There was a variety of movement within the wrestling world with several performers changing firms, and former WWE NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa will likely be the most recent free agent within the very near future. Ciampa confirmed via social media that he could be embarking on a brand new journey in his profession very soon, and in the most recent edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer speculated on where Ciampa will land next.
In response to Meltzer, AEW could be an obvious selection for Ciampa as he believes the previous WWE NXT Champion would slot in with the remainder of the corporate from a mode perspective. Nevertheless, he did note that AEW President Tony Khan has already signed plenty of performers already in 2026, and the corporate is becoming a really tough place to interrupt through in resulting from how loaded the roster is already. With that said, Meltzer thinks that Khan’s recent spending spree could actually be an indication that Ciampa may land in AEW in some unspecified time in the future within the near future, which might work well for him in Meltzer’s eyes as he sees him as a powerful in-ring talent.
AEW is not the only place that Meltzer can see Ciampa landing as he reported that there’s talk of him potentially making appearances for Recent Japan Pro Wrestling. Ciampa has also been pushing to look on several independent shows, each domestically and internationally, which Meltzer sees as an indication that he is not leaving WWE and heading straight to AEW, neither is he banking on the concept AEW will immediately sign him. Ciampa has filed for plenty of trademarks corresponding to “Psycho King” and “Psycho Killer,” which in the event that they are approved, he could take those names to any and all promotions he desires to. The previous WWE NXT Champion sees himself wrestling for at the very least one other decade, and he desires to profit from the time he has left in his profession.