Tommaso Ciampa (@ciampawwe) is a professional wrestler with WWE. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Ontario, CA to talk about his incredible matched in NXT, winning the NXT Championship twice, being trained by Killer Kowalski who also trained Triple H, his friendship and rivalry with Johnny Gargano and their tag team DIY, making his WWE debut in 2005 and playing Muhammad Hassan's lawyer, getting chokeslammed by The Undertaker, how his work in Ring Of Honor got him on WWE's radar, the psychology of being a heel, his diet and workout plan with our mutual friend nutritionist AJ Simms (@cementfactory), being a girl dad and much more! EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal 👉 https://nordvpn.com/cvv Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Join Full Time Creator for $1 at http://fulltimecreator.co 00:00 Intro 00:37 Growing out his beard 02:05 What’s it like for him being a dad? 03:59 Finding time to workout around parenting 05:46 His incredible fitness transformation 10:54 Training at Killer Kowalski’s wrestling school 15:24 Being Muhammad Hassan’s lawyer 21:20 People mispronouncing his name 23:05 What went wrong in Deep South Wrestling? 27:02 How did he decide to be a pro wrestler? 28:45 Bret Hart’s amazing matches 30:07 What was the last straw with ROH? 32:35 Brian Gerwitz helping him get his WWE tryout 34:58 Getting signed by WWE 40:43 Who came up with the name for DIY 42:43 Origins of the glorious bomb 46:16 Dealing with Injuries 51:17 How does he feel right now? 54:18 The mindset backstage at NXT 57:30 His matches with Johnny Gargano 59:39 Would he go back to NXT? 1:00:30 Which match with Johnny is he most proud of? 1:03:37 Playing a menacing heel 1:06:17 Will DIY return in WWE? 1:09:50 Making the most of opportunities in WWE 1:11:33 3 Things Tommaso Ciampa is grateful for Subscribe to http://youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Subscribe to my podcast: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: https://teespring.com/stores/chris-van-vliet Email me: cvv@chrisvanvliet.com Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Like me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet #wwe #tommasociampa #nxt #johnnygargano