John Gargano
Acting • Born 1987-08-14
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
179 credits
WWE Elimination Chamber 2023
Movie • 2023
Johnny Gargano
WWE Royal Rumble 2023
Movie • 2023
Johnny Gargano
WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2023
Movie • 2023
Johnny Gargano
NXT WarGames 2021
Movie • 2021
Johnny Gargano
DGUSA Open The Ultimate Gate 2011
Movie • 2011
Johnny Gargano
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
Movie • 2019
Johnny Gargano
AIW I Choo-Choo-Choose You!
Movie • 2015
Johnny Gargano
Smash Super Showdown II
Movie • 2014
Johnny Gargano
Smash Wrestling GOLD
Movie • 2014
Johnny Gargano
EVOLVE 10 - A Tribute To The Arena
Movie • 2012
Tommaso Ciampa: blackHEART
Movie • 2019
Johnny Gargano
PWG: All Star Weekend X - Night One
Movie • 2013
Himself
PWG: TEN
Movie • 2013
Himself
PWG: Matt Rushmore
Movie • 2013
Himself
PWG: 2013 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
Movie • 2013
Himself
PWG: 2013 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
Movie • 2013
Himself
PWG: All Star Weekend 9 - Night One
Movie • 2013
Himself
PWG: Is Your Body Ready?
Movie • 2013
Himself
PWG: All Star Weekend 9 - Night Two
Movie • 2013
Himself
PWG: DDT4
Movie • 2014
Himself
PWG: All Star Weekend X - Night Two
Movie • 2013
Himself
PWG: Mystery Vortex II
Movie • 2014
Himself
PWG: Sold Our Soul For Rock 'n Roll
Movie • 2014
Himself
PWG: ELEVEN
Movie • 2014
Self
PWG: Untitled II
Movie • 2014
Himself
PWG: DDT4
Movie • 2015
Himself
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
Movie • 2014
Self
PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
Movie • 2014
Himself
EVOLVE 17
Movie • 2012
Johnny Gargano
PWG: Black Cole Sun
Movie • 2014
Self
PWG: Mystery Vortex III
Movie • 2015
Himself
PWG: Threemendous IV
Movie • 2015
Himself
Dragon Gate USA: Enter the Dragon 2013
Movie • 2013
Himself
Dragon Gate USA: Freedom Fight
Movie • 2013
Himself
WrestleMania XL Saturday
Movie • 2024
Johnny Gargano
WWE NXT Spring Breakin' 2024 - Week 1
Movie • 2024
Johnny Gargano
EVOLVE 19
Movie • 2013
Johnny Gargano
AIW: Absolution XI
Movie • 2016
Johnny Gargano
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two
Movie • 2015
Himself
PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night One
Movie • 2015
Himself
EVOLVE 36
Movie • 2015
Himself
EVOLVE 39
Movie • 2015
Himself
WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2015
Movie • 2015
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EVOLVE 40
Movie • 2015
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EVOLVE 37
Movie • 2015
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EVOLVE 42
Movie • 2015
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EVOLVE 43
Movie • 2015
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EVOLVE 41
Movie • 2015
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EVOLVE 44
Movie • 2015
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EVOLVE 48
Movie • 2015
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EVOLVE 53
Movie • 2016
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EVOLVE 49
Movie • 2015
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EVOLVE 55
Movie • 2016
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EVOLVE 47
Movie • 2015
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EVOLVE 51
Movie • 2015
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EVOLVE 52
Movie • 2015
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EVOLVE 54
Movie • 2016
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EVOLVE 20
Movie • 2013
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EVOLVE 56
Movie • 2016
Himself
EVOLVE 57
Movie • 2016
Himself
EVOLVE 59
Movie • 2016
Himself
EVOLVE 58
Movie • 2016
Himself
WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2016
Movie • 2016
Himself
EVOLVE 61
Movie • 2016
Himself
EVOLVE 60
Movie • 2016
Himself
EVOLVE 62
Movie • 2016
Himself
EVOLVE 63
Movie • 2016
Himself
EVOLVE 65
Movie • 2016
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
Movie • 2016
Johnny Gargano
Dragon Gate USA: Untouchable 2009
Movie • 2009
NXT Takeover: Toronto
Movie • 2016
Johnny Gargano
EVOLVE 21
Movie • 2013
Johnny Gargano
EVOLVE 23
Movie • 2013
NXT Takeover: San Antonio
Movie • 2017
Johnny Gargano
EVOLVE 22
Movie • 2013
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NXT Takeover: Orlando
Movie • 2017
Johnny Gargano
WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago
Movie • 2017
Himself
EVOLVE 5: Danielson vs. Sawa
Movie • 2010
Dragon Gate USA: Open the Freedom Gate
Movie • 2009
EVOLVE 3: Rise or Fall
Movie • 2010
EVOLVE 6: Aries vs. Taylor
Movie • 2010
EVOLVE 1: Ibushi vs. Richards
Movie • 2010
Johnny Gargano
Dragon Gate USA: Open the Untouchable Gate
Movie • 2009
EVOLVE 4: Danielson vs. Fish
Movie • 2010
EVOLVE 7: Aries vs. Moxley
Movie • 2011
EVOLVE 9: Gargano vs. Taylor
Movie • 2011
EVOLVE 2: Hero vs. Hidaka
