NXT's Greatest Story Ever? | Gargano vs Ciampa: The DIY Saga

NXT Black and Gold at its height was adored by wrestling fans. One of the rivalries that was the pinnacle of the brand's existence was the story between Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, the team known as DIY. They started off as best friends united by a common goal, then eventually became the most bitter of enemies in an epic saga. this video takes a look back at their classic story in NXT.
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[@SuperkickStudios]

where does this rank in all time WWE stories?

[@alphawrestlingfan6689]

Top 20

[@Kalel2.0]

Top 20-30. It was definitely a highlight of the late 2010s

[@andraiy644]

Top 10

[@RainStoorm]

Top 10

[@thetruej7872]

Top 20

[@victorapolinario2766]

The Johnny heel turn on Aleister because he’s the one that wanted to fight Ciampa was genius. That elevated so much the complexity of the story

[@shawnmichaels568]

The pure storytelling and matches that this 2 had was just incredible, It's the greatest storyline in NXT, In my opinion.

[@Wwesvr11bestprojects]

Hope you enjoy it because this won’t work on the main roster. Gargano is an anchor for Ciampa. Ciampa has improved so much in his mic skills and character. Johnny still just a small wrestler with no persona

[@Kalel2.0]

​@@Wwesvr11bestprojectsCiampa was already good on the mic and maybe it could work not a larger scale or focus like it was in NXT but a good Upper Midcard feud

[@prevail504]

@@Wwesvr11bestprojectsWhy are you Glazing ciampa so much. His promos sKiLLs have been the same

[@theartoonnerdologist411]

@@Wwesvr11bestprojectsman should have the intercontinental title

[@luxmar1]

thanks for just summarizing the video you idiot

[@Kalel2.0]

The Ciampa and Gargano rivalry drew so many similarities to the HHH and HBK rivalry with the whole Good Friends Better Enemies schtick it just sucks they didnt have a proper ending. Hope they both succeed on the main roster

[@jaypennie7297]

I have always said that DIY was like a modern day DX just weren’t as big but like you the similarities are canning

[@alec2000]

This story brings back so many memories😌. Everything from how DIY was formed, how they became best of friends, and then Ciampa betraying Gargano, and then ALL of the matches they’ve had together were just amazing. This feud definitely had those HHH/HBK rivalry vibes and that’s not a bad thing. That rivalry is forever classic, and what Gargano and Ciampa did, while nothing original, was spectacular. NXT Black and Gold truly was special, and I’ll forever miss it for the memories it gave me and my brother.😊😌

[@thetruej7872]

For sure bro. The DIY rivalry was so good.

[@thetruej7872]

The DIY rivalry is what made me a big fan of Johnny Gargano. That's why I got 2 of his shirts. He was and still is my favorite underdog babyface.

[@shawnmichaels568]

The Gorgano and Ciampa story, To me. Is the greatest story in NXT. Everything about was wonderful.

[@andraiy644]

That was the most compelling feud WWE had since Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho imo. Gargano and Ciampa completely killed it. Man, I miss this NXT so much.

[@Kfields1234]

Umm noo but it was good

[@isaacsavage5988]

@@Kfields1234 he's not wrong this had the greatest story telling since jericho vs shawn

[@rayparker4231]

So happy they’re back together on the main roster, allowing them to team together and putting them in matches should help them get over the same way they initially did before going onto other storylines/ feuds

[@mycahjofficial]

*Not only the greatest feud in the NXT history, but one of the greatest feuds of all time. Sure it may have dragged on a little bit too long and yeah, I do feel like the feud could’ve ended better if it wasn’t for the pandemic, but everything else, though was just damn near perfect from the storytelling and the exceptional matches that Gargano and Ciampa had.*

[@WolfgangVonMunch]

I remember being in my bed in Germany watching their unsanctioned match at like 3.30 am and instead of being tired sitting upright and going through all the emotions. Never did I get that invested into a match ever again

[@JSPokemonYT]

One of the greatest stories in the history of professional wrestling!

