Tommaso Ciampa
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tommaso Whitney May 8, 1985 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Ciampa Demarso Whitney Dr. Thomas Prodigy Thomas Penmanship Thomas Whitney, Esq Tommaso Ciampa Tommy Penmanship |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
| Billed weight | 208 lb (94 kg) |
| Billed from | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Trained by | Killer Kowalski Mike Hollow Harley Race Al Snow |
| Debut | January 2005 |
Tommaso Whitney (born May 8, 1985), better known by the ring name Tommaso Ciampa (/ˈtʃɑːmpʌ/), is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a former one-time AEW TNT Champion. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he was a former two-time NXT Champion, and a one-time NXT Tag Team Champion with Johnny Gargano as part of #DIY.
Trained by Harley Race and Killer Kowalski, Whitney began his career in 2005, working on several independent promotions. He landed in Ring of Honor (ROH) in 2011, and soon became part of the Embassy. He won the ROH World Television Championship once whilst as a member. At this time, Ciampa also worked for several other independent promotions, including Beyond Wrestling, Chaotic Wrestling, Top Rope Promotions (TRP), and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG).
After his ROH contact expired, he later appeared on WWE in 2015 as part of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. He formed a tag team, #DIY (Do It Yourself), with Johnny Gargano (whom he had wrestled against and with on the independent circuit numerous times). The following year, he signed a contract with WWE and participated in the Cruiserweight Classic, but Gargano defeated him in the first round. Ciampa and Gargano won the NXT Tag Team Championships by defeating The Revival in November 2016.