Tommaso Ciampa talks about the freedom that he feels with aa microphone in-hand, his current health, and joining the main roster.
After years on the WWE NXT roster, Tommaso Ciampa made the move to Monday Night Raw following WrestleMania 38. While he was initially off to a rocky start, his career began to take an upswing shortly before Triple H assumed control of WWE creative and with the new regime in charge, Ciampa has been able to maximize his abilities, especially his gift of gab, to best enhance the WWE Raw brand.
In a recent interview with Sean Ross Sapp, Tommaso Ciampa discussed the recent promo he cut on WWE RAW Talk ahead of his WWE United States Championship match with Bobby Lashley and discussed his ability to ‘maximize his minutes’ being one of his strong suits when he is allotted freedom.
"So RAW Talk in general when you do social media stuff, you have a lot more freedom. I think two weeks ago we did a RAW Talk and they said, 'Yeah, yeah. Say what you want a little bit," and I got to. On this one, Miz gave me the green light again, he said, 'Do you have something you want to say?' I said, 'I'll think of something.' For me this whole process has been - I know an opportunity when I see it and I will maximize my minutes. That's kind of been my M.O. my entire career. I'll take whatever you give me and I'm going to turn it into the best thing I possibly can. So the fact he gave me the platform for it. I just need eyes on me. So give me an opening, I'll take it."
Tommaso Ciampa also addressed his past hesitancy in regards to a run on the main roster, telling Sean Ross Sapp that many changes in his life, both personally and professionally, read to him changing his mind in regards to what he would be able to accomplish on the main roster, attributing his change of mind to growth and maturity
"I get asked this all the time. Having a successful neck surgery, huge factor. Going into that and having the pain I had for as long as I had. I always felt like, 'Your career's ending soon,' and now I don't feel that way. Now I feel like, 'Oh, you might have just finished the first half of your career.' I've learned how to wrestle with it and I'm not in pain. Having a child, having the pandemic happen and spending three years with her at home and having that time, and now she's at the point she's with me right now at SummerSlam. A lot has changed. My life has changed. My maturity has changed. The opportunities are exciting to me. There's a lot of new opponents for me to face. It's hard to put it on one thing."
Furthermore, Tommaso now knows that at 37, he may only be entering his prime now.
"The way I take care of my body, I just feel like, 'Oh, shoot. okay, I'm 37. If I go 'til 55, I'm at the halfway point. We've got a long ways to go.
"It’s the same concept. He’s got some neck issues, too, like everybody else that wrestles. You just learn. We got a cool medical team, too. They’re great, dude. You get those people who are helping you with the strength and conditioning, guys like Coach Hayes and [Ty-rai], who’s a PT. So many people who are just educating you and the more you get educated, the more you start to learn like, ‘Oh, I can get longevity out of my career doing this.’"
Tommaso Ciampa previously spoke about feeling like he was beginning to find his groove under Vince McMahon. Learn more about that at this link.
