DIY (often stylized as #DIY) was an American

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tag team Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. Tag teams may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of establish ...

composed of

Johnny Gargano John Anthony Nicholas Gargano (born August 14, 1987) is an American professional wrestler best known under the ring name Johnny Gargano. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. He is best known for his time in NXT, wh ...

and

Tommaso Ciampa Tommaso Whitney (born May 8, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Tommaso Ciampa. Whitney began his career in 2005, working on several independent ...

. The team performed in

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on the

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. They also occasionally wrestled for other promotions, including AAW Wrestling and

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(PWG). Created on August 13, 2015, the team went on to win the

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before breaking up at NXT TakeOver: Chicago on May 20, 2017 when Ciampa turned on Gargano. The two would then go on to have a lengthy and acclaimed

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over 2017 and 2018, including facing each other for the

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. From 2018 onwards, Gargano and Ciampa started an

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which saw them alternate between being partners and being rivals. They reunited their team from January to March 2019, with Ciampa at the time being NXT Champion while Gargano was

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and again on October 23, 2019, until NXT TakeOver: Portland when Gargano turned on Ciampa, igniting another feud.

History

WWE

Formation and success (2015–2017)

On September 2, 2015, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa were announced as part of the

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tournament. On September 9, they successfully advanced in the first round of the tournament, defeating the also newly formed duo of

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and

Bull Dempsey James Smith (born January 16, 1988) is an American professional wrestler currently performing internationally under the ring name Bull James. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed on NXT, under the ring name Bull Dempsey. Pr ...

. On the September 16 episode of ''NXT'', Ciampa and Gargano lost to

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and

Rhyno Terrance Guido Gerin (born October 7, 1975) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Rhyno or Rhino. He is currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where he is one-half of the Impact World Tag Team Champions in his secon ...

, thus eliminating them from the tournament. On the October 28 edition of ''NXT'', Gargano and Ciampa were defeated by

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(

Jason Jordan Nathan Everhart (born September 28, 1988) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Jason Jordan. He is currently signed to WWE, where he works as a Producer (professional wrestling), producer. He has not wrestled sinc ...

and

Chad Gable Charles Edward Betts (born March 8, 1986) is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Chad Gable. He is a four-time tag team champion in ...

). On April 2, it was confirmed that Ciampa had signed with WWE earlier in the week. Ciampa's NXT contract was a so-called "Tier 2" contract, which allowed him to continue working independent dates alongside his now regular NXT bookings. On the April 13 episode of ''NXT'', Ciampa and Gargano defeated

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. On the May 25 edition of ''NXT'', Ciampa and Gargano defeated TM-61. On June 1, Gargano and Ciampa defeated The Revival (

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and Scott Dawson) after calling them out earlier that night. After the match, Dawson and Wilder attacked them and attempted to injure Ciampa's knee, but they were saved by American Alpha. On July 21, it was reported that Gargano was signing a new full-time NXT deal, which would prevent him from taking further independent bookings. On June 23, Gargano and Ciampa entered the

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tournament, which saw Gargano defeat Ciampa in a first round match. On July 14, Gargano was eliminated from the tournament by the eventual winner

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. On August 20 at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II, Ciampa and Gargano unsuccessfully challenged The Revival for the NXT Tag Team Championship. On the November 9 episode of ''NXT'', Ciampa and Gargano, now collectively billed as "#DIY", were defeated by

The Authors of Pain Legion of Pain are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Sunny Dhinsa and Gzim Selmani. They are best known for their time in WWE as the Authors of Pain, under the ring names Akam and Rezar, where they are former one-time Raw Tag Tea ...

( Akam and

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) in the semi-finals of the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Classic, due to interference from The Revival. Ciampa and Gargano received another title shot in a

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on November 19 at NXT TakeOver: Toronto, where they defeated The Revival to become the new NXT Tag Team Champions. DIY went on to successfully defend the NXT Tag Team Championship against the team of Tajiri and

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in Japan, as well as TM-61 in Australia, respectively. On the January 11, 2017 episode of ''NXT'', DIY defeated The Revival in a rematch to retain the NXT Tag Team Championship, but were assaulted by The Authors of Pain afterwards. At NXT TakeOver: San Antonio, they lost the NXT Tag Team Championship to The Authors of Pain. They would receive their rematch on the March 1 episode of ''NXT'', which ended in a no contest after The Revival interfered and attacked both teams. On April 1 at NXT TakeOver: Orlando, all three teams competed in a

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for the NXT Tag Team Championship, but DIY failed to regain the titles after being the first team eliminated. On the May 10 episode of ''NXT'', NXT General Manager

William Regal Darren Kenneth Matthews (born 10 May 1968), better known by the ring name William Regal, is an English retired professional wrestler. He is known for his over 20 years spent in WWE, as both a performer and an on-screen authority, and for his ti ...

announced that DIY would face The Authors of Pain in the first-ever

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for the NXT Tag Team Championship at NXT TakeOver: Chicago, which they lost. Following the match, Ciampa turned on Gargano and attacked him, thus turning Ciampa heel and disbanding the team.

Break-up and feud (2017–2018)

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It was later revealed that Ciampa had suffered a ruptured ACL in his right knee and would await surgery. In a further update, it was reported that his surgery was successful and the timetable for his return was estimated for early-to-mid 2018. At NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia, Gargano failed to capture the

from Andrade "Cien" Almas. After the match, Ciampa returned to attack Gargano from behind with a crutch. On the February 21 episode of ''NXT'', Gargano challenged Almas to a rematch for the NXT Championship, which he lost due to interference from Ciampa, forcing Gargano to leave NXT as per the pre-match stipulation. The two then fought in the main event of NXT TakeOver: New Orleans in an

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which Gargano won, resulting in Gargano being reinstated in NXT. On the April 25 episode of ''NXT'', Gargano was attacked by Ciampa during his entrance for his NXT Championship match against

Aleister Black Tom Budgen (born 19 May 1985) is a Dutch professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Malakai Black. He is also known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Aleister Black from 2017 ...

. Two weeks later on ''NXT'', Gargano called out Ciampa, leading to a brawl in which Gargano's wife

Candice LeRae Candice LeRae Gargano ('' née'' Dawson; born September 29, 1985) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand. She is a former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion and was a member of The Way. L ...

was knocked unconscious. The two then fought at NXT TakeOver: Chicago II in a Chicago Street Fight, which Ciampa won. Gargano's character then began a darker turn, becoming more unstable, showing a more aggressive style, and using a spike DDT to defeat EC3 on the July 4 episode of ''NXT'', similar to the one Ciampa pinned him with at TakeOver: Chicago II. At the July 18 ''NXT'' tapings of the July 25 episode, Gargano interfered in Ciampa's NXT Championship match against Aleister Black and accidentally hit Black with the title belt, causing Ciampa to win the championship. The following week, as Black attempted to confront Ciampa, Gargano ran past him and attacked Ciampa, but was then attacked by Black. The following week, Gargano and Black were both attacked by Ciampa during their scheduled match. The three men were then scheduled to compete in a

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for the NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV, but Black was removed from the match after being found unconscious in the parking lot after the show, rendering him unable to compete. The title match was then changed to a

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between Gargano and Ciampa, which Gargano lost. On the October 24 episode of ''NXT'', Gargano was revealed as the one who attacked Black prior to their original TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 title match, thus turning heel. The two faced off at NXT TakeOver: WarGames, where Black defeated Gargano while Ciampa retained the NXT Championship against

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Reunions (2019–2021)

On the December 19, 2018 episode of ''NXT'', Black and Gargano competed in a steel cage match, which Gargano won after Ciampa interfered and they both performed their former tag team finisher ''Meeting in the Middle'' on Black, hinting a potential reunion. On January 26, 2019 at NXT TakeOver: Phoenix, Gargano defeated

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to become the new

while Ciampa retained the NXT Championship against Black in the main event. After Ciampa won, he was joined by Gargano and posed together with their respective titles. This would mark the reformation of their team (although they would not immediately re-use the DIY monicker) and the two had their first match as a team since 2017 on February 3, 2019 at ''Halftime Heat'', teaming with

Adam Cole Austin Kirk Jenkins (born July 5, 1989) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Adam Cole. He is also known for his tenures with WWE and Ring of Honor (ROH). Col ...

in a losing effort against Black, Ricochet and

. On the January 30 episode of ''NXT'' (aired on February 20), Gargano lost the NXT North American Championship to Velveteen Dream. On the February 18 episode of ''Raw'', Ciampa and Gargano made their main roster debut and defeated former rivals and

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The Revival in a non-title match. They made their ''SmackDown'' debut the following night, defeating The Bar ( Cesaro and

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). DIY took part in the 2019 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic on February 20, defeating

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(

Kyle O'Reilly Kyle Edward Greenwood (born March 1, 1987) is a Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he performs under the ring name Kyle O'Reilly. He is also known for his time in Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2009 to 20 ...

