DIY returns to NXT to confront Trick Williams, sets up tag match
Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, the veteran tag team known as DIY, made a surprise return to WWE NXT on Tuesday night to confront TNA World Champion Trick Williams after he declared himself the greatest NXT Superstar of all time, a segment that ended with DIY laying Williams out with their trademark double-team maneuver. The appearance marked the duo's 10th anniversary with the brand and set up what promoters and on-air talent suggested could be a tag match next week.
Williams, who has held the TNA World Championship for more than 100 days, was in the ring delivering a promo asserting he was the hottest and most accomplished name in NXT history when Gargano and Ciampa interrupted. Williams argued he had yet to be tested on that claim and said fans should not care about NXT because he would be the same when he reached the main roster. WWE broadcast and social media clips captured the back-and-forth before tensions turned physical.
Gargano acknowledged Williams' accomplishments while pushing back on his self-coronation. Gargano said Williams' resume speaks for itself but that it was too soon to crown him the all-time greatest, namechecking Finn Balor, Bayley, the Undisputed Era...