Realest Guys The Realest Guys are a professional wrestling tag team in WWE consisting of Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady . The team was formerly managed by Cassady ' s real - life girlfriend , Carmella . In real life , Amore and Cassady met as teenagers , during a pick - up game of basketball at The Cage in Manhattan , New York , nearly ten years before reuniting on NXT , in August 2013 . History . NXT ( 2013 - 2016 ) . Enzo Amore made his debut on May 22 , 2013 , where he was quickly defeated by Mason Ryan . Amore went on to form an alliance with Colin Cassidy , who had previously also lost in his debut to Mason Ryan , and they labelled themselves " the realest guys in the room " . Despite Amore and Cassady ' s alliance , Ryan easily defeated them in consecutive singles matches in July , but lost to them in a handicap match . Ryan ultimately had the last laugh when he caused Amore and Cassady to be attacked by Tons of Funk . After the feud with Ryan , Amore and Cassady went on to feud with Alexander Rusev , Sylvester Lefort and Scott Dawson . On September 25 episode of " NXT " , Amore and Cassady participated in a gauntlet match for a future shot at the NXT Tag Team Championship ; they started the match , first defeating C . J . Parker and Tyler Breeze , then beating Rusev and Dawson , but fell to their final opponents , the Ascension . In November 2013 , Amore suffered a broken leg while training . Amore returned on June 26 , 2014 episode of " NXT " , saving Cassady from an attack from Sylvester Lefort and Marcus Louis . In early August , Amore and Cassady participated in the NXT Tag Team Championship tournament . They defeated Jason Jordan and Tye Dillinger in the first round but were eliminated by the Vaudevillains ( Aiden English and Simon Gotch ) in the second round . Lefort and Louis then renewed their rivalry with Amore and Cassady by attacking them and shaving Amore ' s beard . As a result , Amore challenged Lefort to a match with the loser ' s hair as forfeit at . Amore proceeded to win the match but Lefort ran away , leaving his partner , Louis , to lose his hair and eyebrows at the hands of Amore and Cassady . Amore and Cassady formed an alliance with the debuting Carmella . The duo had accidentally cost Carmella her hairdressing job as per the storyline , causing her to demand to get a job as a professional wrestler . Carmella had her televised in - ring debut on the [ [ October 16 ] ] , 2014 episode of " NXT " . Among the trainers at NXT , Amore singled out Bill DeMott and Dusty Rhodes as being instrumental in his training and promos respectively . In March 2015 , Amore and Cassady began a rivalry with NXT Tag Team Champions Blake and Murphy , with the champions insulting Amore and Cassady while attempting to woo Carmella . On the March 11 episode of " NXT " , Amore and Cassady defeated The Lucha Dragons in a number one contender ' s match for a title opportunity against Blake and Murphy . Amore and Cassady received their title match at , which they would lose after Alexa Bliss interfered . At , Enzo and Cass challenged The Revival ( Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson ) for the NXT Tag Team Championship in a losing effort . They were granted another title opportunity against The Revival at WWE Roadblock , but were again defeated . Main roster ( 2016 - present ) . On the April 4 episode of " Raw " , Amore and Cassady debuted and confronted The Dudley Boyz .