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John Gargano
Acting
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.
Filmography Movies
Acting
WWE Elimination Chamber 2023
The 13th professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE, known as the 2023 Elimination Chamber (No Escape in Germany), is set to take place on February 18, 2023. Wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions will compete at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Austin Theory (c) vs. Seth "Freakin" Rollins vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Bronson Reed vs. Damian Priest vs. Montez Ford - Elimination Chamber match for the WWE United States Championship Asuka vs. Liv Morgan vs. Nikki Cross vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Natalya vs. Carmella - Elimination Chamber match for a WWE Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania 39 Roman Reigns (c) (with Paul Heyman) vs. Sami Zayn - Singles match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Edge and Beth Phoenix vs. The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Rhea Ripley) (with Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio) - Mixed tag team match Bobby Lashley vs. Brock Lesnar - Singles match
WWE Royal Rumble 2023
Thirty men and 30 women compete in two huge Royal Rumble Matches as The Road to WrestleMania officially begins at the Alamodome. Bray Wyatt returns to take on LA Knight in a Mountain Dew Pitch Black Match.
WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2023
The 2023 NXT Stand & Deliver was the third annual Stand & Deliver professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event took place on Saturday, April 1, 2023, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California as part of WrestleMania Weekend, being held the same day as WrestleMania 39 Night 1 with a special start time of 1 p.m. Eastern Time 10 a.m. Pacific Time. WWE wrestlers Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) served as the hosts of the event.
NXT WarGames 2021
NXT TakeOver Takes Place on December 5. 2021 at WWE Performance Center
DGUSA Open The Ultimate Gate 2011
DGUSA presents Open the Ultimate Gate from Atlanta, Georgia.
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
Royal Rumble (2019) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. It will take place on January 27, 2019, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. It is the thirty-second event in it's history.
AIW I Choo-Choo-Choose You!
Absolute Intense Wrestling presents I Choo-Choo-Choose You! Featuring: AIW Absolute Title Four Way Match Eddie Kingston vs. Rickey Shane Page vs. Josh Alexander vs. Ethan Page AIW Intense Title Four Way Match Davey Vega (c) vs. Tyson Dux vs. Eric Ryan vs. Tracy Williams
Smash Super Showdown II
Smash Wrestling Championship Chris Hero vs Matt Cross Super Smash Bros. vs The Young Bucks Sebastian Suave vs Josh Alexander Brent Banks vs Rich Swann Tyson Dux vs Johnny Gargano LuFisto & Vanessa Kraven vs KimberBomb (Kimber Lee & Cherry Bomb) Number One Contenders Match Pepper Parks vs Alex Vega vs Gregory Iron vs Scotty O’Shea vs John Greed
Smash Wrestling GOLD
1. Smash Wrestling Championship Tournament First Round: Kevin Steen vs. Scotty O'Shea 2. Smash Wrestling Championship Tournament First Round: Alex Vega vs. Watanabe 3. Smash Wrestling Championship Tournament First Round: Johnny Gargano vs. Matt Cross 4. Smash Wrestling Championship Tournament First Round: John Greed vs. Josh Alexander 5. Smash Wrestling Championship Tournament First Round: Chris Hero vs. Michael Elgin 6. Brent Banks vs. Sebastian Suave 7. Cherry Bomb & Pepper Parks vs. Gregory Iron & Jewells Malone 8. Smash Wrestling Championship: Winners of Matches 1-5
EVOLVE 10 - A Tribute To The Arena
EVOLVE 10 was an event put on by Evolve. It took place on January 14, 2012 at the Asylum Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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