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7. Do It Themselves
Tommaso Ciampa's February 2019 neck injury brought a three-year feud with Johnny Gargano to an unexpected and abrupt climax a month shy of how the real one should have played out.
It was likely that 'Johnny Wrestling' was going to win the NXT Championship at TakeOver: New York in April, but the victory he craved was one against the man that had sacrificed everything he loved to make it so. Ciampa's real life injury turned him kayfabe babyface, resulting in Triple H making the brave decision to have the pair make fragile amends on screen following Gargano's win.
Returning in time for NXT's move to USA Network, Ciampa set his sights on "Goldie" and passively linked arms with fellow face Gargano in the process. But was anything truly resolved? Surely...surely the pair want one final fight to determine conclusively just who the better man is.
Should Ciampa regain the Championship as many presume he will, a last shot for Gargano seems appropriate. As respectful babyfaces, they could assemble a technical spectacle not witnessed since the 2016 Cruiserweight Classic banger that started all this. As bookending showcases of their immense talents, there'd be no finer way to close out the epic tale.