Dragon Gate USA (DGUSA)

[9.0] "They had a dip near the end of the run when they were strugglignt o bring in their Japanese stars which ultimately ende dup killing the Company. The first few events were superb and I have great memories of this promotion."

[5.0] "Dragon Gate when it first started out was easily one of best promotions of the northeast, but as time went by, it just became another northeastern promotion. It never truly had the chance to match Dragon Gate Japan, especially in the quality of it matches, but it still could have been something great. Just very disappointing if you're asking me."

[6.0] "Started out with an excellent run of shows, but quickly became unsustainable due to circumstances outside of Gabe Sapolsky's control. Because he had to work with the Dragon Gate home promotion, it felt like Sapolsky never had total control over the booking and there were times when his booking style was at odds with what DG Japan was doing. I think the biggest example of this was Akira Tozawa's excellent 2011 run where he was immensely popular in the U. S. and arguably the biggest babyface in the promotion, but DGUSA had to keep him as a secondary heel because that was his role in Japan. It never made sense that guys like BB Hulk and Yamato were Champions when the likes of Tozawa, Shingo, and CIMA were more well-known to U. S. fans. Another negative was the dwindling production values that seemed to get worse as they went along, including one show where the lighting was so bad that it looked like they were wrestling in the dark. Ultimately, I think DGUSA will be remembered for the rise of Johnny Gargano, who seemed to be one of the only guys Sapolsky had full creative control in booking and did an excellent job turning into a star."

[8.0] "Great promotion while it lasted. Perhaps unsustainable, they put on something engaging and ambitious and the legacy lives on with its titles remaining active and internationally defended until mid 2015. EVOLVE is the new ace of World Wrestling Network and I don't think that's a bad thing. The EVOLVE tag team division is currently at least as strong as DGUSA's and I think the legacy of the promotions lives on through its ever growing sister company."

[2.0] "A good idea to begin with. Introduce Dragon Gates brand of wrestling to the US and throw in a bunch of the american indy scene, what could possibly go wrong? Well, the Dragon Gate guys leaving and the american indy scene making DGUSA one of the most boring promotion to have lasted as long as it did. Did they have star power? yeah i would say so, but losing the DG star power they were found on pulled the plug on the promotion and a few years later it flatlined. I'm glad DGUSA has discontinued and if it comes back, i'll be personally sending letters to that idiot Gabe letter bombs with a frowny face on it."

[5.0] "Once Gabe booked great international matches between Dragon Gate superstars and the best athletes from the American indy scene. Now it's just a bunch of mediocre shows featuing just American workers and no more Japanese wrestlers. I hope they close because they've just become a bad American copy of the original DG. 5 on 10, just because prior to 2014 they were still good."

[6.0] "It started quite well, but now it's a regular indy more."