Quotes from Tommaso Ciampa

There's more anticipation, there's more forgiveness once you prove yourself to the fans.

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 love 'Macho Man' Randy Savage, Shawn Michaels and Eddie Guerrero.

I don't know if people say ratings don't matter... they sure as Hell matter. Like, you want to win.

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 just look at like, if I'm doing 200 plus dates a year on the road with Raw or SmackDown, or I'm doing a manageable load of 30 to 50 matches with NXT - I can do four years of that in the time that I do one year on Raw or SmackDown.

I have a very realistic style to my wrestling.

When 'In Your House' became a thing when I was a kid, it was just the coolest ever and people are winning houses... So when NXT is bringing out the old-school graphics, the only thing I'm wondering is if somehow we could have that old 'In Your House' set. That's all just the fan in me.

I always tell people, when I was a kid, there was four pay-per-views a year, and everything had three-month builds, and it was just the best thing ever. That's my wrestling. It was like, if there was a way for it to go back to that, oh my God, I would be so happy. And that's what NXT has provided.

I'm big on active recovery and supplementation with fish oils and anti-inflammatories and whatever it is.

Luckily, I'm not afraid of heights.

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 am a god of professional wrestling. You should worship every step I take and every word that comes out of my mouth.

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 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 feel great because I don't wrestle anymore.

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.

I still get nervous before going out, especially with a company like WWE and NXT, but it's different. I know how to wrestle, but it's the nerves of performing and wanting your last match to be as good as the one before.

I wanted so badly to walk into WrestleMania weekend as the NXT champion and headline TakeOver.

Actually going to WrestleMania, then going home and sleeping in our own bed is a pretty wild concept.

I was about to walk into TakeOver: New York, WrestleMania weekend, and that was my WrestleMania moment. It wasn't just about winning a title. It was about being the face of this brand, walking out from that curtain - that meant the world to me.

It's not about getting WrestleMania moments for me, it's about making TakeOver moments bigger and bigger and bigger.

I was in town working for Ring of Honor; my wife was in town. At that point in my life, I thought, 'When else am I ever going to come to WrestleMania?' I sat way up high in the stands, but seeing a couple of friends on that big stage, you start to think maybe this is possible.

Johnny Gargano, to me, he's the best professional wrestler in the world today. No doubt about it. Inside the ring, bell-to-bell, there's just nobody better. So having him as a teammate for years as part of DIY helped me tremendously.