Tommaso Ciampa

Tommaso Whitney (born May 8, 1985) is an American professional wrestler.

He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Tommaso Ciampa.

Tommaso Whitney was born on May 8, 1985, in Boston, Massachusetts.

He is of Sicilian descent.

Whitney began his career in 2005, working on several independent promotions.

Whitney was trained by WWE Hall of Famer Killer Kowalski, and debuted in January 2005.

He predominantly wrestled for independent promotions located in Massachusetts, most notably Chaotic Wrestling and Top Rope Promotions.

On May 22, 2005, he wrestled an IWF Junior Heavyweight Championship match against champion Sean Royal, but was unsuccessful.

Later that day he also failed to win a battle royal to earn the number one contendership to the IWF Heavyweight Championship.

Whitney debuted in Chaotic Wrestling as "Tommy Penmanship" in 2005.

On April 1, he lost a qualifying match for entry in the Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship Tournament to Fred Sampson.

In June, Penmanship teamed with Arch Kincaid to unsuccessfully challenge the Logan Brothers for the Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Championship.

Penmanship won his first championship on August 8, by defeating Chase del Monte for the Chaotic Wrestling New England Championship.

He held it for half a year, successfully defending it against former del Monte, Jason Blade, and Psycho, before eventually losing it to Psycho at Cold Fury 5.

Penmanship then spent a couple of months without winning a singles match losing to Matt Logan and Psycho, but alongside Psycho, he won a Lethal Lottery Tournament first round match.

Penmanship and Psycho qualified for a battle royal to determine the number one contender to the CW Heavyweight Championship, but the match was won by Luis Ortiz.

He appeared on the July 14, 2005, episode of SmackDown! as Thomas Whitney, ESQ one of Muhammad Hassan's lawyers and confronted The Undertaker.

Tommaso read a statement from Hassan before being attacked by The Undertaker.

On the December 17 episode of Velocity, under the ring name Demarso Whitney, he was defeated by Jamie Noble.

At Breaking Point 2006 Penmanship lost to Psycho once again in a Psycho Rules match with Tommy Dreamer as the special referee.

On May 19, Penmanship defeated Handsome Johnny and became Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Champion.

As the Chaotic Heavyweight champion Penmanship defeated Bryan Logan, del Monte and Max Bauer.

On the August 25, 2006, episode of Heat he and Kofi Kingston had a dark match against Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch.

He held the Championship until February 2007, when he lost it to Brian Milonas in a "Loser leaves CW" match.

On February 4, 2007, it was announced that Whitney signed a developmental contract with WWE and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling.

He debuted on February 21 and wrestled as Tommaso.

After suffering an injury, he was forced to step away from in ring competition and became known as Dr. Thomas, Anger Management Specialist – during which time he managed Bolin Services

(Charles Evans and Justin LaRouche), winning the OVW tag team titles.

Dr Thomas would eventually make his in ring debut during a 6-man tag at Six Flags, tagging with Bolin Services to take on Elijah Burke and Cryme Tyme.

On June 27, 2007, Whitney debuted a new gimmick when he began wrestling under a mask as Prodigy.

On August 9, Whitney was released from his WWE developmental contract.

In late 2007, he returned to the independent circuit.

On September 29 Tommaso defeated A.J. Styles and Eddie Edwards to become the MWF Television Champion.

In 2011, he began to work with Ring of Honor until 2015.

He later appeared on WWE in 2015 as part of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, a tag team tournament.

He formed a tag team, #DIY (Do It Yourself), with Johnny Gargano.

The following year, he signed a contract with WWE and participated in the Cruiserweight Classic, a tournament for cruiserweight wrestlers, but Gargano defeated him in the first round.

Ciampa is a two-time NXT Champion and one-time NXT Tag Team Champion.

Outside of WWE, he is best known for his work in Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a one-time ROH World Television Champion.

He has also wrestled for several other independent promotions, including Beyond Wrestling (BW), Chaotic Wrestling (CW), Top Rope Promotions (TRP), and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG).