Tommaso Ciampa Quotes

Tommaso Ciampa

Profession : Wrestler

Birth : May 8, 1985

I have a very realistic style to my wrestling.

Tommaso Ciampa

When I was in Ring of Honor, Adam Cole was the champion. When I won the title in NXT, in the back of my head, I told myself, 'I have to do for this title what Adam Cole did for the Ring of Honor title.'

Tommaso Ciampa

I'm in Ring of Honor about four years. I was cast as The Sicilian Psychopath there and right from the start one thing that felt weird where I got signed after a tryout because Jim Cornette saw me and 'Delirious' Hunter Johnston and they really liked my promo. The match was fine, but they really liked my promo.

Tommaso Ciampa

I had finally come to the point where I was catching the momentum but then I had torn my ACL, which is kind of the story of my life where I keep getting injured from an ACL.

Tommaso Ciampa

Ring of Honor fanbase is so real and so true. It's like an NXT fanbase; it's the same fanbase. You can't just feed them crap.

Tommaso Ciampa

I told them that I would sign for five years, I would sign for 10 years, I will make my career here in Ring of Honor if you guys show me that you are looking to invest in me the way that I will invest in you. And the conversation, which I thought was going well, just randomly took a real hard turn.

Tommaso Ciampa

The wrestling that I grew up on was this; it was NXT. Definitely not the athleticism factor or the in-ring factor - that's evolved tremendously. But the storytelling part of it, that's what grew up on.

Tommaso Ciampa

I grew up on these long, drawn-out stories with four pay-per-views a year where things paid off. Everything was done for a reason. Then all of a sudden, I find myself in NXT and I get to play that out. I'm playing out my childhood.

Tommaso Ciampa

I don't think there's a performer in this world who makes better use of their surroundings than I do.

Tommaso Ciampa

Shoot, me, if I was going to go to war and you told me I could have Keith Lee, I'll sign up on that one. And you told me I could have the freaking UFC madman Matt Riddle - he's like the new Goldberg - I'll sign up on that one too. I love the guys.

Tommaso Ciampa

I single-handedly turned NXT into the 'A Show.'

Tommaso Ciampa

I'm the guy who holds the most coveted title in all of sports entertainment, that's because I deserve it! Nobody deserves it more than me.

Tommaso Ciampa

I am a god of professional wrestling. You should worship every step I take and every word that comes out of my mouth.

Tommaso Ciampa

I was training at Killer Kowalski's old place, and at that time it was the Chaotic Training Center but now it is the New England Training Academy, but we were kind of the feeding ground. Anytime WWE was in the northeast area that is who they would call. They would call them for extra talent.

Tommaso Ciampa

In May of 2017 they told me that no one has ever had 3 major surgeries in a 12 week span and returned at a competitive level. I returned to the most successful run of my career.

Tommaso Ciampa

Sometimes, there are spots that need to be filled and you just have to be at the right spot at the right time or the wrong spot and the wrong time.

Tommaso Ciampa

I don't know that I like the idea of having NXT television superstars in the crowd. I don't want to have people from Raw and SmackDown in the crowd while I'm wrestling.

Tommaso Ciampa

Whether it be a televised match or even a live event match, in this day and age, the Internet is so accessible and everybody sees everything.

Tommaso Ciampa

In my own mind, I don't want to be the weak link of the team.

Tommaso Ciampa

Early in my career, playing a character was vital. I had to be Thomas Penmanship because I couldn't be Tommaso because he is a shy kid, so I had to create an alter-ego.

Tommaso Ciampa