{"id":26536,"date":"2016-07-21T15:02:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T20:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=26536"},"modified":"2016-07-21T15:02:41","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T20:02:41","slug":"evolve-sets-johnny-garganos-farewell-run-joining-ciampa-full-time-nxt-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/21\/evolve-sets-johnny-garganos-farewell-run-joining-ciampa-full-time-nxt-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"EVOLVE sets up Johnny Gargano&#8217;s farewell run, joining Ciampa with full-time NXT deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1618255993\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>By PWTorch Staff (Sean Radican &amp; James Caldwell)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Johnny Gargano, the face of EVOLVE Wrestling for the past five years, is leaving for a full-time WWE role on the NXT roster.<\/p>\n<p>PWTorch has learned that Gargano&#8217;s &#8220;second tier&#8221; contract has been rolled over into a full-time deal, similar to his NXT tag partner Tommaso Ciampa.<\/p>\n<p>Ciampa, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/14\/pwtorch-report-tommaso-ciampas-new-wwe-contract-status-final-indies-date\/\">as we reported earlier this month<\/a>, is finishing his indies run on September 25 for Progress Wrestling in the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>Gargano said Thursday that he will be finishing his indies career on Sept. 23 in Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>EVOLVE has set up a big farewell for Gargano, including his final match against Cody Rhodes on September 11 in Queens, New York. Gargano is also scheduled for Sept. 10 in Deer Park, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Gargano will be finishing his run after feeling like he wanted to take the next step in his wrestling career, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnnyGargano\/status\/756156918490619904\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter post detailing the career move<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>EVOLVE also <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QHP_Z42L2Vs\" target=\"_blank\">released a &#8220;Mini-Doc&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0detailing\u00a0the &#8220;Farewell to an Icon&#8221; farewell storyline centered on Gargano and Ethan Page.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2738751052\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m ready. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThankYou?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThankYou<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C84ygJuw0W\">pic.twitter.com\/C84ygJuw0W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Not Shawn Michaels (@JohnnyGargano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnnyGargano\/status\/756156918490619904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EVOLVE Mini-Doc: Farewell To An Icon\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QHP_Z42L2Vs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[<em>Johnny Gargano art credit Matt Charlton &amp; Sam Gardiner<\/em>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2410066049\"><div id=\"pwtor-472548649\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By PWTorch Staff (Sean Radican &amp; James Caldwell) Johnny Gargano, the face of EVOLVE Wrestling for the past five years, is leaving for a full-time WWE role on the NXT roster. PWTorch has learned that <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/21\/evolve-sets-johnny-garganos-farewell-run-joining-ciampa-full-time-nxt-deals\/\" title=\"EVOLVE sets up Johnny Gargano&#8217;s farewell run, joining Ciampa with full-time NXT deals\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,3,244],"tags":[2169,3471,3472,647,261,124,481,123],"class_list":["post-26536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news_nxt","category-news_wwe","category-wwnlive-news","tag-cody-rhodes","tag-evolve-68","tag-evolve-69","tag-evolve-wrestling","tag-johnny-gargano","tag-nxt","tag-tommaso-ciampa","tag-wwe-nxt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Gargano_Charlton3x2.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26537,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26536\/revisions\/26537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}