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00:04The following contest is a last-man-standing match, and it is for the NXT Championship.
00:15In this match, there are no pitfalls, submissions, countouts, or disqualifications.
00:22The only way to win is by incapacitating your opponent until he cannot stand back up.
00:29Before the referee's count to ten.
00:54I shudder to think of the brutality that we are about to witness.
00:58If their harrowing history is any indication, this last-man-standing match will not be for
01:03the faint of heart as the Black Heart and Rebel Heart renew hostilities, guys.
01:08And the stakes, well, they've never been higher.
01:10The most intense rivalry in NXT history now involves the NXT Championship.
01:15It doesn't get any bigger or more personal than this.
01:20Well, Mahatma Gandhi said, the enemy is fear.
01:24We think it's hate, but it's really fear.
01:26If that's the case, perhaps Gargano has created his own enemy.
01:31Because even Gargano admitted it.
01:33It was Gargano's interference in the NXT Championship match between Ciampa and Black that gave Ciampa the
01:40opportunity to beat Black for the title and allow the era of a madman to begin.
01:48It was here in Brooklyn at Barclays Center that the tag team DIY began.
01:55The team of Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa.
01:58And tonight, Gargano says it will be where the memory of DIY will die.
02:02He has said he will give the NXT Universe everything he has tonight.
02:15Barclays Center has not been kind to Johnny Gargano.
02:180 for 2 at NXT TakeOver Brooklyn.
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04:00the challenger
04:01from Cleveland, Ohio
04:04weighing in at 199 pounds
04:07Johnny Gargano
04:09and his opponent
04:17from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
04:19weighing in at 210 pounds
04:22he is
04:24the NXT champion
04:26Johnny Gargano
04:28attacking Tommaso Ciampa
04:31and Gargano
04:33who blames himself
04:36for costing Aleister Black
04:38the NXT championship
04:40full of rage, full of enmity
04:43and monosity towards his
04:45former best friend
04:47I don't think there's any doubt
04:49everybody blames Johnny Gargano
04:50it was clearly his fault
04:51but can he make retribution for it?
04:54That's what it's about
04:55it's about the NXT title
04:58dropping down left hands on Ciampa
05:00again last man standing match
05:03tell us the rules Nigel
05:04no count outs
05:05no disqualifications
05:06no pin throws
05:07no submissions
05:08the only way to win
05:10and it can happen anywhere
05:12anywhere in the world
05:13is to incapacitate
05:16your opponent
05:17so they cannot answer
05:19a 10 count
05:22you can get involved
05:24in the social media conversation
05:27hashtag last man standing
05:30Montague vs Capulet
05:32Yankees vs Red Sox
05:33Ali vs Frazier
05:35I don't know if any of those rivalries
05:37have anything
05:37on Gargano and Ciampa
05:40third straight takeover
05:42they are closing the show
05:43this time for the NXT championship
05:46as Gargano's back on the corner
05:49of the ring steps
05:52Ciampa said he's going to die
05:54for the NXT title tonight
05:55we'll find out Johnny Gargano
05:56is willing to do the same
05:57let's hope neither of those things
06:00happen Percy
06:01but ultimately this is a last man standing match
06:04so if you're thinking of a strategy
06:05perhaps breaking your opponent's leg
06:08but normally I'd be joking when I say that
06:10when you see what these men
06:11have put each other through
06:13oh
06:14and Gargano fires Ciampa back first
06:19into the barrier
06:21just can't believe how much
06:23Johnny Gargano has suffered
06:25and endured at the hands of Tommaso Ciampa
06:27being fired from his job
06:28almost losing his marriage
06:30with Candice LeRae
06:31being reinstated
06:33this man has been through it all
06:35Tommaso Ciampa has tried to tear everything
06:37from Gargano
06:37unsanctioned match at NXT TakeOver
06:40for New Orleans WrestleMania weekend