Movie • 2010
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
Movie • 2017
Himself
NXT Takeover: Philadelphia
Movie • 2018
Johnny Gargano
NXT Takeover: New Orleans
Movie • 2018
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver: Chicago II
Movie • 2018
Johnny Gargano
NXT: Best of 2017
Movie • 2018
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV
Movie • 2018
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver: WarGames II
Movie • 2018
Johhny Gargano
NXT TakeOver: Phoenix
Movie • 2019
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver: New York
Movie • 2019
Johnny Gargano
WWE Halftime Heat 2019
Movie • 2019
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver XXV
Movie • 2019
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver: Toronto 2019
Movie • 2019
Johnny Gargano
WWE Worlds Collide
Movie • 2020
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver: Portland
Movie • 2020
Johnny Gargano
Not Another Steen DVD
Movie • 2015
Himself
NXT TakeOver: In Your House
Movie • 2020
Johnny Gargano
CHIKARA King Of Trios 2011 - Night 3
Movie • 2011
A Johnny Gargano Documentary: Volume 1
Movie • 2014
Himself
A Johnny Gargano Documentary: Volume 2
Movie • 2014
Himself
The Kevin Steen Show: Johnny Gargano
Movie • 2016
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver 31
Movie • 2020
Johnny Gargano
CHIKARA The Dark Ciberknetico
Movie • 2010
Johnny Gargano
NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2020
Movie • 2020
Johnny Gargano
Dragon Gate USA REVOLT! 2013
Movie • 2013
Dragon Gate USA Uprising 2012
Movie • 2012
Dragon Gate USA Fearless 2012
Movie • 2012
CHIKARA Klunk in Love
Movie • 2011
Johnny Gargano
DGUSA Bushido: Code of the Warrior
Movie • 2010
DGUSA Open the Ultimate Gate 2014
Movie • 2014
DGUSA Open the Golden Gate 2013
Movie • 2013
DGUSA Heat 2013
Movie • 2013
DGUSA Bushido: Code of the Warrior 2013
Movie • 2013
Dragon Gate USA REVOLT! 2014
Movie • 2014
Dragon Gate USA Way of the Ronin 2014
Movie • 2014
Dragon Gate USA Untouchable 2012
Movie • 2012
Dragon Gate USA Freedom Fight 2012
Movie • 2012
Dragon Gate USA Enter The Dragon 2013: Fourth Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 2013
Dragon Gate USA Fearless 2013
Movie • 2013
Dragon Gate USA Untouchable 2010
Movie • 2010
Dragon Gate USA Mercury Rising 2013
Movie • 2013
Dragon Gate USA United: NYC
Movie • 2011
Dragon Gate USA Freedom Fight 2010
Movie • 2010
Dragon Gate USA Enter the Dragon 2010
Movie • 2010
Dragon Gate USA Enter The Dragon 2011: Second Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 2011
Dragon Gate USA Bushido 2011: Code of the Warrior
Movie • 2011
Dragon Gate USA Way of the Ronin
Movie • 2010
Dragon Gate USA REVOLT! 2011
Movie • 2011
CHIKARA Small But Mighty
Movie • 2011
Dragon Gate USA Untouchable 2011
Movie • 2011
CHIKARA Through Savage Progress Cuts the Jungle Line
Movie • 2010
Dragon Gate USA Open The Southern Gate
Movie • 2011
Dragon Gate USA United: Philly
Movie • 2011
Dragon Gate USA United: Finale
Movie • 2011
Dragon Gate USA Open the Ultimate Gate 2013
Movie • 2013
Dragon Gate USA Mercury Rising 2012
Movie • 2012
Dragon Gate USA Heat
Movie • 2012
Dragon Gate USA Way of the Ronin 2011
Movie • 2011
Dragon Gate USA Uprising 2011
Movie • 2011
CHIKARA: Battle Not With Monsters
Movie • 2013
CHIKARA I'll Be a Mummy's Uncle
Movie • 2012
CHIKARA The Germans
Movie • 2010
NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day
Movie • 2021
Johnny Gargano
WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2
Movie • 2021
Johnny Gargano
CHIKARA: Chikarasaurus Rex - How to Hatch a Dinosaur
Movie • 2012
Johnny Gargano
CHIKARA: Faded Scars and Lines
Movie • 2010
WWE Best of NXT TakeOver 2018
Movie • 2019
Himself
NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021
Movie • 2021
Johnny Gargano
EVOLVE 24
Movie • 2013
Johnny Gargano
EVOLVE 25
Movie • 2014
EVOLVE 26
Movie • 2014
Johnny Gargano
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
Movie • 2025
Johnny Gargano
Beyond Americanrana 2016
Movie • 2016
Johnny Gargano
WWE SummerSlam 2025: Sunday
Movie • 2025
Johnny Gargano
Slowburn Shoot: An Indie Wrestling Story
Movie
Himself
WWE NXT Homecoming
Movie • 2025
Johnny Gargano
Raw Talk
TV • 2016
Johnny Gargano
Ruthless Aggression
TV • 2020
Johnny Gargano
Raw
TV • 1993
Johnny Gargano
WWE This Is Awesome
TV • 2022
Johnny Gargano
WWE Main Event
TV • 2012
Johnny Gargano
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
Johnny Gargano
WWE Speed
TV • 2024
Johnny Gargano
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
Johnny Gargano
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
WWE Cruiserweight Classic
TV • 2016
Johnny Gargano
WWE Cruiserweight Classic
TV • 2016
The SmackDown LowDown
TV • 2022
Johnny Gargano
WWE's Greatest Moments
TV • 2025
WWE Rivals
TV • 2022
Johnny Gargano
Raw
TV • 1993
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985