One of NXT’s greatest rivalries had a level of luck involved in their run as opponents.
Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa are not only fantastic rivals, they were originally an amazing tag team known as DIY. When this tag team imploded, we had to wait due to a Ciampa injury for the match to go down. However, once Ciampa returned, he and Gargano had a series of matches that were fantastic.
Gargano made a special guest appearance on the latest episode of The Bob Culture Podcast on YouTube to talk about his time with the WWE and what’s next for his wrestling career.
“We were extremely lucky. Timing worked out to where Tommaso was able to leave and get surgery … people had to wait for the match as opposed to it just being immediate. It worked out so fantastic, because then I ended up having a match with Andrade that propelled me to a new height. And then Tommaso came back right after that, so I was already riding high from that match. And it’s so funny that like, if Tommaso doesn’t go get surgery after that match, the Andrade match never happens. Also, if Drew [McIntyre] doesn’t get hurt during the match with Andrade, where he lost the title to Andrade, me vs. Andrade doesn’t happen either … There is a different timeline somewhere where none of this happens.”
Johnny Gargano on The Bob Culture Podcast
Gargano left the WWE following his NXT contract expiring late last year. Gargano has not signed anywhere, but Ciampa remains on RAW’s roster. Time will tell if we will see these two wrestle each other once again or as a team together.
H/T WrestleInc for transcription
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