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Tommaso Ciampa wins NXT Championship on debut of NXT 2.O

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by Doug Rush
Written by Doug Rush

Tommaso Ciampa wins the NXT Championship on the re-launch of NXT 2.0 on Tuesday night.

For the second time in his career, Tommaso Ciampa is the NXT Champion.

Tuesday night was the debut, or re-launch, of NXT, now known as NXT 2.0. With Samoa Joe relinquishing the NXT Championship this past week, a fatal-four way match between Ciampa, Von Wagner, LA Knight and Pete Dunne was made to determine who would be the next champion.

Ciampa was the one bringing the gold home with him.

The 36-year-old Boston native has been with the WWE since September of 2015, competing primarily with NXT. Along with now being a two-time NXT Champion, Ciampa is also a former NXT Tag Team Champion as well.

Ciampa won his first championship back on July 18 when he defeated Aleister Black (now Malakai Black in AEW). He relinquished the belt on March 20, 2019 due to injury, ending a 237 day reign.

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Doug Rush

Doug Rush is entering his 18th season as a writer. His career dates back to when he was with The Asbury Park Press covering high school football, The Harlem Globetrotters and The Lakewood Blueclaws.


In 2009, he joined Bleacher Report, covering the New York Yankees and New York Giants, amassing over 2 million reader views.


After 2013, he left B/R to join Sports Media 101 to cover the Yankees and Giants. While with Sports Media 101, Rush was named to the Pro Football Writers Association of America. He was there until July of 2016.

In January of 2018, Rush joined USA Today as part of the Giants Wire staff to cover the Giants. He is still currently with them, as he does weekly analysis for them during the season.


In September of 2021, Rush joined Pro Sports Extra, where he will be covering MLB, the NFL, NBA, WWE and AEW.


Doug is from Toms River, New Jersey where he has two children, Carson and Peyton.

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