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) in the first round (aired March 6) and losing to Aleister Black and Ricochet in the second (aired March 13). After their loss, the duo disbanded again when Ciampa attempted to attack Gargano in a way echoing his original betrayal at TakeOver: Chicago in 2017, only for Gargano to reverse the attack and

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Ciampa. With DIY broken-up again, the two were scheduled to face each other at NXT TakeOver: New York for the NXT Championship, but Ciampa was sidelined due to undergoing an

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cervical fusion surgery, which forced him to relinquish his title and was planned to render him inactive a reported minimum of six month, thus prematurely ending the

. With Ciampa sidelined, Gargano would go on with a feud with

from April to August over the NXT Championship. After Cole earned Ciampa's vacant spot in the title match at TakeOver: New York, Gargano defeated him in a

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to become the new champion. He would later lose it to Cole at NXT TakeOver: XXV and fail to regain it at NXT TakeOver: Toronto, in a special two-out-of-three falls match where the stipulation would change at every fall. Ciampa returned on the October 2 episode of ''NXT'' to face Cole, starting a feud with his stable,

. On the October 23 episode of ''NXT'', Gargano and Ciampa reunited yet again to face The Undisputed Era together; they were joined by surprise NXT returnee

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, only for Bálor to attack Gargano and let The Undisputed Era assault Ciampa. Gargano suffered a legitimate neck injury when Bálor performed his signature move ''1916'' on him on the entrance ramp, sidelining him indefinitely and ending the two's reunion prematurely. Gargano returned on the December 18 episode of ''NXT'', costing Bálor his NXT Championship match against Cole. Although he didn't interact with Ciampa at first, leaving the future of DIY uncertain, he eventually came to Ciampa's rescue against The Undisputed Era on the January 15, 2020 episode of ''NXT'', signaling that they were still active as a team. Later during the show, DIY discussed the possibility of facing

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, who had

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about them during the show, with them agreeing to team up "one more time for old time's sake"; a match between the two teams was later made official for Worlds Collide, where DIY was successful. On February 16 at NXT TakeOver: Portland, Gargano lost to

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; in the main event, he came out during Ciampa's match against Adam Cole for the NXT Championship, seemingly to help Ciampa after Cole's Undisputed Era teammates interfered in the match. However, he instead hit Ciampa with the title belt, costing him the match and turning

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again; this marked the beginning of another feud between the two, and therefore another disbandment of DIY. On the April 8 episode of ''NXT'', Gargano would defeat Ciampa in an Empty Arena No Holds Barred match, with assistance from LeRae, ending their three year-long feud once and for all. Ciampa and Gargano reunited DIY on the November 23, 2021 edition of ''NXT'' as part of Team Black & Gold alongside

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and

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to fight Team 2.0, consisting of

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, Tony D'Angelo, and

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, in that year's Men's WarGames match. They would go on to lose the match, this seemingly being Gargano's final match in WWE, after which he decided not to renew his contract with the company after it expired on December 10. However, Gargano returned on August 22, 2022 edition of ''Raw'' while Ciampa is aligned with

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weeks prior.

Independent circuit (2015–2016)

Between the creation of DIY and mid-2016, both Gargano and Ciampa were under a part-time contract with WWE, and continued to appear on independent promotions. When DIY was created in August 2015, Gargano was also part of the Canadian promotion Smash Wrestling, in which he was the Smash Wrestling Champion since April 26. He continued to hold and defend the title in parallel of his WWE activities (including against his wife

on August 23, 2015), before losing it to Eric Young at the Gold event on May 29, 2016. Gargano and Ciampa also wrestled in

(PWG) since 2013; on December 11, 2015, they unsuccessfully challenged

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(Matt and Nick Jackson) for their

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on the first night of All-Star Weekend XI. On the second night, they lost to Unbreakable F'n Machines (

Brian Cage Brian Christopher Button

and

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). They also wrestled together at the

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-based promotion Absolute Intense Wrestling, taking part of a ten-man tag team match in a successful effort at the Keep the Change, You Filthy Animal event. Both Gargano and Ciampa had also been a part of the Dreamwave promotion since 2014. On January 2, 2016 at the Season Premiere event, they unsuccessfully challenged Dreamwave Tag Team Champions Christian Rose and Matt Cage for their titles. At the Beyond Wrestling event Beyond The Dream Left Behind on January 31, they defeated

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and

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. On February 19, 2016 at the AAW Wrestling event Art of War, they were defeated by

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and

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Championships and accomplishments

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** Feud of the Year (2019) – Gargano ** Match of the Year (2019) – Gargano * ''

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'' ** Feud of the Year (2019) – Gargano ** Ranked Gargano No. 6 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''PWI 500'' in 2019 ** Ranked Ciampa No. 13 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2019 * Smash Wrestling ** Smash Wrestling Championship (1 time) – Gargano *

(3 times) – Ciampa (2), Gargano (1) ** NXT North American Championship (3 times) – Gargano **

(1 time) ** First NXT Triple Crown Champion – Gargano **

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(3 times) *** Match of the Year (

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) vs. The Revival ( Scott Dawson and

) (c) in a

for the

at NXT TakeOver: Toronto ***Match of the Year (

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) – Gargano ***Rivalry of the Year (2019) – Gargano

References

External links

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