06:42won by Johnny Gargano
06:44Street Fight
06:45NXT TakeOver Chicago 2
06:47won by a handcuffed
06:49Tommaso Ciampa
06:50and now here
06:51at TakeOver Brooklyn 4
06:53last man standing
06:56for the NXT Championship
06:57we are going to see
06:59brutality in this match
07:01the likes of which perhaps
07:03we've never seen before
07:04and that's saying something
07:12Johnny Gargano wasting a little time
07:15and taking advantage of the
07:16of the rules
07:17the fact there are no rules
07:19in this last man standing
07:20and oh
07:21Gargano now exposing the concrete
07:24just like we saw Tommaso Ciampa
07:27do in the past
07:31it is obvious that Johnny Gargano
07:34has gone to that dark place
07:37in his rebel heart
07:38fighting fire with fire
07:40against the scourge of NXT
07:43Tommaso Ciampa
07:44and again Ciampa
07:45digging at the eyes
07:46of Gargano
07:48the sadistic SOB Ciampa
07:51just willing to
07:52dig the eyes out of
07:54Johnny Gargano
07:55well this is such a dangerous match
07:57now of course originally
07:58it was supposed to be
07:59a triple threat
07:59before somebody
08:01attacked the former champion
08:02Aleister Black
08:03but now
08:06and while Aleister Black
08:08is watching with vested interest
08:09this is all about
08:11Gargano and Ciampa
08:12chapter 4
08:15and that was Ciampa
08:17driven back first
08:18into the ring post
08:19this is not
08:21about catches
08:22catch can wrestling
08:23this is about
08:25this is about
08:26Johnny Gargano
08:27throwing cucks into the wind
08:29that's what it's about
08:31right here baby
08:32here we go
08:32this is gonna be
08:34a little
08:35and Gargano
08:37just sent Ciampa
08:38into our broadcast location
08:42and again
08:43Johnny Gargano
08:45taking advantage
08:46of the fact that
08:48this is last man standing
08:49he wants to be
08:51that man
08:52he wants to be
08:53the man
08:54in NXT
08:55and right now
09:00it is Johnny Gargano
09:02standing
09:02on the broadcast table
09:09this is not gonna end well
09:11oh Ciampa desperately
09:13trying to fend off
09:14the
09:14No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
09:16Eric Trash, move on.
09:19It's a video.
09:21Eric Trash through the table.
09:33Referee is administering the ten count.
09:37The carnage on display.
09:39Ciampa may be right.
09:41Gargano fairytale may be over right here.
09:44I cannot believe that Gargano's going to be able to get up
09:48after being driven through the table by a Ciampa air raid crash.
09:54But he is up, a testament to Johnny Gargano.
09:58And this special DNA that comprises this whole heart and soul of NXT.
10:05Absolutely incredible fortitude, a testament to how much hatred,
10:11vitriol there is between both these competitors.
10:16The enmity that exists between these two former best friends
10:22cannot be measured.
10:25Ciampa with a chair, but is he going to have the chance to use it?
10:27And remember, the chair is legal in this last man standing match.
10:32And Ciampa booting Gargano in the face as Gargano was reaching for the chair.
10:38One, two, three, four, five, six, six, seven, seven, eight, nine, eight, nine, nine.
10:47Ciampa!
10:49Oh!
10:50A running knee strike to the side of the face of Johnny Gargano,
10:54wanting to shatter Gargano's cheekbone.
10:57We're not done by a long shot.
10:59And an ominous message from Ciampa.
11:02Oh, no!
11:10Ciampa.
11:12Ciampa referring himself to the greatest sports entertainer of all time.
11:18There is no doubt he is the most dangerous man in NXT.
11:23And, oh, no.
11:26And these MN used to be friends, best of friends.
11:31And Gargano using the chair to waylay Tommaso Ciampa on that injured leg.
11:40The brace, Ciampa still wearing the brace, and there Gargano using the chair as a weapon of destruction.
11:48Gargano's moment, not just to become champion, but to finally put him in and
11:52put a stop to Tommaso Ciampa.
11:58The sick thud reverberating throughout the Barclays Center here in Brooklyn.
12:03This is what Ciampa does so well.
