{"id":70086,"date":"2020-06-10T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T04:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=70086"},"modified":"2021-05-12T12:51:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T16:51:35","slug":"indie-watch-silvio-milano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/06\/10\/indie-watch-silvio-milano\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie Watch: Silvio Milano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Indie Watch is our regular series that looks at all of the amazing talents working the independent circuits around the world. Some are veterans revitalising their careers, some are indie prospects hitting their peaks, while others are names to be on the watch for! This edition looks at one of Australia&#8217;s rising and prominently LGBTQI performers Silvio Milano.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At just 21 years old <strong>Silvio Milano<\/strong> has a very bright future ahead of him. Particularly if his achievements so far are anything to go by.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Silvio Milano - Australia&#039;s Gay Wrestler\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ai995RbuRQk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Milano began his journey into wrestling under the tutelage of infamous Australian wrestler <strong>TNT<\/strong> at the <strong>Australian Wrestling Federation (AWF)<\/strong>. From there Milano would go one to spread out around Sydney and New South Wales. Performing for promotions such <strong>Wrestling GO, Future Wrestling Australia (FWA), and Battle Championship Wrestling (BCW)<\/strong> before ultimately making it to <strong>Pro Wrestling Australia (PWA)<\/strong> in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Silvio Milano vs Jay Sorbet vs Parker Tomas vs Lee &quot;The Man&quot; Morrow - 16\/12\/18\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u0SR22k7RBk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, Milano has crossed paths with many of Australia&#8217;s top talents such as; <strong>Jessica Troy, Caveman Ugg, Marty Wahlberg, Ricky South, Jude London, Paris De Silva, Sam Osborne, Mick Moretti, Jack Bonza, AJ Istria, Madison Eagles,<\/strong> and <strong>Steph De Lander.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In more recent times Milano has partnered with <strong>Lex Lennock<\/strong> as <strong>The Silverbacks<\/strong>, winning the Wrestling Go Doubles Medals. A tag team championship which they have held since November 9, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1228855883200782336<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Milano&#8217;s most memorable moment though was his flamboyant entrance as part of PWA&#8217;s <em>Rick South For The Boys<\/em> event. During this entrance, Milano was accompanied to the ring by two drag queens, and even had a mid entrance wardrobe change!<\/p>\n<p>As an openly gay performer Milano told <em>J.A.M<\/em> in 2019 that he had found life difficult during the early stages of his wrestling career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started training when I was 15 and wasn\u2019t always open about my sexuality because I was obviously still very young and dealing with a lot of that inside myself&#8230; I didn\u2019t get much of an open vibe from trainers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Milano this sense of unease at his initial training school led him to make the jump across to the PWA affiliated Pro Wrestling Academy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once I got a lot more creative control and the people around me were a lot more accepting of my sexuality I was able to push further. Which made me realize why I wanted to stick with wrestling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Plastics and Melina vs Bee Boy, Azalea and Silvio Milano - 20\/10\/18\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5ZvTZaadKmo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With Milano now embracing his LGBTQI side both internally and in his performance he has captured the hearts of many Australian fans. Look for Milano to break out on the scene following the COVID-19 lockdown.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/search\/indie+watch\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check out our full list of previous Indie Watches, showcasing emerging talent from around the world!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indie Watch is our regular series that looks at all of the amazing talents working the independent circuits around the world. Some are veterans revitalising their careers, some are indie prospects hitting their peaks, while others are names to be on the watch for! 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