[@brettrossi034]

Man, nothing beat NXT black and gold through those amazing years. Every week the 1 hour shows. And the 4 takeover shows. Pure wrestling and storytelling.

[@kadharefinley224]

Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa’s feud in my opinion in the best feud of the modern era. They gave me Triple H and Shawn Michaels blood feud vibes, those two absolutely wanted to killed each other. The matches Ciampa and Gargano had at Takeovers were classics and I will say some of the best in takeover history. Glad that they’re back to together on the Main Roster hopefully they can win the Undisputed Tag Team Titles

[@SirDawkster]

The storytelling was so carefully crafted between Gargano and Ciampa. Two NXT legends.

[@teemimika7105]

This feud is the peak of slow burn storyline and i think it's right behind Shawn and Triple H feud. Hopefully casual fans can catch the essence of how great DIY were after watching this video because it's so damn good

[@BigJay412]

Can’t lie I really want to see this all over again on the main roster

[@mdlikhon9730]

The storytelling, the intensity and the matches didn't only make it the Greatest NXT story but also one of the best stories ever.

[@jay-ceepietersen568]

The Best NXT Feud Of All Time I Still Watch Their Matches Even Now

[@JaydenJones878]

This was the peak of NXT Black & Gold, this storyline was one of the greatest storytelling in NXT history, and I would love to see this match one more time, one day Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano will main event Wrestlemania. Fun Fact: My Brother & I was at NXT Takeover Chicago 1 when Tommaso Ciampa turn on Johnny Gargano, and we were kinda closer when Ciampa put Gargano through the table.

[@iconx4167]

So happy you did a video on this. Every match was phenomenal. Top 3 rivalries of all time. Peak NXT era featured a peak rivalry.

[@diegoprodriguez]

I have the actual pleasure of getting into NXT right when DIY v The Revival started happening so I have actually the Ballad of Strongheart and Blackheart since its inception in WWE all the way up to being the in the crowd when they reunited on Raw. It was an electric moment and one of my favorites as a fan.

[@EllyJelly23.]

It’s kind of weird… I remember being 10 years old watching it all start in front of my eyes. The story ended when I was 15 year olds. Now I’m 18 and watching them reunite on RAW.

[@DanielDeLeon69]

Hey Superkick Studios Thanks For Making These AWESOME Wrestling Videos!❤❤❤

[@RainStoorm]

I love every single pne of their matches against each other, they had so much chemistry together snd against one another, hopefully they run the rivalry back one last time

[@twistedgravity1]

I was literally trying to find a video like this last night....what amazing timing

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

Johnny and ciampa had one of the best rivalry in nxt history the feud they had reminds you of Shawn and triple h but im glad they became diy bros again I'll be so happy if they become undisputed tag team champions one day 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@vinaygawande9550]

Not gonna lie I wanted this video for a long time and now finally it is here

[@mathewstock7546]

Thank you for bringing up the Takeover Orlando Triple Treat match, its been one of my favorites for a while now, but no one talks about it

[@mouldsgame]

I'll die on the hill that the DIY-Revival 2 out of 3 falls match is the best tag team match of all time.

[@crzyboproductions]

Thank you for this video

[@mharlougarcia1480]

I've been looking for this for a long time.

[@SDS006.]

these 2 fighting each other will never EVER get old. Damn i miss prime NXT

[@meldrickedwards1892]

Man, this was a peak rivalry.

[@fatherjustin9117]

incredible video

[@mprp2348]

Not many matches in all of wrestling had atmospheres that can match what was going on at New Orleans

[@theartistformallyknownasle4490]

I have a feeling that their match in 2020 was supposed to be a Hell In A Cell match

[@RomaroBrandon]

It honestly went on a little too long but it is a great rivalry to one of the reasons DIY is on my Mt Rushmore of NXT Tag Teams and Johnny Gargano is on my Mt Rushmore on NXT Superstars.

[@Glitches_Aint_Shit]

What's the rest of your Mt. Rushmore? Mine are: Gargano, Cole, Balor, and Zayn. Team: DIY, Revival, Ascension, and Street Profits. Women: Asuka, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Paige.

