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#3 Johnny Wrestling drops Ricochet; Tommaso Ciampa Fades to Black
Johnny Gargano opened this week's episode of NXT and addressed the elephant in the room regarding Tommaso Ciampa. While Gargano and Ciampa had a "moment" in the steel cage, Gargano said that DIY is not reforming, and he still thinks Ciampa is a piece of garbage.
After that, Gargano challenged the One and Only to a match for the NXT North American Championship. Gargano said that he learned something in 2018. It doesn't matter how much of a good person you are. What matters is winning and championships.
In 2018, he didn't have much of either, but he plans on turning all that around in 2019, and his first step in that plan is to take the North American Championship off of Ricochet.
Ricochet came out to respond, and just as things were getting heated between the two, Tommaso Ciampa's music hit. Before Ciampa could say anything, Gargano stopped him, demanding that he leave and let Gargano and Ricochet figure this out themselves. Before Ciampa could do that, he was assaulted by Aleister Black, his challenger for the NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: Phoenix.
Black was all over Ciampa at this point, as Gargano and Ricochet watched the beatdown from the ring. At this point, Gargano noticed Ricochet's attention was fully on the brawl and caught the champion with a superkick. Gargano stood over an unconscious Ricochet, and it seemed that his turn to the dark side will continue as we move onward.
Johnny Gargano facing Ricochet for the NXT North American Championship should be the match of the night, and will most definitely be a match of the year contender. NXT TakeOver: Phoenix is shaping up to be an incredible show, and we still have two weeks left to build.
