Top 5 WWE Moments of the Week

5. Gargano and Ciampa Hit the Ring

After making an appearance in a backstage segment with William Regal and Tyler Breeze the previous week, we finally saw the in-ring debuts of Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa on NXT TV.

Two of the most well know faces on the indie circuit around the world, the pair have been on the WWE radar for a while and this was the first chance for a lot of the WWE fans to see them perform. The match took place as part of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic on NXT with Tyler Breeze and Bull Dempsey as the opponents. It finished with a somewhat surprising result, as Gargano and Ciampa won to advance to the second round.

It’s so good to see talents who are not contracted to the company getting a chance to impress. You only have to look at the popularity of Leva “Blue Pants” Bates on NXT to see how bringing people in as part-time acts, whilst allowing them still perform on the indies, can benefit both the company and the talent.  This could be the future of how contracts will work for NXT talent in the years going forward.

Bringing in Gargano and Ciampa on this basis (they also took part on the most recent NXT tapings) gives them a chance to get over with the crowd, whilst giving the company the chance to have a look at them both in the ring. I hope that both men are eventually signed to full-time contracts and go on to have massively successful careers in WWE.

Next: No. 4