log (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 30, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  12. ^ "Q&A with Joshi Superstar Giulia". Monthly Puroresu. September 11, 2022. Archived from the original on November 4, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  13. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2007". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2021-04-23.

External links

Preceded by Best of the Super Juniors winner
2007 		Succeeded by
Wataru Inoue
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