[@RomaroBrandon]

@@Glitches_Aint_Shit NXT Mt Rushmore Men: Adam Cole, Bron Breakker, Finn Bálor, Johnny Gargano. NXT Mt Rushmore Tag Team: DIY, Pretty Deadly, Street Profits, Undisputed Era NXT Mt Rushmore Women: Asuka, Charlotte Flair, Paige, Rhea Ripley.

[@Glitches_Aint_Shit]

@RomaroBrandon damn I forgot about undisputed era for a bit. That's a solid list

[@davidrichter9505]

Greatest Storyline ever from nxt

[@matthennessy146]

With Triple H having full creative control I cant wait until he retells there story on the main roster. As great as there matches were at takeover imaging Gargano vs Cianpa at WrestleMania someday Happy to see them back together as a tag team on the main roster. If I’m Triple H you keep them as a team for a year so they can get over with the main roster give them a run with the tag titles. Then when the audience loves these guys as a team you pull the trigger & have Cianpa stab Gargano in the back making the audience hate Cianpa & making them want to root for Gargano

[@Zytate]

Soon 🔜

[@staalhard4044]

Different audience.The casual main roster fans only care about entrance themes, fireworks, catch phrases and elderly parttimers burying future stars.

[@Sky_FMJ]

hope one of them will get the heavyweight title and restart this story with a new goldie, god knows that new title need something to make it worth fighting for.

[@wwewrestlingandgaming4136]

This was the Cena/Orton of the NXT B&G

[@Hamsey_irl]

Rewatching this after DIY won tag team titles on smackdown last night

[@kazuhasgloves]

Hell yeah, I loved this feud! 🔥🔥🔥

[@danielborgman4308]

Loved this one

[@juanoro-barcenas79495]

2018 NXT was amazing, to the point that it was better than Smackdown Live and Raw. It was considered the best wrestling in North America before AEW came around. Gargano and Ciampa were some of the best wrestlers in the world alongside Adam Cole, Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes, Chris Jericho, etc.

[@louis-marcelotsamamba6688]

They’re probably going to bring it back to the main roster since DIY is back

[@tommy_swim243]

Dude i will never forget this storyline in nxt

[@russfn.]

They should reinvent the ciampa vs gargano story for the main roster

[@AleYouniS1407]

I wish they were being booked like that on the main roster

[@Mr_Leo_DS]

These two are the main reason why NXT Black and Gold is the best brand in pro wrestling history

[@matthewlo7868]

While I’m happy that DIY is back together on the main roster, I worry cause most main roster fans are still hung up on Vince’s idea of what a superstar should be.. A big, sweaty man.

[@nathanuber530]

First time I ever watched Tomaso Ciampa wrestle was in Fall River, MA in 2008 in some banquet hall. Knew the dude was a star as soon as I saw him

[@Pierrepaule]

8:02 if Jim Ross was at the commentary team he would say « Why Ciampa Why Tell me why, Why » Jim Ross would have been a excellent commentator for this feud he would call Ciampa a son ****

[@arshkazmi6740]

They should let the storyline continue in the main roster. This team has so much potential to be over in the main roster

[@BiggestChungus21]

Hopefully they do man. And with Triple H on the helm and looking like most of their top top stars as part timers? It's time to start the slowest of all slow burns

[@dogepin1640]

Was the most underrated story

[@FranakinSkywalker66]

No NXT story has ever and probably will never be this good

[@abhishekbhardwaj7737]

Amazing ❤ Best Frnds. Bitter Enemies.

[@BloodlinesBurner]

My fav rivalry ever

[@Zelenox]

Incroyable

[@haarisajmeri9811]

Your intro is very sick

[@IdkHowToFollowAnyone]

I Have All Of NXT PPVs In This Era...n It Still Hasn't Been Topped Since....

