DIY (mostly stylized as #DIY) was a professional wrestling tag team, composed of Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa. The team, also known for wrestling for independent promotions, was best known for performing in WWE's NXT brand, where they are former NXT Tag Team Champions.
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WWE
NXT (2015-2017)
On September 2, 2015, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa were announced as part of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament. On September 9, they successfully advanced in the first round of the tournament, defeating the also newly formed duo of Tyler Breeze and Bull Dempsey. On the September 16 episode of NXT, Ciampa and Gargano lost to Baron Corbin and Rhyno, thus eliminating them from the tournament. On the October 28 edition of NXT, Gargano and Ciampa were defeated by Jason Jordan and Chad Gable.
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 The Vaudevillians. On the May 25 edition of NXT, Ciampa and Gargano defeated TM-61. On June 1, Gargano and Ciampa defeated The Revival (Dash Wilder 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 Cruiserweight Classic tournament, which saw Gargano defeat Ciampa in a first round match. On July 14, Gargano was eliminated from the tournament by the eventual winner T.J. Perkins. 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 (Akam and Rezar) 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 two out of three falls match 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 Akira Tozawa in Japan, as well as TM61 in Australia, respectively. On the January 11 episode of NXT, DIY defeated The Revival 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. On April 1, 2017, they would receive their rematch at NXT TakeOver: Orlando in a triple threat elimination match that also involved The Revival, but failed to regain the titles after being the first team eliminated.
On May 20, 2017, DIY received another shot against The Authors of Pain at NXT TakeOver: Chicago in a ladder match, made official by NXT General Manager William Regal on the May 10 episode of NXT. The duo lost the title match and following the match, Ciampa turned on Gargano and attacked him, thus turning Ciampa heel and disbanding the team.
Diy Theme Video
In wrestling
- Double team finishing moves
- Meeting in the Middle (Running knee smash (Ciampa) / Superkick (Gargano) combination to a kneeling opponent)
- Double team signature moves
- Jumping high knee (Ciampa) and a gamengiri (Gargano) to a cornered opponent
- Drop toe-hold (Ciampa) followed by a mushroom stomp (Gargano) followed by a running knee (Ciampa)
- Gargano's finishing moves
- Gargano Escape/Garga-No-Escape (Chickenwing over the shoulder crossface, sometimes with a stepover toehold)
- Hurts Donut/Uniquely You (Full nelson lifted and dropped into a reverse STO)
- Ciampa's finishing moves
- Bridging Fujiwara armbar - NXT
- Project Ciampa (Powerbomb dropped into a double knee backbreaker)
- Nicknames
- Johnny Gargano:
- "Johnny Wrestling"
- "(The Bee's Knees, The Cat's Pajamas and) The Whole Shebang"
- Tommaso Ciampa:
- "The Psycho Killer"
- "The Sicilian Psychopath"
- "The Dominant Male"
- "The Project"
- Johnny Gargano:
- Entrance themes
- "Chrome Hearts" by CFO$ (NXT)
Championships and accomplishments
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked Gargano #114 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016
- PWI ranked Ciampa #105 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016
- NXT
- NXT Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- NXT Year-End Award (1 time)
- Match of the Year (2016) vs. The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) (c) in a two-out-of-three falls match for the NXT Tag Team Championship at NXT TakeOver: Toronto
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