12:06Begging for mercy.
12:08Oh, wow!
12:09Gargano driving the chair into the midsection of Ciampa.
12:13He'll get no mercy from Johnny Gargano tonight.
12:16Referee administering the count.
12:18Ciampa has until the count of ten to get back up to his feet.
12:22Injured, wheel and all.
12:31Oh, hold on.
12:33Gargano's intention clear.
12:35Oh, Gargano looking for the long run.
12:37It's dead.
12:37Ciampa counters it into a sleeper hold.
12:40And a great move by Ciampa if he puts Gargano to sleep.
12:45He's not going to be able to get up in a count of ten.
12:47He's not going to be counting sheep either.
12:49He will be night-night.
12:53Pressure of the forearm and the corner.
12:55Look, he can use the rope for as much as he wants.
12:58Ciampa using that bottom rope for added leverage.
13:00Gargano beginning to fade.
13:07And again, Gargano looking to that bottom rope.
13:11But there will be no break.
13:13No.
13:14I mean, this is all about last man standing.
13:17No townhouse, no submissions.
13:19Not sure if Ciampa has that forearm far enough underneath the jaw.
13:25And now he's applying more pressure.
13:29To cut off that corotid artery to the brain.
13:31Gargano just trying to catch his breath, trying to...
13:34Is he out?
13:36Is Gargano out?
13:37Referee's up to a count of two.
13:39Oh, he has stories.
13:40Gargano barely story.
13:42Four!
13:43This is bad news written all over it.
13:45Ciampa has Gargano right where he wants him.
13:48Yeah!
13:49And when he gets up, Ciampa's there again.
13:54And that's in deep now.
13:56Right underneath the jaw.
13:58And Gargano again in the clutches of the Ciampa sleeper.
14:12Ciampa wanting to subject Gargano to an ignominious fate.
14:17He wants to render him unconscious and walk out of Brooklyn, the last man standing and still
14:27NXT champion.
14:28Look at Gargano's legs though.
14:30They're moving.
14:31And if they're moving, then Ciampa doesn't have that hold applied enough.
14:35Ciampa already wearing vestiges of battle.
14:39It was a brutal start to this, the main event at NXT TakeOver Brooklyn for what has been
14:47a memorable night, culminating with this intense rivalry.
14:52Look at that, just lifting Gargano.
14:55The fact that Gargano's standing after that air raid crash through the table.
14:59And now Gargano, with the long dart, sending Ciampa face first into the chair in the corner.
15:07And maybe it's gonna be Ciampa whose lights go out.
15:11It is unreal how much these two are willing to go to tear each other apart.
15:15Well, and the question, Nigel, is how much more can they do to one another?
15:21It's incredible to answer that question.
15:24Think back.
15:24What have we seen with a referee up to six?
15:27Well, Ciampa was up momentarily, broke the count.
15:32What's, and Johnny Gargano foraging at ringside.
15:36Look at this, face first.
15:38Gargano clanging Ciampa into the stairs in the corner here.
15:42Gargano introducing a table, about to set the table for more carnage in Brooklyn.
15:49This is not the Johnny Gargano that I knew.
15:54This is no longer Johnny wrestling.
15:57This is a bitter man, a vengeful man.
16:00Exactly right.
16:01And we heard his wife say numerous times that this was not the man she married.
16:08Johnny Gargano attempting to, what is he gonna do, stack these tables?
16:19The venom enveloping the visage of Johnny Gargano, something I've never seen.
16:24And now that, that smile as if to say, you're not going to like what I'm about to do to
16:29you,
16:29Tommaso Ciampa.
16:30But it's Ciampa trying to stave off the attack.
16:33Gargano coming back with a series of left hands.
16:39Well, Gargano's intention clear again.
16:42Gargano wants to suplex Ciampa out of the ring and through the tables.
16:47Ciampa doing his damnedest to avoid that painful fate.
16:53Well, there's two tables back to back, which means that's much harder.
16:57Far more impact when you go through those tables.
17:00Switched by Ciampa, German suplex by the NXT champion.