[@avasquez5919]

These two are on my black and gold NXT mount Rushmore along with Cole and Balor

[@coopernut]

Ciampa is ABSOLUTELY fantastic, but I whole heartedly consider Johnny Gargano to be my favorite wrestler. He is highly underrated, I feel, and that upsets me. I remember randomly deciding to watch NXT and just falling in love with it. It was around the time NXT was at it's "super-peak", the only good thing WWE had goin on at the time- Who attacked Aleister. From then on, I would constantly stay tuned, religiously, every week. These two are a corner stone for NXT, and I wish WWE would do more with them on the main roster. Love these guys and their unbelievable history and chemistry. Absolutely brilliant!

[@andrewgrant624]

Not gonna lie your telling of this story had me reliving this in the moment to the point that I got goosebumps. This rivalry and the sasha banks Bayley story was PEAK NXT

[@paulcarpenter7844]

The great time in wrestling history and I grew up in the attitude era

[@Bariwon1]

The Bloodline storyline doesn't exist without THIS storyline taking place

[@paulcarpenter7844]

Watch them at House show last Saturday they were fantastic

[@PrinceHagarty-hy9rk]

The greatest nxt wrestlers of all time

[@killerdenzel5499]

this was the triple h vs hbk of nxt some great

[@kingp4442]

You should do a video on Lio Rush in wwe(his debut to his nxt run)

[@alphawrestlingfan6689]

I hope diy will be pushed and not be another tagteam.

[@oratilwebaloyi2524]

My man, when are you going to do another episode of booked 😢

[@ginofrancejr555]

THE GREATEST STORYLINE IN NXT HISTORY

[@Loe_Jist]

They've been lackluster and sorta generic on Raw so far. But they have a ton of potential. I'm a big fan of Ciampa, especially, from NXT and his performance a few years ago in the royal rumble. There's a lot happening on the main WWE shows, but if they're well written and given a proper angle I think they can still really shine.

[@eren_88]

-yo superkickstudios do a video essay on the Rise and fall of AEW from selling out arena's in their first ever PPV to barely selling out their flag ship show Dynamite

[@alolanvulpix2848]

Oh!

[@Thestray187]

2016 was the best nxt roster they had in along time

[@FaizalKuntz]

When NXT was a most see show

[@IXSymbioticxTrevXI2019]

Really sucks that we didn't get to see the payoff of the feud in a live crowd

[@SandowMovesets]

Yeah, and that cinematic match they had was really bad too

[@TheBorwig]

One of the biggest regrets of my life is that 4th match never happening at Wrestlemania weekend

[@lycanz3tearz628]

The heat champa got was insane.. You couldn't buy that kinda heat

[@ysbn5518]

Juice WRLD big dog instrumental🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@collinskanazache8682]

💯

[@Ninjaslayer-hg5ck]

do cole vs gargano next

[@6Miya9]

How Is you favorite Storytelling . Super kick Studie .

[@KaiC4C]

WWE should do another CWC.

[@olemissguy200]

I’m just sad that it never got the ending it was supposed to

[@ipat202]

They weren't called DIY for a bit

[@jotarouchiha5950]

Where is Booked ? It's been a whole year

[@johnmelis30]

I WANNA SEE DIY HEELS AND GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS IN WRESTLING HISTORY IN 2030.

[@braytonvbeck]

was supposed to be at that takeover tampa show. i stopped watching wrestling after it got cancelled :(

[@dylanbryant3547]

The old nxt

[@njayy026]

Was DIY the first time we saw Triple H do the long term style of booking?

[@LWilliams699]

Man I hope Raw get DIY the respect they deserve

[@hhtptai]

I'm not even gonna lie, I was on Johnny's side throughout the whole feud 😂

[@heyslade64]

Cant wait till they job to street profits !!

[@castielchieng7475]

This feud is the most I had invested in till now. I never get so emotional for wrestling when Johnny finally won the championship with Ciampa hugging him.

[@Christiantheforestdweller]

Did anyone else read the thumbnail as the story of pig.

[@johnnymanahan1551]

8:18 in, I'm almost in tears.