Johnny Gargano Says It Was A Cool Moment To Keep His WWE Return Secret

Johnny Gargano reflects on his WWE return.

Johnny Gargano looks back on his return to WWE.

In August of 2022, on an episode of Monday Night RAW, Johnny Gargano would make his return to WWE immediately following a commerical break, shocking the fans in attendance and watching at home. Gargano would cut a promo after, and has since reunited DIY with Tommaso Ciampa.

While speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet in a recent interview, Gargano looked back on his return, noting that he found it to be a cool moment due to how it was kept a secret.

“So funny too, is like people always talk about the reaction. And people are like, oh man, they should have given him a much better return. And that’s the reaction that’s awesome about it. It’s out of commercial. It’s not built up at all. Literally, the music hits. People are like wait a minute, that kind of sounds familiar. My name comes up on the Tron. They’re like, wait a minute, what’s happening, and I walk out and people are like, oh! Big Johnny Wrestling chants and things like that. And it was just such a cool moment to be able to keep that a secret and make that happen. Candice’s was also kept a secret. Like no one knew that me and Candice were at the Performance Center together training, getting her ready to come back. Having a child. So yeah, we’re incredibly lucky and incredibly cool that everything worked out the way it did.”

As mentioned, Gargano has reunited with Tommaso Ciampa as DIY and the pair are set to team with The Miz to take on The Judgment Day in six man tag team action.

Thank you to Chris Van Vliet for the quote used in this article.