The Complete A-Z Of Wrestling In 2018

20. G - Greatest Sports Entertainer Of All Time

Asuka Zack Sabre Jr
WWE.com

The story is still being told between former partners Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, but the latter has been the one to shine brighter from their evocative war.

Returning to deck 'Johnny Wrestling' after his near-miss NXT Championship shot against Andrade 'Cien' Almas at January's TakeOver: Philadelphia, Ciampa became the best genuine wrestling heel in the world in time for one of the greatest matches in company history the night before WrestleMania. The 'Greatest Sports Entertainer Of All Time' was flexing on Twitter long before Becky Lynch became 'The Man' - it may well be how he chiseled himself into supervillain shape for the role of a lifetime.

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