Tommaso Ciampa

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Tommaso Ciampa

Ciampa in 2009
Ring name(s) Dr. Thomas
Prodigy
Thomas Penmanship
Tomas Whitney
Tomasso
Tommaso Ciampa
Tommy Penmanship
Billed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Billed weight 210 lb (95 kg)[1]
Born (1985-05-08) May 8, 1985[2]
Boston, Massachusetts[2]
Billed from Palermo, Sicily
Trained by Killer Kowalski[2]
Mike Hollow[2]
Spike Dudley[3]
Harley Race[2]
Al Snow[2]
Debut January 2005[2]

Tommasso Whitney[2] (born May 8, 1985)[2] is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Tommaso Ciampa. He is currently signed to Ring of Honor, where he is the reigning World Television Champion, while also competing for several independent promotions, including Chaotic Wrestling, East Coast Wrestling Association and Northeast Wrestling.

Professional wrestling career

Training and early years (2005–2007)

He was trained by Killer Kowalski, and debuted in January 2005.[2] He predominantly wrestles for independent promotions located in Massachusetts, most notably Chaotic Wrestling and Top Rope Promotions.[1][4]

On May 22, 2005, he had an IWF Junior Heavyweight Championship match against champion Sean Royal, but was unsuccessful. Later that day he also failed to win a battle royal to earn the number one contendership to the IWF Heavyweight Championship.[5]

Whitney debuted in Chaotic Wrestling as Tommy Penmanship in 2005. On April 1, he lost a qualifying match for entry in the Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship Tournament to Fred Sampson.[6] In June, Penmanship teamed with Arch Kincaid to unsuccessfully challenge the Logan Brothers for the Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Championship.[7] Penmanship won his first championship on August 8, by defeating Chase del Monte for the Chaotic Wrestling New England Championship.[8] He held it for half a year, successfully defending it against former del Monte, Jason Blade, and Psycho, before eventually losing it to Psycho at Cold Fury 5.[9]

Ciampa at a Combat Zone Wrestling show in October 2010.

Penmanship then spent a couple of months without winning a singles match losing to Matt Logan and Psycho, but alongside Psycho, he won a Lethal Lottery Tournament first round match. Penmanship and Psycho qualified for a battle royal to determine the number one contender to the CW Heavyweight Championship, but the match was won by Luis Ortiz.[10] At Breaking Point 2006 Penmanship lost to Psycho once again in a Psycho Rules match with Tommy Dreamer as the special referee.[11] On May 19, Penmanship defeated Handsome Johnny and became Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Champion.[12] As the Chaotic Heavyweight champion Ciampa defeated Bryan Logan, del Monte and Max Bauer. He held the Championship until February 2007, when he lost it to Brian Milonas in a "Loser leaves CW" match.[13]

World Wrestling Entertainment (2005, 2006, 2007)

He appeared on July 14, 2005, episode of Smackdown as Tomas Whitney, one of Muhammed Hassan's lawyers and confronted The Undertaker. Tommaso read a statement from Hassan before being attacked by The Undertaker.[14][15] On the August 25, 2006, episode of WWE Heat he and Kofi Kingston had a dark match against Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch.[16]

On February 4, 2007, it was announced that Whitney signed a developmental contract with WWE and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling.[17] He debuted on February 21 and wrestled as Tommaso. On June 27, 2007, Whitney debuted a new gimmick – he began wrestling under a mask as Prodigy. On August 9, Whitney was released from his WWE developmental contract.

Independent circuit (2007–present)

In Autumn he returned to independents. On September 29 Tommaso defeated A.J. Styles and Eddie Edwards to become MWF Television Champion[18]

In September 2008 Ciampa debuted in Harley Race's World League Wrestling. In October he took part in Nine Man Battle Royal for the vacant WLW Heavyweight Championship, which was won by Go Shiozaki.[19] Ciampa also unsuccessfully challenged WLW Tag Team Championship twice: on November 22, 2008 (with Steve Anthony)[20] and on March 21, 2009 (with Marc Godeker).[21]

On August 30, 2013, Ciampa made his debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), when he entered the 2013 Battle of Los Angeles, losing to Brian Cage in his first round match.[22]

Ring of Honor (2011–present)

Ciampa (center) with Ernie Osiris (left) and Prince Nana (right) as part of The Embassy in 2011.

At Honor Reclaims Boston he, Alex Payne and Ernie Osiris lost a dark match to Bobby Dempsey, Mitch Franklin and Rhett Titus.[23] Ciampa appeared in dark matches for Ring of Honor in both 2007 and 2009.

