Johnny Gargano Opens Up About WWE Return

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Johnny Gargano has opened up about his WWE return, following the August 2022 edition of WWE Raw.

On the show, Gargano cut an emotional promo, before he was confronted by Theory. The segment ended with Gargano dropping Theory with a superkick.

In a post-show WWE Digital Exclusive, Gargano admitted that he had been a nervous wreck all day ahead of his surprise appearance.

Ready to get to work, Gargano said:

“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.”

Discussing his goals for the future, Gargano said:

“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.”

Gargano’s return reportedly came as a surprise to most backstage, with limited staff aware of plans for the former NXT Champion’s appearance.

Transcription via Fightful. 

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