Johnny Gargano
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Gargano in November 2015
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| Birth name | John Anthony Nicholas Gargano |
| Born |
August 14, 1987 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Candice LeRae (m. 2016) |
| Website | Johnny-Gargano.com |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Cedrick Von Haussen Joey Gray Johnny Gargano |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 199 lb (90 kg) |
| Billed from | Cleveland, Ohio The Land of Cleve, Ohio |
| Trained by | Josh Prohibition J.T. Lightning |
| Debut | 2005 |
John Anthony Nicholas "Johnny" Gargano (born August 14, 1987) is an American professional wrestler, signed to WWE and performing on the NXT brand, where he is one half of the current NXT Tag Team Champions, as DIY, alongside Tommaso Ciampa.
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) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
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.
Gargano was born on August 14, 1987, in Cleveland, Ohio. He entered a professional wrestling ring for the first time at age eight, when Cleveland All–Pro Wrestling (CAPW) owner J.T. Lightning, who ran shows behind John's father's catering business, allowed him to roll around in the ring. While studying in St. Edward High School, Gargano decided to enter CAPW's professional wrestling school in order to become a professional wrestler. At age 16, Gargano began training at the Cleveland All Pro Training Center under J.T. Lightning and Josh Prohibition. Gargano cites Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho and Johnny Saint as his role models.
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