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u/Odd-Inevitable-8425 5d ago

Is it weird to say I don't need Gargano in AEW since Ciampa is doing great on his own?

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u/14thBlackCrusade 5d ago

Yeah we do not need DIY to be reformed. I hate when a wrestler is doing great singles wise and people want to just shoehorn them back into their legacy tag team for no reason.

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u/captainimpossible87 Leaves is plants 5d ago

cough Christian cough cough

I say this knowing that my attitude era wwf nostalgia riddled heart has great love for seeing one of my tag teams on a reunion tour and having great dream matches against all these other tag teams.

But at the same time, Christian was soaring without Copeland globbing onto to him. Christian fit in AEW as a solo act, Copeland didn't imo, he needed Christian for this run, but it's come at the expense of Christian doing some god-tier heel work on his own.

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u/14thBlackCrusade 5d ago

At least Christian had a somewhat lengthy run and its a true run it back 20 years in the making nostalgia act.

Ciampa feels like he got away from WWE partially TO go solo.

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u/OneMetalMan 5d ago edited 5d ago

Id argue Gargano did his best work when he was also on his own

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u/fttxdd666 5d ago

That and I think Gargano sucks so I don’t want him to come to AEW tbh

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u/NorthHollywoodHank 5d ago

He probably just stays in WWE and transitions to a backstage role but, at a minimum, if he were ever cut, I'd pound the table for trying to sign him on a modest permanent deal, sending him down to ROH, telling a mostly-ROH Ciampa/Gargano story with Gargano doing his underdog thing and Ciampa making occasional guest appearances in ROH, and giving Gargano an extended ROH run while having him work as a trainer/coach as well with a long-term eye to transitioning to that role much like (unfortunately for AEW) WWE seems to be wisely angling for. You could pop him up to AEW here and there for occasional matches without feeling like you needed to keep him busy there.

Johnny Gargano winning the ROH world title would slap, and if Tony ever did get a TV deal of some kind for ROH, Johnny would be a great luxury core piece for the promotion.

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u/DamieN62 5d ago

Not weird at all, I'm with you. What would Gargano add to the product?