• Major Update On Johnny Gargano’s WWE Contract Status
In the main event segment of this week’s NXT 2.0, Johnny Gargano came out and addressed the fans. He said NXT is the only place he has ever felt special in his life. He’s loves and believes in NXT so much that he never left this brand for RAW/SmackDown.
He said change is scary, but it needs to happen. He said he’s going to start the most important job of his life in February 2022, as he will officially become a father.
He said he doesn’t know what the future holds for him and then he got attacked by Grayson Waller. He powerbombed Gargano through the announce table to end the show, as fans chanted “piece of sh*t”.
WHAT. HAS. GRAYSON. WALLER. DONE?!?!#WWENXT @GraysonWWE @JohnnyGargano pic.twitter.com/2ijknxygUQ
— WWE (@WWE) December 8, 2021
What did we just witness?#WWENXT @GraysonWWE @JohnnyGargano pic.twitter.com/CGFXD4gX2p
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) December 8, 2021
After the show went off the air, Gargano had emotional moments with other wrestlers. Below are the photos:
#ThankYouJohnny @JohnnyGargano #WWENXT 📷🙌👏 pic.twitter.com/FGpDid4KOR
— Kim (@kimberlasskick) December 8, 2021
#ThankYouKyle #ThankYouJohnny #WWENXT 📷👏 @KORcombat @JohnnyGargano pic.twitter.com/vy3N1pFLry
— Kim (@kimberlasskick) December 8, 2021
💜💜💜 @CandiceLeRae @ShawnMichaels #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/1nrWoBhvVa
— Kim (@kimberlasskick) December 8, 2021
D I Y 👋 👏 📷 #WWENXT @JohnnyGargano @NXTCiampa pic.twitter.com/PebqtNq4u9
— Kim (@kimberlasskick) December 8, 2021
According to Fightful Select, Gargano is officially done with WWE. WWE made several efforts to re-sign Gargano, but he didn’t sign a new deal.
He’s officially a free agent now and doesn’t have a non-compete clause (since he wasn’t released, his contract expired), so he could debut in AEW as soon as next Wednesday’s Dynamite if he and AEW President Tony Khan decided to.
Here are Gargano’s accomplishments in WWE NXT:
– 1x NXT Champion
– 3x NXT North American Champion
– 1x NXT Tag Team Champion
– 1st NXT Triple Crown Champion
– 5x NXT Year-End Awards
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWE HISTORY (December 9, 2002) – WWE Monday Night RAW
On this day in 2002, World Wrestling Entertainment aired another LIVE episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWE Monday Night RAW’.
It was broadcasted from the Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee and featured matches & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWE Armageddon 2002’ PPV.
Here’s the match-card:
1. Lance Storm & William Regal vs. Booker T & Goldust
2. Steven Richards vs. Jacqueline
3. Batista vs. Rob Van Dam
4. Christopher Nowinski & D’Lo Brown vs. Al Snow & Maven
5. Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy
6. Handicap Match: Kane vs. 3-Minute Warning
7. Tables Match: Dudley Boyz & Trish Stratus vs. Chris Jericho, Christian & Victoria
