10 WWE Superstars You Didn't Know Were In TNA

10. Tomasso Ciampa

Tomasso Ciampa has gone on to forge quite a name for himself on NXT since making his debut with the brand as part of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic in 2015. However, in a very unusual set of circumstances, Ciampa managed to appear on TNA television at the same time he was simultaneously part of NXT.

Despite being on NXT in September 2015, he wasn’t officially signed to a WWE contract. As such, Ciampa appeared in several other promotions in between, including the original version of Global Force Wrestling, as well as international entities like RevPro, ICW and wXw.

Ciampa’s appearance in the Impact Zone came in a Three Way match on the September 30th edition of Impact Wrestling, three weeks after making his NXT debut. While appearing on Impact would have usually been frowned upon by WWE management, this particular appearance had actually been taped two months prior in late July.

The match itself aired on the very same night he appeared on NXT against Tyler Breeze, putting Ciampa on a short list of men who have appeared on two globally broadcast wrestling shows on the same night. Ciampa would go on to appear once more for TNA in another pre-taped match from July, defeating Crazzy Steve on an episode of Xplosion in October.