Johnny Gargano Explains Why He Laid Around For Six Months

Since early in the year, Johnny Gargano was spotted planking backstage instead of wrestling. It wasn’t until August when he faced CM Punk in Cleveland that he became Johnny Wrestling again.

On his Vlog, Gargano explained why he laid around for six months.

“Everyone wants to know, ‘Why were you laying around and feeling sorry for yourself for six months? What was going on?’ It’s complicated, but the easy answer is right there [shows his title wall]. I feel like everyone expected me to be that guy, and I tried to be that guy, and I couldn’t. I felt like I was letting a lot of people down. I hated that.

“You heard Quill ask in the vlog, ‘Did you get the treasure?’ He watches SmackDown, and he loves video games. In his head, when you win, you get the treasure. I don’t know how many times over the past year we’d fly out on Thursday, and before we’d leave, he would ask me, ‘Are you going to get the treasure?’ I would tell him, ‘I’ll try. I’m really going to try.’ I would have a match on SmackDown, I’d lose, and Candice would have the phone in her hand, showing me Quil just crying. ‘Daddy lost. Daddy isn’t getting the treasure.’ That broke me. In my head, it was easier to just not try than to get up, fail, and let people down. I’m not saying that’s right or the way to go about things, but that’s what I did.” 

Gargano said that Cleveland showed him that if he tries, he can make anything happen.

He thanked the fans for continuing to support him and Sami Zayn for showing him the way.

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