Tommaso Ciampa posted on Twitter that he made his WWE debut 13 years ago on a July 14, 2005 episode of SmackDown.
Ciampa played the role of Thomas Whitney, ESQ, (his real name is Tommaso Whitney) who was Muhammad Hassan’s attorney and read a statement saying that Hassan would not be at the show that night. The Undertaker then came out and hit him with a chokeslam and Tombstone piledriver.
13 years ago, I made my WWE debut.
I often wonder if Taker realized he was sharing the ring with The Greatest Sports Entertainer of All Time pic.twitter.com/SldBUpffEl
— BLACKHEART (@ProjectCiampa) July 13, 2018
Here’s Johnny Gargano’s WWE debut as “Cedrick Von Haussen” on March 23, 2007 btw…

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