page_title: Johnny Gargano
section_title: Championships and accomplishments
hierarchical_section_title: Johnny Gargano / Championships and accomplishments
caption_attribution_description: English: Gargano NXT Champion
context_page_description: Johnny Gargano is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand. He is a former NXT Champion, NXT North American Champion, and NXT Tag Team Champion.
  Gargano started his professional wrestling career in 2005, working for the Cleveland All–Pro Wrestling promotion. Over the following years, Gargano worked for some of the top promotions on the American independent circuit, including Chikara, Dragon Gate USA, Evolve and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. 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 and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
  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.
context_section_description: Absolute Intense Wrestling
  AIW Absolute Championship (1 time)
  AIW Intense Championship (2 times)
  Gauntlet for the Gold (2012)
  Jack of All Trios (2010) – with Flip Kendrick and Louis Lyndon
  CBS Sports
  Feud of the Year (2018) vs. Tommaso Ciampa
  Feud of the Year (2019) vs. Adam Cole
  Match of the Year (2019) vs. Adam Cole at NXT TakeOver: New York
  NXT Match of the Year (2018) vs. Andrade Cien Almas at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia
  WWE Male Wrestler of the Year (2018)
  Championship Wrestling Experience
  CWE Undisputed Championship (1 time)
  Chikara
  Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas (2 times) – with Chuck Taylor
  The Countdown Showdown (2010)
  Cleveland All–Pro Wrestling
  CAPW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  DDT Pro-Wrestling
  Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)
  Dragon Gate USA/Evolve Wrestling
  Evolve Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Drew Galloway
  Open the Freedom Gate Championship (2 times)
  Open the United Gate Championship (1 time) – with Rich Swann
  CITIC Cup (2014)
  Evolve Tag Team Championship Tournament (2016) – with Drew Galloway
  International Wrestling Cartel
  IWC Super Indy Championship (1 time)
  IWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Michael Facade
  Legacy Wrestling
  Legacy Championship (1 time)
  Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  Feud of the Year (2018) vs. Tommaso Ciampa
  Feud of the Year (2019) vs. Adam Cole
  Ranked No. 6 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2019
  Pro Wrestling Ohio/Prime Wrestling
  PWO/Prime Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
  Smash Wrestling
  Smash Wrestling Championship (1 time)
  Sports Illustrated
  Ranked No. 9 of the 10 Best Male Wrestlers of 2018 (tied with Tommaso Ciampa)
  Wrestling Cares Association
  Race for the Ring Tournament (2014)
  Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  Feud of the Year (2018) vs. Tommaso Ciampa
  Feud of the Year (2019) vs. Adam Cole
  WWE
  NXT Championship (1 time)
  NXT North American Championship (1 time)
  NXT Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tommaso Ciampa
  First NXT Triple Crown Champion
  NXT Year-End Award (5 times)
  Match of the Year (2016) – with Tommaso Ciampa vs. The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) in a two-out-of-three falls match for the NXT Tag Team Championship at NXT TakeOver: Toronto
  Match of the Year (2018) – vs. Andrade Cien Almas for the NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia (2018)
  Match of the Year (2019) – vs. Adam Cole in a Two-out-of-three falls match for the vacant NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: New York
  Rivalry of the Year (2018) vs. Tommaso Ciampa
  Rivalry of the Year (2019) vs. Adam Cole
caption: Gargano is a former NXT Champion
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