17:06Gargano stunned, reaching for the ropes.
17:09Can't hold them.
17:10And say what you will about Tommaso Ciampa and his behavior.
17:15He is a master technician in the squared circle.
17:18And he is a winner.
17:19And as you heard earlier, history is ridden by the winners.
17:23Oh, arm trapped German suplex completing the hat trick on Johnny Gargano.
17:29And Gargano's neck is worse for wear.
17:32And now Gargano is prone and at risk of going through the tables that he sets up.
17:39Keep in mind, there's no padding down there.
17:40That's exposed concrete underneath those things.
17:42Oh, wow.
17:43The knee with the brace.
17:45And Tommaso Ciampa wiping out Gargano.
17:48The vitriol that each of these superstars feels for the other.
17:53The vitriol that courses through their veins has powered this ultimate rivalry.
17:59And now Ciampa with a steel chair to the back.
18:06This is going to be hard to watch.
18:09It already is hard to watch.
18:11I can't imagine how it feels to endure.
18:16Ciampa imploring Gargano to stay down.
18:20Two.
18:23Ciampa has a better chance of being struck by lightning than to have Johnny Gargano capitulate.
18:32One.
18:35Two.
18:37Three.
18:38An uneasy feeling enveloping the Barclay Center here in Brooklyn.
18:43NXT Universe, a portion trying to rally.
18:47Johnny Gargano.
18:48Oh!
18:49World Project Ciampa!
18:53Tommaso Ciampa!
18:55Come on!
18:56Make it two in a row!
19:01He's already completed the Triumph of the German Suplexes.
19:04Will he be able to complete the trio of Project Ciampa's?
19:09He does!
19:10And how much more can Gargano sustain?
19:13This has got to be it.
19:14I'm just going to show you how deep the hatred is seeded in Tommaso Ciampa.
19:18Three is at one.
19:20And Ciampa's going to take a seat.
19:24Three!
19:25And the count of the referee, music to the ears of Tommaso Ciampa.
19:31Five!
19:32Gargano barely moving at five.
19:35Six!
19:35How can he have anything left?
19:38Seven!
19:38Referees at the count of seven!
19:41Eight!
19:42I don't know if Johnny Gargano's going to be able to-
19:45No!
19:45Johnny Gargano!
19:46Sober kick to Ciampa!
19:48But at what cost?
19:55Where did Gargano find that energy?
19:58Was that Gargano's last stand, guys, in this last man standing match?
20:01I mean, just look at all the punishment, all the abuse, and that was for the third time!
20:07The powerbomb into the double knees, destroying Johnny Gargano's back, taking away his foundation,
20:16the foundation he needs to stand, Nigel!
20:20You can't win this match if you can't stand the entire purpose of this match.
20:26Both superstars now groggy.
20:29And yet, somehow, Johnny Gargano fires back with a left hand on Tommaso Ciampa.
20:35It is a testament to the-
20:39To what makes these two superstars two of the best on the planet.
20:45The depths they are willing to go.
20:49Both these men are landing punches.
20:53I have no idea how either one are still standing right now.
20:55And to think Tommaso Ciampa was a part of Johnny Gargano's wedding!
21:02They were former NXT Tag Team Champions!
21:05Oh!
21:09Oh, and the roll-up!
21:11Oh!
21:11And a kick by Johnny Gargano!
21:13But Ciampa's the one on his feet!
21:15Gargano back up to a vertical base!
21:16Momentarily, now on the apron!
21:19Oh!
21:20And a slitshot spear intercepted by the kick from Ciampa!
21:24Ciampa looking for that fairy tale ending!
21:27Oh!
21:27Reverse run-up by Gargano!
21:29Oh!
21:30Step-up and to Gary by Johnny Gargano!
21:34And the adrenaline seems to be fueling Gargano!
21:38Ooh!
21:38But another German suplex!
21:40What?
21:40It's incredible what we are witnessing here in Brooklyn!
21:44Gargano's turn!
21:46This is just sheer weight!
21:47To execute a German suplex!
