Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 14, 1987
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Credits
177 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Slowburn Shoot: An Indie Wrestling Story
Himself
NXT Stand & Deliver 2026
Johnny Gargano
WWE NXT Homecoming
Johnny Gargano
WWE SummerSlam 2025: Sunday
Johnny Gargano
WWE's Greatest Moments
WWE LFG
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
Johnny Gargano
WWE NXT Spring Breakin' 2024 - Week 1
Johnny Gargano
WrestleMania XL Saturday
Johnny Gargano
WWE Speed
Johnny Gargano
WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2023
Johnny Gargano
WWE Elimination Chamber 2023
Johnny Gargano
WWE Royal Rumble 2023
Johnny Gargano
WWE This Is Awesome
Johnny Gargano
WWE Rivals
Johnny Gargano
The SmackDown LowDown
Johnny Gargano
NXT WarGames 2021
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021
Johnny Gargano
WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2020
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver 31
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NXT TakeOver: In Your House
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Ruthless Aggression
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver: Portland
Johnny Gargano
WWE Worlds Collide
Johnny Gargano
Tommaso Ciampa: blackHEART
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver: Toronto 2019
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver XXV
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver: New York
Johnny Gargano
WWE Best of NXT TakeOver 2018
Himself
WWE Halftime Heat 2019
Johnny Gargano
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver: Phoenix
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver: WarGames II
Johhny Gargano
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver: Chicago II
Johnny Gargano
NXT Takeover: New Orleans
Johnny Gargano
NXT: Best of 2017
NXT Takeover: Philadelphia
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
Himself
WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago
Himself
NXT Takeover: Orlando
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NXT Takeover: San Antonio
Johnny Gargano
NXT Takeover: Toronto
Johnny Gargano
Raw Talk
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NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
Johnny Gargano
Beyond Americanrana 2016
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AIW: Absolution XI
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