Tear Jerker / WWE NXT

• The break up of #DIY.
  • The unsanctioned match Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa had one year later was perhaps the worst case of this in the entire history of NXT. It was filled with numerous Call Backs to their time as a tag team, including their mannerisms during matches and even their match in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic, except it was all slanted with brutal spots and stiff blows from both men, echoing the deterioration of their relationship. While unquestionably an amazing match, one many consider to be the greatest in NXT history, the sheer emotion of it all was so visceral, powerful and raw that many viewers admitted they felt like they were intruding on something personal just by watching.
  • In the closing moments of the match, Gargano (unquestionably the face) was about to stab Ciampa with a broken crutch. He stayed his hand, however, after Ciampa tried to protect himself from the incoming blow, and even started showing a tinge of regret for his actions. Gargano was struggling with himself, but ultimately put the crutch down, only asking Ciampa "Why?", and throwing it away. For a long moment, bruised and battered, they just stared at each other, both wondering what exactly happened to them — but just when it seems they were about to reconcile, with Gargano beginning to sit down next to Ciampa like Ciampa had done with him at the Cruiserweight Classic a year and a half ago, Ciampa tries to cheap shot Gargano, proving that there really was no going back to the way things were, not after everything that has happened between them.
  • You thought after Worlds Collide that Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa would be the best of friends again? That #DIY were together again? HA HA HA—No Not a chance! With Johnny, viewing Ciampa as a Karma Houdini who was Easily Forgiven (Not by him), turning on him. Costing him the NXT Championship match against Adam Cole. Even during their brawl within the Performance Center, you can here Ciampa muttering "No more #DIY." This once again proving that there really was no going back to the way things were, not after everything that has happened between them.
• Kairi Sane, after losing the title at WWE Evolution: "My treasure box is empty now..."
• Kairi Sane getting beat down by Shayna and Io Shirai being forced to watch just after Kairi was disqualified due to Io wanting to save her best friend from getting hurt by Shayna.
  • Also Kairi Sane's farewell from NXT by the audience after was both this and heartwarming.
• Dakota Kai turning heel by beating the everloving hell out of her best friend Tegan Nox, leaving her emotionally and physically broken while their teammates Rhea Ripley and Candice LeRae looked on in horror.
• South Wales Subculture's feud with The Hunt. While it may seem like just a standard tag team feud, Flash Morgan Webster and Wild Boar have (both in kayfabe and in real life) been close friends since they were just twelve years old. Seeing clips of them wrestling as teenagers and hearing Webster talk almost tearfully about how they used to hang out all the time as kids is pretty sad.
• Rivaling #DIY's breakup in terms of heartbreak, you have Adam Cole singlehandedly destroying The Undisputed Era. To make things worse, both Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong are in contention as the biggest Woobie of the story:
  • Kyle gets betrayed by Cole – dissolving over a decade of friendship – for the crime of being nice to Finn Bálor.
  • Roddy is forced to watch helplessly as both his friends abandon him and the Undisputed Era as a whole.

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