John Gargano
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 (178 titles)
MovieSlowburn Shoot: An Indie Wrestling Story
Himself · 2026
7.6MovieNXT Stand & Deliver 2026
Johnny Gargano · 2026
6.5MovieWWE NXT Homecoming
Johnny Gargano · 2025
8.3MovieWWE SummerSlam 2025: Sunday
Johnny Gargano · 2025
7.0ShowWWE's Greatest Moments
2025
9.0ShowWWE LFG
2025
6.6MovieWWE Royal Rumble 2025
Johnny Gargano · 2025
MovieWWE NXT Spring Breakin' 2024 - Week 1
Johnny Gargano · 2024
7.5MovieWrestleMania XL Saturday
Johnny Gargano · 2024
6.5ShowWWE Speed
Johnny Gargano · 2024
7.5MovieWWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2023
Johnny Gargano · 2023
6.7MovieWWE Elimination Chamber 2023
Johnny Gargano · 2023
7.4MovieWWE Royal Rumble 2023
Johnny Gargano · 2023
7.3ShowWWE This Is Awesome
Johnny Gargano · 2022
7.3ShowWWE Rivals
Johnny Gargano · 2022
8.9ShowThe SmackDown LowDown
Johnny Gargano · 2022
8.0MovieNXT WarGames 2021
Johnny Gargano · 2021
6.8MovieNXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021
Johnny Gargano · 2021
8.1MovieWWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2
Johnny Gargano · 2021
8.1MovieNXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day
Johnny Gargano · 2021
7.6MovieNXT TakeOver: WarGames 2020
Johnny Gargano · 2020
9.1MovieNXT TakeOver 31
Johnny Gargano · 2020
8.8MovieNXT TakeOver: In Your House
Johnny Gargano · 2020
8.6MovieNXT TakeOver: Portland
Johnny Gargano · 2020
7.6ShowRuthless Aggression
Johnny Gargano · 2020
7.8MovieWWE Worlds Collide
Johnny Gargano · 2020
7.0MovieTommaso Ciampa: blackHEART
Johnny Gargano · 2019
8.9MovieNXT TakeOver: Toronto 2019
Johnny Gargano · 2019
8.4MovieNXT TakeOver XXV
Johnny Gargano · 2019
9.4MovieNXT TakeOver: New York
Johnny Gargano · 2019