It Doesn't Sound Like Tommaso Ciampa Is Leaving WWE NXT Anytime Soon...
Tommaso Ciampa reasserted his loyalty after last night's NXT 2.0 went off the air.
NXT 2.0 may not be the black and gold brand he came up in, but Tommaso Ciampa reaffirmed his loyalty to WWE's developmental show in a short promo after last night's episode went off the air.
Ciampa faced the main roster's Dolph Ziggler in the main event. With a shot at Bron Breakker's NXT Championship on the line, Tommaso fell after an interference from Robert Roode, who had disguised himself as a cameraman.
Brekker then emerged to help Ciampa send the heels packing after the bell. Following this, Ciampa got on the microphone to address the crowd in a post-show promo, which WWE has uploaded as a digital exclusive:-
#WeAreNXT! ?@NXTCiampa had an impassioned message for the NXT Universe after #WWENXT went off the air. pic.twitter.com/M1opjOE2Ki
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) February 23, 2022
For those without audio (h/t Cageside Seats):-
“I promised myself that I wouldn’t talk riding highs of emotions — sometimes I lose myself a little. But damn it if not having my neck beat to hell by Dolph Ziggler tonight didn’t remind me of the last three years of my life, what I’ve been through to stand in this ring, and what it means to me to be part of NXT, and hear you people chanting ‘NXT’ with all the damn passion that you have in your existence. I tell you this from the bottom of my soul: I love you. I love this place. I thank you. Together forever. We are NXT.”
Ciampa and Breakker team up to face Roode and Ziggler on next week's 2.0. A former NXT Champion himself, Ciampa has made a couple of Raw appearances lately, building the Dolph program, which looks set to culminate in Ziggler vs. Breakker for the belt at NXT Stand & Deliver on 2 April.