Tommaso Ciampa made his return to WWE television at tonight’s NXT Takeover: Philadelphia event. Ciampa appeared and blasted Johnny Gargano from behind with a crutch after his loss against Andrade Almas in the main event of the show.

Tommaso Ciampa returns!#WWE #NXTTakeOver Results – https://t.co/2E4ZMEEHj4 pic.twitter.com/B6hadqy2v4

— Ringside News (@RingsideNewscom) January 28, 2018

For those not aware, Ciampa underwent multiple surgeries back in August. Those surgeries included his right ankle, right shoulder, and left shoulder. Ciampa was limping away after the segment, so it’s very unlikely that he has not been cleared to return to action. WWE most-likely did the angle to help build to a feud between Ciampa and Gargano at a later date.

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It was announced at the conference call to promote Saturday’s NXT Takeover: Philadelphia event that Kassius Ohno vs. Velveteen Dream has been added to the card. Here is the updated lineup:

Extreme Rules Match
Adam Cole vs. Aleister Black

NXT Women’s Title Match
Ember Moon vs. Shayna Baszler

NXT Tag Team Title Match
The Authors of Pain vs. Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish

NXT Title Match
Andrade “Cien” Almas vs. Johnny Gargano

Kassius Ohno vs. Velveteen Dream

NXT Takeover: Philadelphia takes place on January 27, 2018 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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WWE heads to Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL for tape the December 6th to the December 27th episode of NXT television. Here are the results:

* Dark match: Wolfgang defeats Kona Reeves w/ Ming after he connects with a top rope senton.

December 6th, 2017

* It’s announced that Drew McIntyre cannot compete for the title at “Takeover: Philly” and that there will be 4 qualifying matches leading to a Fatal 4 Way to determine a new #1 contender.

* Andrade Cien Almas comes out with Zelina Vega to celebrate his NXT Championship win. Vega cuts a promo about how everyone is witnessing the beginning of a historic title reign and needs to embrace the legend of El Idolo.

* NXT Championship #1 Contender’s Qualifying: Killian Dain defeats Trent Seven after he connects with a Vader Bomb.

* No Holds Barred Match: Sonya Deville defeats Ruby Riott via submission.

* NXT Championship #1 Contender’s Qualifying Match: Johnny Gargano defeats Kassius Ohno. Our correspondent sent word that this match was one of the best matches seen at Full Sail.

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Here is the updated card for the upcoming WWE NXT Takeover: War Games event coming out of Wednesday’s episode of NXT:

WarGames
Three teams yet to be announced

NXT World Championship
Drew McIntyre (C) vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas

NXT Women’s World Championship
Kairi Sane vs. Ember Moon vs. Nikki Cross vs. Peyton Royce

Ab Contest
Shawn Michaels vs. Johnny Gargano

Check back here on December 18th for our live play-by-play coverage of the NXT TakeOver: WarGames event.

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Block 1:

Taz says he was able to watch most of last night’s episode of NXT.

He says he was extremely impressed by Johnny Gargano and Raul Mendoza, and the effort these two put in during the opening match last night. He doesn’t understand why this calibre of match was wasted on a regular episode of NXT, because he thinks this match could have easily fit onto a ‘Takeover’ card.

Taz says that Mendoza should have been built up more prior to this match, so that these two guys could have entered a more drawn out, in-depth program. He thinks they have tremendous chemistry, and Taz was particularly impressed by Mendoza, given how little we know about him. He adds that Mendoza has better entrance music than half of the guys on RAW.

He adds that if there was one thing he could criticize about this match, it’ll be Gargano’s submission finish. He actually loves that cross-face finisher, but he feels that it takes too long for Gargano to lock in the hold. It’s an impossible hold for Gargano to quickly surprise his opponent with, and the transition into the hold is a little bit too clunky in Taz’s opinion.

Taz points out that the great thing about his choke hold finish is that he could surprise his opponents with it and lock it in out of nowhere. Samoa Joe does a similar thing with his finish, and Sgt. Slaugter did it for years with his finisher.

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NXT superstar Johnny Gargano has finally broken his Twitter silence. Gargano tweeted and posted on Instagram the announcement of his NXT return. Although the latest NXT tapings occurred a couple weeks ago, where Gargano did make an in-ring promo, the broadcast has been confirmed for the July 12 episode of NXT on the WWE Network.

On Tuesday night, Gargano tweeted.

46 days later..

It's time to come home. pic.twitter.com/3Ze84eSewJ

— Johnny Gargano (@JohnnyGargano) July 6, 2017

It was his first tweet since May 20, which was a message prior to his NXT TakeOver: Chicago main-event match with then-DIY partner Tommaso Ciampa against NXT Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain in a Ladder Match. On top of losing the match, Ciampa turned and viciously attacked Gargano.