21:49I have no words!
21:52Where there is a will, there is a way!
21:55And no one can count out either Ciampa or Gargano who are now both in a supine position!
22:03Whoa!
22:05What?
22:06They're up at one!
22:08They are up at one!
22:12What is fueling these men?
22:14It's obvious not all superheroes wear capes!
22:18It is incredible what we are seeing here tonight in this last man standing match between Gargano and Ciampa!
22:24Ciampa with a running knee!
22:26There's a super kick by Gargano!
22:28They're still both on their feet!
22:30Wow!
22:34Wow!
22:35One!
22:37Two!
22:40Three!
22:43Four!
22:45The referee is halfway to the count of ten!
22:50Six!
22:52Ciampa stirs first!
22:54Ciampa getting to his feet first!
22:56The reigning NXT champion now retreating out of the ring!
23:01Oh!
23:02And Gargano just beat the count!
23:05This is beyond guts, beyond determination!
23:09This is something superhuman!
23:11Super kick by Gargano!
23:14And again, Gargano won this time!
23:17Ciampa avoids the cannonball by Gargano!
23:20And will this be the moment that cost Johnny Gargano the match on the NXT championship as Ciampa continues to
23:29batter Johnny Gargano?
23:31And of course, the back of Johnny Gargano has been destroyed throughout this match!
23:36And it's about to be further exacerbated!
23:38Cheers!
23:39Don't do this!
23:40Don't do this!
23:41Come on!
23:41My God!
23:43My God!
23:44The fairytale ending!
23:45Face first on the steps!
23:47One!
23:48It is over!
23:50It has to be!
23:51The referee is counting!
23:52There's no way Gargano can get back up to his feet!
23:56Four!
23:58Meanwhile, Ciampa needs to get back to his feet!
24:02This is for the NXT championship!
24:05This is more than just about the most intense rivalry in NXT!
24:09Can Gargano get to his feet?
24:11This could be a moment!
24:13Oh my God!
24:14Oh my, barely!
24:14I can't believe what I'm seeing right now!
24:18A breathtaking moment in NXT history where Johnny Gargano was just able to beat the NXT referees' 10 count!
24:29I mean, it was so close, guys!
24:31Gargano has clearly has nothing left, but he just will not give Tommaso Ciampa the satisfaction of a victory here!
24:37It is so spent!
24:38And every time Gargano gets back up to his feet, it just brings out more rage from Ciampa!
24:44It just continues to fuel the conflagration that is the NXT champion!
24:51And now Ciampa continues to introduce-
24:56Oh, God!
24:58Oh, God!
24:59The brutal toys in this last match that he's kind of-
25:02Oh, no, no!
25:02Oh, no, no!
25:02We've seen Ciampa this result!
25:04We've seen Ciampa this result!
25:06Absolutely, he won that match!
25:07Yes, he did!
25:08Yes!
25:08Yes, he did!
25:10Yes, he did!
25:12Yes, he did!
25:13Yes, he did!
25:13Ciampa just using whatever is at his disposal!
25:18The ring steps!
25:20Now he's going to-
25:22Oh, no!
25:23Ciampa's gone to-
25:24At minimal amount of protective covering!
25:27Whatever padding there is, is gonna be gone!
25:31He's destroying the ring in hopes of destroying Johnny Gargano!
25:38Revealing those wooden boards!
25:45This could be more than just a loss for Gargano here tonight!
25:48What does this mean for tomorrow?
25:49What does this mean for the career?
25:51I-I doubt-I doubt either Ciampa or Gargano will ever be the same
25:55after this Last Man Standing match and what they have put themselves through this year here in NXT!
26:01But for now, it's Ciampa-
26:02Oh!
26:03Gargano blasting Ciampa in the face and extinguishing that conflagration!
26:09Blinding the NXT Champion!
26:16Ciampa is blinded!
26:18Cannot see anything!
26:20Cannot protect himself!
26:21Gargano gotta move quickly!
26:23And Gargano has the crutch!
