Tommaso Ciampa Discusses Long-Awaited DIY Reunion on WWE RAW

In an unexpected turn of events, the tag team known as DIY—consisting of Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa—rejoined forces on a recent episode of WWE Raw. Ciampa delved into the details of the much-anticipated reunion during his guest appearance on the After the Bell podcast. The conversation provided valuable insights into why the two wrestlers had not crossed paths in the ring for some time, as well as the overwhelmingly positive fan response to their reunion. 

On the Delayed Reunion:

"I came up, I was doing stuff with the Miz and I got that little bit of a rub with the US Title opportunity and then I had to go away for surgery. By the time I’m gone Johnny’s coming up, he’s doing his own thing. So together, there’s been no tease for DIY. So the fact that Johnny could come out and San Jose could be chanting ‘DIY’ and give the reaction that they gave when we hugged."

On the Crowd's Reaction:

"To have that whole place saying, ‘DIY,’ it was one of those moments I was like, ‘Wait, we’ve done nothing to train you people.’ In one night, we tried to build me as a viable contender [for the Intercontinental Championship] and we just brought Johnny up. No build, no expectation. So to have that crowd react and go, ‘Oh, we know that they’re called DIY,’ that to me was a big success. Because that was like, ‘Shoot, that’s with nothing. That’s with no machine behind us. That’s with no anything. We start to go now and they start to see us on a weekly basis, together, whether that be backstage promos and interactions because we can have a lot of fun that way, or we have some matches where we have some time because that’s what DIY was in NXT."

On Dream Matches:

"KO and Sami Zayn is obviously a dream match that I see a lot, brought up on the internet."

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