About Tommaso Ciampa
Tommaso Whitney (born May 8, 1985), better known by the ring name Tommaso Ciampa (), is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a former AEW TNT Champion. 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 contract 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. After splitting from Gargano in 2017, he went on to become a two-time NXT Champion. In 2022, he was called up to main roster for the Raw brand and eventually reunited with Gargano in 2023, and went on to win the WWE Tag Team Championships twice in 2024. After his WWE contract expired in January 2026, he signed with AEW that same month. 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. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a former one-time AEW TNT Champion.
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