Tommaso Ciampa Would Love To Recreate His NXT Takeover: New Orleans Entrance As a Babyface

Tommaso Ciampa says that he’d love to do is famous silent entrance from NXT Takeover: New Orleans again, but this time as a babyface. The AEW star came out for his match at the 2018 PLE to no entrance music, which got the crowd to give him massive boos on his way to the ring.

Ciampa spoke with The Battleground Podcast for a new interview and was asked about the entrance. He said that he took a big risk with it but it paid off, and that he thinks there’s an element to be tapped in that entrance as a babyface. You can see the highlights below:

On How He Knew It Would Work:

“I don’t think I did know. I wanted to take the risk, that was for sure. And I’m happy it paid off the way it did. It could have went the other way, that’s for certain. And I had that thought in my head of, ‘You know, it might go one way; it might go the other.’ But I didn’t understand at the time that it was going to be this memorable entrance that eight years later I’m kind of asked about constantly. And that’s a good thing; that’s not a bad thing.”

On Wanting To Recreate It:

“It’s one of those things I would love to recreate one day with the tides flipped. I’d love to recreate that as a babyface one day, because I think there’s a cool element there to be had. But yeah, it was just one of those things where you just took a risk and swing for the fence, and hope for the best. And it certainly paid off.”

On the Crowd Being Right For It:

“And that was the right crowd. That was a crowd with fans from all over the world who travel in for such a big weekend, with it being — it was Takeover New Orleans, attached to WrestleMania. That’s the right crowd to do that in front of. There’s some crowds you don’t want to take those risks in front of, but that’s the right crowd to do it in front of.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit The Battleground Podcast with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.