Tommaso Ciampa On His Daughter Finding Out He Was Leaving WWE, Reveals Her ‘Kiss Lips’ Nickname For Bianca Belair And ‘Neck Tattoo Boy’ Nickname For Cody Rhodes

Tommaso Ciampa comments on his daughter finding out that he was leaving WWE.

Ciampa broke the news to the world on January 21. Just a few days later, the ‘Psycho Killer’ popped up in AEW and won the TNT Championship almost immediately.

Speaking with Vice for a new interview, Ciampa revealed that his daughter was nervous for him when she found out the news.

“She was super nervous for me when we had to break the news to her. She would come sometimes and she has met everybody. We’ve had parties, we’ve gone to parties. In her little seven-year-old mind, it was like I’m starting a new school. ‘What if you don’t know anyone? What if they’re not nice to you?’ She got emotional. Even some of the people she was going to miss, ‘The Hair Boys’, is Pretty Deadly, ‘Kiss Lips’, which is Bianca [Belair]. ‘Neck Tattoo Boy’, which is Cody. She has nicknames for everybody, so she was just sad.”

Ciampa assured that things went well when he brought his daughter to his first episode of AEW Dynamite.

“I’m so happy I brought her for the first one because it immediately changed how she views this. One, she bumped into a lot of people she’s already met and known. But two, Mark Briscoe, I think he’s got six or seven children, he’s great with kids. So charismatic, she’s meeting him and she thinks he’s just the coolest. Willow [Nightingale] has the same name, she has two titles and the coolest hair; her gear is awesome. So she’s just in love with her.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Ciampa spoke about his mindset going into his match with Kyle Fletcher on the February 11 episode of AEW Dynamite. Check out his full comments by clicking here.

Special thanks to Vice for the quote(s) in this interview.