Johnny Gargano is fired up about his WWE return.
On the August 22 episode of WWE Raw, the former NXT Champion returned to the company nine months after he left following the expiration of his contract. During a promo on the show, Gargano stated that he came back because he was betting on himself and he wanted to make his dreams come true.
In a WWE Digital Exclusive after the show, "Johnny Wrestling" discussed his return and emphasized that he was glad the fans remembered him. He noted that he felt like a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders, and now he's ready to get to work.
“I’m still at a loss for words. I don’t know. When you’re away for so long, I was away for nine months, like I said, and I was just kinda changing diapers and watching Bluey and doing the dad thing for a long time. It’s just one of those things where you just don’t know if people are gonna remember who you are. Yeah, I was here for a long time in NXT, and I did of cool things. But there’s still that big part of me who was just a nervous wreck all day because I was like hopefully at least one person remembers who I am. To stand there and watch my name come up on the tron and see people go nuts, I’m like man, it’s really a relief. I feel like a huge weight is lifted off my shoulders now because people remember who I am, and now it’s time to get to work," Gargano said.
When asked to describe what he hopes to accomplish in the future, Gargano made it clear that he wants to win titles and compete at WrestleMania.
“Well, I said that I came back for a lot of different reasons, but first of all, I wanted to be intercontinental champion, United States champion, WWE Champion. I wanna wrestle at WrestleMania, and there’s only one place you can do that, and that’s here in WWE. That’s why I came back, that’s why I am beyond proud to be here. I’m just a ball of energy because I just went out there for the first one. Literally I’ve been sitting at home doing nothing for nine months. Just diapers, and you know diapers, there’s no good diapers, I promise. But yeah, I’m so over the moon, I’m so excited. I’m really excited honestly now to go back home and see my baby. I think he was watching. He might be sleeping. He got a chant tonight. There was a ‘Baby Wrestling’ chant in a WWE ring. Yeah, score one for him. He’s gonna appreciate it when he gets older. I’m gonna be like, ‘Hey, watch this tape. Watch this VHS.’ Let's go. Let's go," he said.
Theory crashed Gargano's return and wound up eating a superkick from his former stablemate in The Way. More information is available here.
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