26:29And Ciampa still wondering what's-
26:34No!
26:35Gargano with the swing and breaking the crutch over the back of Tommaso Ciampa!
26:42Again, the symbolism we have seen this movie before!
26:48And Johnny Gargano now stalking the NXT Champion!
26:53You see the smile on Gargano's face-
26:55Pieces of the crutch everywhere!
26:57He knows he has the upper hand now!
26:58No!
26:59Wait a minute!
27:00Ciampa has exposed the ring!
27:04Oh!
27:05Meanwhile...
27:07No!
27:13No!
27:14No!
27:15No!
27:16No!
27:17No!
27:18No!
27:19No!
27:19No!
27:19No!
27:20No!
27:21No!
27:22Ends a gerry by Gargano cleaning the clock of Ciampa
27:32First goes Ciampa on the exposed red canvas that unforgiving one
27:41Well the irony
27:43If Gargano was to beat Ciampa in the exact same way the referees up to a count of four
27:51Gargano get up
27:53Gargano using the ropes to get back up to his feet
27:57Ciampa still down as the referee reaches the count of seven
28:01He can't get up
28:01And we're going to crown a new NXT champion
28:05Oh, he's on his feet
28:09What a creative way of getting to your feet
28:12Falling out of the ring just
28:13On top by Salacena by Gargano
28:16He has not finished meeting out the punishment to Tommaso Ciampa
28:22The fact that both of them are still standing is a testament
28:27To what these two superstars are made of
28:33And Ciampa wiped out again by Johnny Gargano
28:37Gargano firing off a series of left hands
28:42No one is safe at ringside
28:44Do you expect anything left between
28:48And up
28:50A member of the production crew
28:54One of the production
28:56Oh my god
28:57Ciampa just smashed Gargano's face into a monitor
29:01One
29:03Two
29:04No one is safe here at ringside
29:06Three
29:07My god
29:18Tommaso Ciampa
29:20A man possessed
29:22Piling everybody on top of
29:25Johnny Gargano the bill Ciampa snapped
29:28I've never seen anything like it
29:30Ciampa's burying Johnny Gargano's career
29:38My god
29:39Ciampa is absolutely crazy
29:41He's a maniac right now
29:42One
29:44Ciampa's cutting it away
29:46Two
29:46My god
29:47Referee counting Johnny Gargano burying
29:51Four
29:55Ciampa's panicking
29:58Ciampa desperate to win
30:01Somehow Johnny Gargano
30:03Referee's at seven
30:05He's at eight
30:06Gargano trying to escape
30:07Trying to bury himself from underneath the
30:10He's on his feet
30:16No way
30:19Now that's heart right there
30:20Ciampa just collapsed on our broadcast table
30:25Look at this Tommaso Ciampa
30:27He can't believe
30:28He's on the strong Gargano
30:29Ciampa can't believe that Johnny Gargano is still standing
30:34Johnny Gargano is buried under pieces of the barricade
30:44The ring bell
30:44Oh here come
30:46Remember
30:47At takeover Chicago 2
30:50It was Tommaso Ciampa
30:52Who was handcuffed
30:53And yet prevailed
30:54And now he's
30:55He's brought the handcuffs out
30:57But it's
30:58Johnny Gargano
30:59Oh my god
31:00No
31:00Ciampa
31:01Ciampa handcuffing Gargano
31:04But Gargano
31:06Able to avoid that fate
31:08By driving Ciampa into the ring post
31:11It's a cataclysmic scene here at ringside
31:17Chaos absolutely everywhere
31:20Gargano now has the handcuffs
31:22And he's neutralized
31:23The right hand of Ciampa
31:26Gargano looking to handcuff Tommaso Ciampa again
31:30Here in Brooklyn
31:33Ciampa
31:34Oh but Ciampa
31:35Desperate measure the back elbow
31:37Spin
31:38Sent spit
31:39Flying out of the mouth
31:40Of Johnny Gargano
31:49The brutality fully on display
31:52Oh no
