Interesting Note On Ciampa's Role At Last Night's WWE Tapings

Ciampa didn't have much to do on last night's WWE Raw show, BUT...

By Andy H Murray /

WWE

Ciampa is still waiting to work his first Raw match since transitioning from NXT 2.0 to WWE's main roster last month, but the former NXT Champion had a conflicting role to play on last night's tapings.

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Having turned heel on the returning Mustafa Ali last week, clobbering the former 205 Live man from behind after a win over The Miz, Ciampa repeated the feat on the latest Raw. Reeling from a handicap defeat to Miz and Theory on the USA Network show, Ali was clocked by Ciampa again - this time in the ring.

Despite this, Ciampa worked as a babyface on last night's Main Event tapings. Fightful Select note that he scored a victory over Apollo Crews, a heel, for the show.

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WWE's internal rundowns had Ciampa listed for a match against Finn Balor on the tapings. This would have been as a heel, which Fightful has confirmed with people inside the company.

While this flip-flopping between alignments would cause significant continuity issues if it was taking place on Raw, that Main Event is watched by a comparatively small audience and rarely, if ever, generates buzz negates this somewhat. Nonetheless, it'll be a jarring watch for people who tune into both shows.

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