WWE Nixed Plans To Reunite Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa Over The Summer season

This week’s episode of “WWE Uncooked” featured a long-awaited reunion between Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, collectively referred to as DIY. Previous to Monday, Gargano had been saved off of current WWE programming, final wrestling on the Might 15 episode of “Uncooked.” Within the midst of his absence, Ciampa shared a “lacking” poster for Gargano, seemingly insinuating that the 2 would quickly come again collectively. Regardless of Ciampa’s recurring hints, Gargano remained absent for months.

Per Fightful Select, Gargano and Ciampa have been beforehand slated to reform DIY earlier in the summertime on WWE tv, however these plans have been nixed, alongside a number of different storylines. Upon his tv return on the June 19 episode of “Uncooked,” Ciampa answered an open problem put forth by The Miz, who was initially desiring to face Seth Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship. Resulting from a pre-match beatdown by Finn Balor, although, Rollins was unable to defend his title, which led to The Miz providing up a match in opposition to any competitor within the “Uncooked” locker room.

This sequence of occasions unfolded on account of last-minute inventive modifications. Fightful Choose studies that Ciampa was initially penciled in as Rollins’ challenger in a title match that may later be interrupted by The Judgment Day. Because the heel steady presumably attacked Rollins and Ciampa, Johnny Gargano was set to even the chances, and assist fend off Judgment Day in entrance of his hometown of Cleveland. Inventive plans for this story have been reportedly closely altered within the days main as much as “Uncooked” earlier than being dropped fully, which Fightful says led to frustration from a number of individuals concerned.