31:54Oh my god
31:54Oh no
31:55Tommaso Ciampa
31:57Oh Johnny Gargano on his feet
31:59They're on
32:00Ring apron
32:01Now it's
32:02Gargano that has Ciampa
32:03Over his shoulders
32:05Ciampa holding onto the ropes
32:11The NXT championship
32:15Precuriously hanging in the balance
32:17Gargano in the ring
32:18Oh there's a left hand to Ciampa
32:22Ciampa
32:23Barely hanging on
32:26Ciampa
32:27Desperately trying to stay standing
32:30Oh look at this
32:33Gargano's got a handful of
32:34Ciampa
32:35Ciampa
32:39Ciampa
32:40And Ciampa
32:41Crashes
32:42Crashes
32:43Through the tables
32:45Metal and pieces of wood
32:50Flying everything
32:52Has Johnny Gargano
32:53Officially crashed
32:55To Maso Ciampa's
32:57Championship reign
32:58Referees up to a count of five
33:01This might be it
33:02Ciampa's barely moving
33:03Gargano is playing
33:05This is for the NXT championship
33:07This could be
33:10Come on
33:11Come on
33:12But there's no defeat
33:14Ciampa literally using that crunch
33:18And giving him life
33:20In this NXT championship match
33:27Chance of fight forever
33:29They've been doing just that
33:31In this rivalry
33:33This battle
33:34For the ages
33:35I have never seen
33:37Anything like this
33:39In sports entertainment
33:40The vitriol
33:42The intimacy
33:42The enmity
33:44That Ciampa and Gargano
33:46Have for one another
33:47It's not human
33:48My friends
33:49It's not human
33:53Ciampa staring up at Gargano
33:56Gargano staring back
33:58They know there must be more
34:06Where are they going?
34:08Ciampa leading Gargano
34:10Away from the ring
34:12Ciampa using the crutch
34:14To keep himself standing
34:15And now it's Gargano
34:18Kicks the crutch
34:20Away from Ciampa
34:21Back on even terms
34:23And Johnny Gargano
34:24Rounding and pounding
34:25The NXT champion
34:27Mercilessly beating him down
34:32And here's Ciampa
34:34Take over
34:35Chicago won
34:37The dissolution of DIY
34:45Johnny Gargano
34:47Sitges in the Gargano escape
34:49And while Ciampa's tapping
34:51It doesn't matter
34:58The Gargano has the one
35:01Open
35:01Handcuff
35:03How long though
35:04Johnny
35:05Oh Gargano
35:06Now handcuffing
35:08Ciampa trapped
35:09Part of the stage
35:11Johnny Gargano
35:12How can
35:14Ciampa
35:14Has been neutralized
35:20And while Ciampa's able to stand
35:23How much longer
35:25Oh
35:26This is hard to watch
35:28It's hard to see Gargano
35:29Become this person
35:30Ciampa's defenseless
35:32Ciampa's defenseless
35:33As he eats the superkick
35:34From Johnny Gargano
35:35Ciampa is limp
35:40The NXT universe yelling one more time
35:43Johnny
35:45Johnny
35:47Freeze
35:48Freeze
35:49Freeze
35:49I'm sorry
35:50I'm sorry
35:52I'm sorry
35:53I'm sorry
35:53I'm sorry
35:59I'm sorry
36:00To the totality to Johnny Gargano
36:02To Gianni Gargano
36:02Way too late for apologies now
36:07Champa pleading for some mercy
36:11Oh, but he will get no mercy
36:15Gargano not even looking at the referee for the count
36:19Yelling at Ciampa, you did this
36:21Gargano just wants to destroy Ciampa, while it is for the NXT Championship.
36:31I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
36:35I'm sorry, I'm sorry, God, I'm sorry.
36:41One, three, two, three.
36:47There you go, Ciampa.
36:49The message for Tommaso Ciampa, is that Johnny Gargano?
36:56Well, Holy Count is up to six, Ciampa getting backed up to his feet.
37:02He's still down.
37:06One, two, three, four, five,
37:19moment of truth for Johnny Gargano, he's exposed his knee.
