25 Best WWE Instagram posts of the week, January 8th 2017

#8 The incredible journey of Johnny Gargano

From security to champion in just seven short years

#DIY’s NXT Tag Team Championship win against The Revival at NXT TakeOver: Toronto was undoubtedly one of the best WWE matches of 2016, if not the best. The two-out-of-three falls match was a perfect exercise in modern tag team wrestling, as Gargano and Ciampa came from one fall behind to pick up the win over Dash and Dawson.

If you’ve still not seen that match, go and seek it out now.

It represented a moment of true redemption for Gargano, as the NXT Tag Team Champion posted a picture on his Instagram this past week of his seven-year journey in NXT. Gargano appeared as a security guard in the first season of NXT, standing by as Michael Cole ran down a pre-YES! Movement Daniel Bryan.

From security guard to champion, Johnny Wrestling deserves all the success he gets.