10 WWE Stars Who Are Absolutely RIPPED Right Now
6. Tommaso Ciampa
Daddy Ciampa's return to NXT following an extended absence due to a major knee injury sent the internet ablaze back in 2018. Along with partner Johnny Gargano, #DIY were one of the most over acts in the company before Ciampa's heel turn the previous May at NXT TakeOver: Chicago, which had seen Gargano take a proverbial bullet for Ciampa in their tag team ladder match defeat to The Authors of Pain, only for Ciampa to attack Gargano as the final third graphic was being displayed.
When Ciampa did return in January 2018 at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia, attacking Gargano after he had just lost his NXT Championship to Andrade, the internet was torn between venomous resentment for the soon-to-be-christened Blackheart and asking some pretty deep questions about themselves because Ciampa was looking stacked.
Seemingly doubling in size, with all of it muscle (and beard), Ciampa came back looking fantastic and massively defined. He has maintained this look all the way to the present day and even over the course of his major neck surgery and recovery, which required him to relinquish his NXT Championship and a WrestleMania Weekend blow-off match with Gargano.
Ciampa details his workout routine post-neck surgery in this worthwhile video with Sheamus, four months before his return in October 2019.