Former NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa recently caught up with Lillian Garcia and during the course of their conversation, he made it clear that he has no desire to move to the "main roster."
He made it clear that he believes in NXT and due to his neck injury and surgery earlier this year, he knows he's limited in terms of how many matches he can realistically have on a weekly basis, hence why the gold and black brand suits him more than working 200+ a days on
RAW or
SmackDown.
"I could do four years of that in the time that I do that in one year in Raw and SmackDown so how long can my career and portfolio grow here as opposed to growing there?" he said.
"Now, it’s become a thing where I’ve legitimately vocalized to them like, ‘If I have to go to Raw or SmackDown, then I’m gonna retire and I would love to produce or coach or be a part of it. There’s no way I taking on that load and going, ‘Yeah, you know what? I’ll just have a six-month run and then call it quits.’ I just won’t do it, It’s just not worth it to me."
You can hear much more from Ciampa in the player below: