John Gargano

Known for ActingBorn 1987-08-14 (age 38)Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

NXT: Best of 2017

Not Another Steen DVD

A Johnny Gargano Documentary: Volume 1

A Johnny Gargano Documentary: Volume 2

NXT TakeOver: New York

NXT Takeover: New Orleans

NXT TakeOver 31

NXT TakeOver: WarGames II

EVOLVE 55

The SmackDown LowDown

NXT TakeOver: Toronto 2019

NXT TakeOver: In Your House

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III

NXT TakeOver: Portland

NXT TakeOver: Chicago II

NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV

NXT TakeOver XXV

WWE SummerSlam 2025: Sunday

NXT Takeover: Philadelphia

WWE Cruiserweight Classic

NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day

WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2

NXT TakeOver: Phoenix

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

NXT WarGames 2021

WWE Halftime Heat 2019

NXT Stand & Deliver 2026

WWE's Greatest Moments

WWE Main Event

WWE Worlds Collide

NXT Takeover: Toronto

NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2020

WrestleMania XL Saturday

WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago

WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2023

Ruthless Aggression

WWE Royal Rumble 2023

WWE Royal Rumble 2019

WWE This Is Awesome

WWE Rivals

WWE Friday Night SmackDown

NXT Takeover: San Antonio

NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II

Tommaso Ciampa: blackHEART

NXT Takeover: Orlando

WWE Elimination Chamber 2023

NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021

WWE Royal Rumble 2025