Tommaso Ciampa Says He’s Been Eyeing AEW For A Long Time, Praises Tony Khan For His ‘Contagious Passion’
Things worked out for Tommaso Ciampa.
Ciampa shocked fans around the world by making his AEW debut on the January 28 episode of Dynamite. This was a quick transition for the ‘Psycho Killer’, as he had announced his departure from WWE just days before.
Speaking with Rick Ucchino of Sports Illustrated for a new interview, Ciampa said that he’s been eyeing a move to AEW for a long time.
“There’s something about that underground and passionate fanbase that I’ve always loved about professional wrestling. It was with ECW, it was at Ring Of Honor, it was at early NXT, and it’s AEW now. I’ve been eyeing it up for a long time and just kind of waiting for the right moment and everything lined up really well.”
Ciampa went on to reveal that he met Tony Khan for the first time at the Dynamite taping.
“I’ll tell you, last night’s the first night I met Tony Khan. First time I’ve been backstage and kind of mingled with all the guys, but Tony in particular has a contagious passion for professional wrestling. I love meeting with him, I loved the energy that he shared. He cares a lot about his locker room, he cares about his fanbase. It felt right, everything about last night felt like hey, this is the place you’re meant to be.”
Ciampa also have credit to Mikey Rukus and Mike Mansury for bringing his presentation together.
“Kudos to Mikey [Rukus] and Mike Mansury for the music and the tron and all the effects and everything. That was something I was kind of working on a vision board for quite some time. It felt like somebody walked past me, looked at that vision board and just said yes to everything. That’s never happened in my career ever, so to have that happen was outrageous man. I still don’t think I’ve ingested it all.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Tommaso Ciampa touched on his decision to leave WWE. Fans can check out his full comments by clicking here.
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