As Top Rope Press reported, Ciampa has suffered an injury and will likely be out of action until March 2018. Before taking a hiatus from NXT, Ciampa delivered an in-ring promo during the May 31 NXT episode. More than a month later,  Johnny Wrestling will finally make his television return.

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It doesn’t look like Tommaso Ciampa will be returning to action anytime this year.

According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, Ciampa is expected to be out of action until early 2018. The Medical exam given to WWE indicates that he will be out of action until March 2018.

Ciampa was last seen on WWE television on the May 31st episode of NXT when he explained why he turned on Johnny Gargano at Takeover: Chicago. It was reported by PWInsider that he suffered a torn ACL.

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Photo: @FLWrestlingFan

Gargano Returns At NXT TV Tapings

Johnny Gargano returned to WWE NXT for the first time since NXT TakeOver: Chicago on Friday night during television tapings at Full Sail University.

Gargano has been off television selling his split with DIY partner Tommaso Ciampa. During Friday’s tapings, Gargano cut a promo talking about moving forward with his career. He said he didn’t return to dwell in the past; he returned to get ready to compete at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III. Ciampa is currently out recovering from an injury, so it will be tough to immediately follow-up on their split.

Welcome back to @WWENXT @JohnnyGargano! #JohnnyWrestling #NXTFSLive pic.twitter.com/DQz6LiV2Hk

— FL Wrestling Fan (@FLWrestlingFan) June 23, 2017

#NXTFSLive @JohnnyGargano is home. @CandiceLeRae pic.twitter.com/KHqn8y4HSk

— JJ Williams (@JJWilliamsWON) June 23, 2017

Bobby Fish Makes WWE NXT Debut At Tapings

As expected, former ROH star Bobby Fish made his NXT debut during Friday night’s tapings at Full Sail. It’s expected that his debut will air either on the July 5 or July 12 edition of NXT. He reportedly worked as a heel and wrestled Aleister Black.

Making his NXT debut, @theBobbyFish is here! #NXTFSLive pic.twitter.com/M6eb26dX5a

— Will Henderson (@willh94) June 24, 2017

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No matter how hard (or not hard) they may try, Raw fails to produce a good show throughout the entire three hours. This past Raw was no different. 

The beginning half of the show was solid. You had a six man tag match featuring Dean Ambrose and The Hardy Boys taking on The Miz, Sheamus, and Cesaro. A little bit later on and you had the triple-threat match between Bray Wyatt, Samoa Joe, and Finn Balor. Both were great, fun matches. 

Then comes Alexa Bliss and her “This Is Your Life” skit on Bayley. While WWE thought they were doing something good here, it was quite the opposite. Let me be blunt, it was horrible. Possibly the worst segment I have seen of 2017.

Every episode of Raw has something that just brings the crowd out of it. It may be skits like these or just boring matches that kill the crowd so bad that the main event match cannot revive them. Maybe some of the hate is just unfair, but a lot of it happens for a reason. So what in the world can Raw do to bring the fans back in?

One thing WWE could do is a shocking turn. Remember in 2014 when Seth Rollins betrayed Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns or NXT Takeover Chicago when Tomasso Ciampa turned on Johnny Gargano? 

These were turns that left the crowd stunned with their mouths dragging the floor. Is there any turn today on Raw that could drop jaws like that? 

Rumors are circulating that Cass is set to turn on Enzo, but that won’t get people talking nonstop. However, there is one tag team in the division that would send noise through the crowd if they broke up violently. That team would be The Hardy Boys.

Now I understand they just returned to the WWE, but think about how shocking it would be based off of that one reason? 

Let’s say that at Extreme Rules, Sheamus and Cesaro defeat The Hardy Boys to become the new Raw Tag Team Champions. While this infuriates both brothers, Jeff takes it worse. This leads to him attacking Matt (bet you didn’t see that coming) and laying him in a pool of his own blood (metaphorically speaking). 

It would take the air out of the arena simply because no one would be expecting it. Fans would expect Matt to turn on Jeff before Jeff turns on Matt. It would keep the fans wondering what is going to happen next which means more eyes will be tuning in to Monday Night Raw.

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As seen at Saturday’s WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago event, WWE did an angle that saw ‎Tommaso Ciampa attack his partner Johnny Gargano after their loss to Authors of Pain for the NXT Championship.

Dave Meltzer discussed the incident on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Radio and indicated that the two are headed to the main roster soon. This is the reason they decided to split them as the company didn’t want to bring them to the main roster as a tag team.

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