Tommaso Whitney is an American Professional Wrestler, who is currently signed with WWE under the ring name Tommaso Ciampa. He is currently a part of the Raw roster as a part of the 2023 WWE Draft. Tommaso started his pro-wrestling training in January 2005 and made his debut the same year, most probably at Chaotic Wrestling and Top Rope Promotions. Ciampa wrestled for the first 11 years wrestling in multiple Independent Circuits such as World League Wrestling, East Coast Wrestling Association, UPW Pro Wrestling, Xtreme Wrestling Alliance and other promotions. He also appeared on WWE during the first two years of his wrestling career as a jobber and at Ohio Valley Wrestling.
In January 2011, Ciampa made his ROH debut where he had a five year run, where he was a one time ROH World Television Champion. In 2015 he got released from ROH and appeared on TNA in a couple of episodes.
The same year, same month Ciampa participated in the NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Championship teaming up with Johnny Gargano. They advanced to the second round and got eliminated by Baron Corbin & Rhyno.
In April 2016, Ciampa signed a contract with WWE and was assigned to the NXT brand. He had a seven year run in NXT, where he was a two time NXT Champion and one time NXT Tag Team Champion.
In 2022, Ciampa was called for a main roster run, where he aligned himself with The Miz and had a pursuit for the United States Championship but failed. He injured his hip and went for rehab. Ciampa returned to Raw in 2023 and had a pursuit for the Intercontinental Championship, in which he also was unsuccessful. He is currently on Raw and is teasing of forming a DIY reunion with Johnny Gargano.
Tommaso Ciampa Finisher & Signature
Tommaso Ciampa has been using Willow's bell as his primary finisher since 2018, which is a Hangman DDT from the middle rope. He also uses Fairy Tail Ending as his finishing move, which is a double underhook sit-out facebuster, but he uses the finisher on rare occasions (like how Orton uses his punt kick or Big Show using KO punch) especially on the main roster. Ciampa uses Sicilian Stretch as his go to submission maneuver, which is a combination of scissored armbar and a crossface. The submission maneuver was previously called Rings of Honor, when he was in ROH.
During the initial stage of his career Ciampa used Project Ciampa as his finishing move, which is a Powerbomb into a Double Knee Backbreaker. However Ciampa has now turned it into his signature move. Apart from this Ciampa uses Argentine Facebuster, High Knee, Sicilian Barrage, Psycho Cutter as his signature move.
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Tommaso Ciampa was born on May 8, 1985 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He is currently 38 years old as of 2023.
Tommaso Ciampa stands at a height of 5 foot 11 inches tall, which is 180 centimeters in length.
Tommaso Ciampa currently resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
Ciampa got married to retired pro-wrestler and television producer Jessie Ward in 2013 and they have a child together.
Tommaso Ciampa was trained by Killer Kowalski, Mike Hollow, Harley Race, and Al Snow.