In January 2011, Ciampa began working ROH dates regularly. On the January 22 Ring of Honor Wrestling tapings, he defeated Mike Sydal. He joined Prince Nana in his heel stable The Embassy. He later defeated Adam Cole and Grizzly Redwood. On April 1 he debuted on internet pay-per-view at Honor Takes Center Stage Night One, taking part in a Four Corners match that was won by Homicide.[24] Ciampa went on to defeat Homicide twice, once on the second show of Honor Takes Center Stage and again on May 6, at ROH Revolution: USA.[25][26] The next day, at ROH Revolution: Canada, Ciampa was part of the first "Double Danger Scramble" match, which was won by Michael Elgin.[27] On July 13, Ring of Honor announced that Ciampa had signed a contract with the promotion.[28] On September 17 at Death Before Dishonor IX, Ciampa pinned Homicide in a tag team match, where he teamed with Rhino and Homicide with Jay Lethal.[29]

At an ROH house show on January 21, 2012, Ciampa defeated ROH World Television Champion Jay Lethal in a Proving Ground Match to earn a future match for the ROH World Television Championship.[30] On March 4 at the 10th Anniversary Show, Ciampa's match with Lethal for the ROH World Television Championship ended in a fifteen-minute time limit draw.[31] Ciampa continued his feud with Lethal on March 31 at Showdown in the Sun, where he interfered in his match with Roderick Strong and cost him the title.[32] On the April 7 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Ciampa defeated Lethal, Adam Cole and Mike Bennett in a four-way final to win the 2012 March Mayhem tournament.[33] On May 12 at Border Wars, Ciampa's undefeated streak was ended, when he was defeated by Lethal in a singles match.[34] On June 24 at Best in the World 2012: Hostage Crisis, Ciampa received another shot at the ROH World Television Championship, but was defeated by Roderick Strong in a three-way elimination match, also involving Lethal, following interference from Prince Nana.[35] Afterwards, Ciampa turned on Nana, after it was revealed that he had struck a deal with Truth Martini to keep the Television Championship on Strong, broke away from The Embassy and adopted R.D. Evans as his new manager.[36] The feud between Ciampa and Lethal culminated on August 11 at Boiling Point, where Lethal defeated Ciampa in a Two Out of Three Falls match.[37] During the match Ciampa tore his anterior cruciate ligament, sidelining him indefinitely from in-ring action.[38] On September 7, Ciampa announced that his injury required surgery, which would sideline him for a year.[39] Ciampa made an appearance on December 16 at Final Battle 2012: Doomsday, trying to get his hands on R.D. Evans, after he had defeated Prince Nana in a match.[40] Ciampa returned from his injury on May 4 at Border Wars 2013, chasing Evans and his new associate, Q.T. Marshall, out of the ring.[41] On August 3, Ciampa entered a tournament to determine the new ROH World Champion, defeating Silas Young in his first round match.[42] On August 17, Ciampa defeated Michael Bennett to advance to the semifinals of the tournament.[43] On September 20 at Death Before Dishonor XI, Ciampa was eliminated from the tournament by Adam Cole.[44] On December 14 at Final Battle 2013, Ciampa began his first reign as ROH World Television Champion, when he defeated Matt Taven for the title.[45]

In wrestling

Ciampa performing an armbar on Sabian in 2010
  • Finishing moves
    • Project Ciampa (Powerbomb dropped into a double knee backbreaker)[3]
    • Project Ciampa II (Cloverleaf)[3]

Championships and accomplishments

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 "Tommaso Ciampa". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved May 11, 2011. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Tommaso Ciampa on Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved May 11, 2011. 
  4. ↑ "Tommaso Ciampa Cagematch pforile". Cagematch.de. Retrieved May 11, 2011. 
  5. ↑ "IWF Mayhem – Tag 2 results". Cagematch.de. Retrieved May 11, 2011. 
  6. ↑ "Chaotic Wrestling results: 04.01.2005". Cagematch.de. Retrieved May 11, 2011. 
  7. ↑ "Chaotic Wrestling results: 06.24.2005". Cagematch.de. Retrieved May 11, 2011. 
  8. ↑ "Chaotic Wrestling New England Heavyweight Title History". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved May 11, 2011. 
  9. ↑ "Complete Results from COLD FURY 5: Five Years of Fury". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved May 11, 2011. 
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  11. ↑ "CW Breaking Point results". The New England Independent. Retrieved May 11, 2011. 
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  13. ↑ "Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Title history". Chaotic Wrestling. Retrieved May 11, 2011. 
  14. ↑ "WWE Smackdown results: July 14, 2005". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved May 11, 2011. 
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  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "MWF TV title shocker – Eddie Edwards goes down in defeat". BostonWrestling.com. Retrieved May 11, 2011. 
  19. ↑ "WLW Heavyweight Championship history". 
  20. ↑ "World League Wrestling results: 11.22.2005". Cagematch.de. Retrieved May 11, 2011. 
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  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Namako, Jason (2011-09-17). "Death Before Dishonor IX Results – 9/17/11". WrestleView. Retrieved 2011-09-17. 
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  39. ↑ Namako, Jason (2012-09-07). "Tomasso Ciampa out for a year with a torn ACL". WrestleView. Retrieved 2012-09-07. 
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