37:24Seven.
37:26And Tommaso Ciampa, your apology falling off your hands.
37:30My God, Gargano delivering the knee but then wiping himself out.
37:36One.
37:37One, two.
37:38Talk about a pyrrhic move for Johnny Gargano, the referee counting.
37:43Three.
37:44Both men are down.
37:46Four.
37:47Four.
37:49Unbelievable.
37:50Five.
37:51The ref is up to a count of five, make it six for the NXT Championship.
37:57Seven.
37:57Can Gargano get up to his feet first?
38:00He's injured his knee.
38:16Come on.
38:17Four.
38:24One, two.
38:27Three, two.
38:29Three, three, four, five, six.
38:30Two, three, four, five, six.
38:33One, two, three, four, five, six.
38:35Two, three.
38:36Two, three, four, five, six.
38:40Oh, definitely.
38:40D**l, four, six.
38:47Gargano to get back up to his feet
38:49and after all we have
38:51witnessed Tommaso Ciampa
38:53is the last man standing
38:55and still
38:56NXT champion
39:05Johnny Gargano
39:07is hurt
39:10as we take a look back at some
39:12of this brutality
39:15Gargano getting a sense
39:17of retribution in the same
39:19move that Ciampa used to
39:21beat him
39:21I just can't believe
39:23that the length that these two
39:24competitors went to
39:26to just be so
39:28brutal and devastating to each
39:31other I just can't imagine look at this
39:34we saw
39:35brutality
39:42and this right here
39:44this running knee
39:46and guys I'm now being told
39:49that Johnny Gargano may have
39:52dislocated his knee
39:54oh my god
40:02talk about adding injury to
40:04inside Nigel
40:05if the reports are true
40:07Johnny Gargano may have just
40:09dislocated his knee
40:13certainly would have made impossible
40:15for Gargano to stand
40:20what an incredible match
40:24and after
40:27a brutal
40:28last man standing match
40:31Tommaso Ciampa
40:32remains your
40:34NXT champion
40:35and I don't want to take away
40:37anything from his victory
40:38but
40:38there is concern
40:40for the welfare of
40:41Johnny Gargano
40:50guys I hate to say it but
40:51it had to end like this
40:57we certainly knew
41:00what both of these men
41:02were willing to do
41:03to secure a victory
41:06they went above and beyond
41:10this right here is where
41:12Gargano
41:12injured his knee
41:14look at the contact
41:15with the right knee
41:16at full speed
41:17oh
41:19so disheartening
41:20so tough to see
41:26forget about the physical toll
41:28what about the psychological toll
41:30on both of these superstars
41:33unsanctioned fight
41:34street fight
41:35and now a last man standing match
41:37that
41:38well
41:40results in Johnny Gargano
41:41being unable to stand
41:43period
41:44these are the sort of experiences
41:45that stay with you
41:46for the rest of your life
41:50I got no love for Tommaso Ciampa
41:53my heart goes out to Johnny Gargano
41:54it's been almost two years
41:56dealing with this situation
41:57with Tommaso Ciampa
41:59and they have it all come down
42:00to end like this
42:13Tommaso Ciampa said
42:15there
42:15is no boundaries
42:17no limits
42:18he is writing his own legacy
42:19he is carrying NXT along for the ride
42:21and say what you will
42:23about his
42:24his vicious and intemperate disposition
42:27a man who is rotten
42:28to his very marrow
42:29also happens to be
42:31one of the toughest
42:33superstars you will ever encounter
42:35Tommaso Ciampa survives
42:37the last man standing match
42:39remains NXT champion
42:41but what about the future
42:43of Johnny Gargano
43:06as an announcer you want to remain biased
43:08but Nigel is a fan
43:09it breaks your heart
43:10to see Johnny Gargano like this
43:12but what did we expect
43:17absolutely
43:18we knew what both these men
43:19were capable of
43:20what they were willing to do
43:21and unfortunately
43:22we got to see it tonight
43:24I want you to sit
43:52I want you to sit
43:54I want you to sit