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Luckily, I'm not afraid of heights.
I bleed black and gold. NXT is home.
I don't give a damn, I am a NXT Superstar.
I feel great because I don't wrestle anymore.
I have a very realistic style to my wrestling.
I single-handedly turned NXT into the 'A Show.'
In my own mind, I don't want to be the weak link of the team.
I have the best physique in all of WWE; this is not by accident.
I love 'Macho Man' Randy Savage, Shawn Michaels and Eddie Guerrero.
I am writing my own legacy, and I am carrying NXT along for the ride.
I've never been comfortable on the top rope or launched myself into dives.
I hope I have a child with flair on my hands. That's all you can hope, right?
In wrestling, obviously, you can get better, but you have to have a bit of an it factor.
I try as much as possible to take a moment every so often, pause, and enjoy the journey.
There's more anticipation, there's more forgiveness once you prove yourself to the fans.
WWE presents me with unlimited opportunities and possibilities. No dream seems unachievable.
I wanted so badly to walk into WrestleMania weekend as the NXT champion and headline TakeOver.
I wouldn't do autographs - I had a stamp with my signature with, of course, perfect penmanship.
If one thing is very clear - in order to get my life back, there can be no Johnny Gargano in NXT.
I don't know if people say ratings don't matter... they sure as Hell matter. Like, you want to win.
The amount I got to experience in my home life really did outweigh what I was missing in wrestling.
Actually going to WrestleMania, then going home and sleeping in our own bed is a pretty wild concept.
I don't think there's a performer in this world who makes better use of their surroundings than I do.
I'd never want a fan who is completely invested to feel like I dismissed his thoughts or how they feel.
I feel like I do my best work when I am put into scenarios where there's some in-depth story to be told.
If you are teaching your child to be content with a participation award, then you already failed at life.
I'm big on active recovery and supplementation with fish oils and anti-inflammatories and whatever it is.
I don't know if people think I'm going to Raw or SmackDown, but here's a spoiler, I'm not. I'm going to NXT.
I enjoyed those last eight to 12 independent bookings, just took them and appreciated them for what they were.
It's not about getting WrestleMania moments for me, it's about making TakeOver moments bigger and bigger and bigger.
I am a god of professional wrestling. You should worship every step I take and every word that comes out of my mouth.
I had neck surgery and I'm not freaking stupid. I get that my window is smaller than it was and my bump card is ticking.
I would never write anything off the table. But my goal is to build my legacy in NXT and, with my legacy, build what NXT is.
Ring of Honor fanbase is so real and so true. It's like an NXT fanbase; it's the same fanbase. You can't just feed them crap.
Sometimes injuries can be the best thing that happen to a guy because it allows you to freshen up and allows the crowd to miss you.
I ended up voluntarily leaving Ring of Honor when my contract was up because I was making so much more money on the independent scene.
I am the champion of champions. I'm the main event. I'm untouchable. I, Tommaso Ciampa, am the greatest sports-entertainer of all time.
I'm the guy who holds the most coveted title in all of sports entertainment, that's because I deserve it! Nobody deserves it more than me.
I was 'The Guy' for NXT, the hottest brand in the entire world. I came through knee surgery and two shoulder surgeries to get to that point.
Whether it be a televised match or even a live event match, in this day and age, the Internet is so accessible and everybody sees everything.
Sometimes, there are spots that need to be filled and you just have to be at the right spot at the right time or the wrong spot and the wrong time.
The big picture goal is legacy. It's knowing that when I'm done, what I've done has changed the industry in some way and made an impact in some way.
I was my high school football team's captain, not because I was the guy who scored the most touchdowns, but the guy who was in the midst of every play.
It took me a while to open up to the idea that you don't have to be a wrestler to have ideas. Jim Ross isn't a wrestler and you will learn a lot from Jim Ross.
Any place is really tough to wrestle until you get over. Once you get over, it doesn't matter if you're on television or an armory, it all becomes pretty easy.
For me, Tommy Dreamer is ECW. There are other guys who did stuff there and other guys who made their careers there and made a name there, but Tommy Dreamer is ECW.
I don't know that I like the idea of having NXT television superstars in the crowd. I don't want to have people from Raw and SmackDown in the crowd while I'm wrestling.
Early in my career, playing a character was vital. I had to be Thomas Penmanship because I couldn't be Tommaso because he is a shy kid, so I had to create an alter-ego.
I had finally come to the point where I was catching the momentum but then I had torn my ACL, which is kind of the story of my life where I keep getting injured from an ACL.
I love good versus evil. It always works. Even when you look at superhero movies, the action is really cool and all that, but what sucks you in is good trying to overcome evil.