Tommaso Ciampa Turned Down WWE Offer Before AEW Debut

TLDR

Tommaso Ciampa confirmed in a January 30, 2026 interview with SHAK Wrestling that WWE made him an offer to re-sign during his final months with the company, but he turned it down to join AEW. Ciampa stated that WWE approached him "a few times over the last two to three months" and that his decision was personal, saying "I just needed to do what I felt was right for me and my wife." He debuted on the January 28 episode of AEW Dynamite, answering Mark Briscoe's open challenge for the TNT Title, with his first AEW match scheduled for this Saturday on Collision.