![]() With the latter victory, Gargano earned a shot at the NXT title. Gargano gradually worked his way up the NXT card by beating such wrestlers as Andrade (before he became champion), Kassius Ohno, and Aleister Black (he was the first person to pin Black in NXT). And while Ciampa was recovering, Gargano began pursuing singles glory. Shortly after his betrayal, Ciampa was sidelined with a ruptured ACL and required surgery. Ciampa became a villain and Gargano was cast as the symathetic hero seeking justice for this undeserving beating.īut Gargano’s revenge would have to wait. Eventually, Ciampa had enough of losing and in a shocking twist, turned on and savagely beat up his now-former friend and partner. Throughout the first half of 2017, Gargano and Ciampa kept losing tag title shots. ![]() While #DIY’s quest to win tag team gold was very much a fairytale, their quest to reclaim it wasn’t. Gargano and Ciampa remained tag team champions for only a few months as they lost the titles to The Authors of Pain in January 2017. Gargano beat Ciampa in the 2016 Cruiserweight Classic but that would be the last time the two would face each other for some time.Īfter failing to win the NXT tag titles from The Revival at TakeOver: Brooklyn II, they earned one more shot at TakeOver: Toronto in November 2016 (my review for that match is here). Ciampa did sign in April 2016, but the two had to face each other one more time before becoming an official tag team. They made it to the quarterfinal round of the 2015 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic but failed to advance any further, mainly since Ciampa wasn’t signed with WWE. Gargano and Ciampa had a long history together going as far back as fall 2015. AIR RAID MONITOR UNIVERSAL SERIESCheck out previous entries in my 5 Star Match Reviews series right here. It goes back to the 1980s and I’m going to pick different matches from different eras to see how they look today. ![]() As a reminder, I am reviewing Five Star and almost-Five Star wrestling matches as rated by Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer. ![]()
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