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Tommaso Ciampa Kept WWE Exit a Secret, Then Won Gold in AEW Debut

Ciampa said even his tag partner, Johnny Gargano, didn’t know the exact day his WWE deal ended. “We knew my contract end date… No one knew that date,” Ciampa said, calling himself “very, very private.” Ciampa announced his departure on Jan. 21, then debuted on the Jan. 28 episode of AEW Dynamite, winning the TNT Championship in his first AEW match.