John Gargano
Biography
John Anthony Nicholas Gargano is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE, where he performs on its developmental territory NXT under the ring name Johnny Gargano. Gargano started his professional wrestling career in 2005, working for the Cleveland All–Pro Wrestling (CAPW) promotion. Over the following years, Gargano worked for some of the top promotions on the American independent circuit, including Chikara, Dragon Gate USA (DGUSA), Evolve and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). Titles Gargano held include the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas, the Evolve Tag Team Championship and DGUSA's Open the Freedom Gate Championship, which he held twice with his first reign lasting a record 873 days. During his independent days, Gargano also made appearances for national promotions Ring of Honor (ROH), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and WWE on the NXT brand. After making sporadic appearances for WWE early in his career, Gargano took part in the company's tryout camp in June 2015. Afterwards, he began appearing regularly for NXT, eventually signing a contract in April 2016. He formed a tag team, #DIY, with Tommaso Ciampa, and held the NXT Tag Team Championship once.
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Movies (42)
WWE NXT Homecoming
as Johnny Gargano
2025
WWE SummerSlam 2025: Sunday
as Johnny Gargano
2025
The 2025 Slammys
as Johnny Gargano
2025
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
as Johnny Gargano
2025
WWE NXT Spring Breakin' 2024 - Week 1
as Johnny Gargano
2024
WrestleMania XL Saturday
as Johnny Gargano
2024
WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2023
as Johnny Gargano
2023
WWE Elimination Chamber 2023
as Johnny Gargano
2023
WWE Royal Rumble 2023
as Johnny Gargano
2023
NXT WarGames 2021
as Johnny Gargano
2021
NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021
as Johnny Gargano
2021
WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2
as Johnny Gargano
2021
NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day
as Johnny Gargano
2021
NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2020
as Johnny Gargano
2020
NXT TakeOver 31
as Johnny Gargano
2020
NXT TakeOver: In Your House
as Johnny Gargano
2020
NXT TakeOver: Portland
as Johnny Gargano
2020
WWE Worlds Collide
as Johnny Gargano
2020
Tommaso Ciampa: blackHEART
as Johnny Gargano
2019
NXT TakeOver: Toronto 2019
as Johnny Gargano
2019
NXT TakeOver XXV
as Johnny Gargano
2019
NXT TakeOver: New York
as Johnny Gargano
2019
WWE Best of NXT TakeOver 2018
as Himself
2019
WWE Halftime Heat 2019
as Johnny Gargano
2019
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
as Johnny Gargano
2019
NXT TakeOver: Phoenix
as Johnny Gargano
2019
NXT TakeOver: WarGames II
as Johhny Gargano
2018
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV
as Johnny Gargano
2018
NXT TakeOver: Chicago II
as Johnny Gargano
2018
NXT Takeover: New Orleans
as Johnny Gargano
2018
NXT: Best of 2017
2018
NXT Takeover: Philadelphia
as Johnny Gargano
2018
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
as Himself
2017
WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago
as Himself
2017
NXT Takeover: Orlando
as Johnny Gargano
2017
NXT Takeover: San Antonio
as Johnny Gargano
2017
NXT Takeover: Toronto
as Johnny Gargano
2016
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
as Johnny Gargano
2016
Beyond Americanrana 2016
as Johnny Gargano
2016
AIW: Absolution XI
as Johnny Gargano
2016
EVOLVE 65
2016
EVOLVE 63
as Himself
2016
