12 Upcoming Wrestling Stories That Are Already Doomed
7. Another DIY Glory Run/Breakup
As both heels and babyfaces in the Triple H era of WWE, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa have had a consistent presence in the tag division, even scoring blue brand gold along the way. But something else has been ever-present too - a troubling lack of noise for much of their work.
In an era where so many characters are greeted with euphoric cheers, boos and chants, the former NXT Tag and Singles champions get hardly anything at all. The black-and-gold comparison is only more damning, not least because of the time between then and now too. Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock's entire main event runs could just about fit in the space between the pair's One Final Beat pandemic disasterpiece and 2025, and there aren't too many wrestlers more diametrically opposed in terms of megastar aura than 'The Texas Rattlesnake, 'The Great One' and DIY.
Triple H remembers just how massive the pair were as he reached the apex of his stint as NXT booker in the 2010s, but fans filling main roster buildings don't seem to have the same nostalgia. Many of the disillusioned millennials he courted back then migrated to All Elite Wrestling, replaced (eventually) by a younger crowd hip to the WWE of today rather than what came before. Gargano and Ciampa are the type to fulfil potentially crucial roles as gatekeepers for tomorrow's stars, but any chance of them experiencing the glory themselves looks long, long gone.