WATCH: WWE Superstar Ciampa Coming to Fayetteville Show Sunday

This Sunday, August 7 WWE returns to the Crown Complex here in Fayetteville and Ciampa is part of the lineup.

They usually make a stop here at least once a year and to get ready for Sunday's show, I was able to interview one of my favorite wrestlers: Former two-time NXT Champion (Tommaso) Ciampa.

He is intensity personified and during the glory days of NXT (2014-2019), he was definitely a stand out with his excellent storytelling, hard hitting strikes, and his wrestling IQ.

"Man, I love it," Ciampa said during the interview. "The first transition was Black and Gold to 2.0, and then 2.0 to this. The travel, the new opponents, the fresh opportunities, I feel like we're just starting here at the tip of the iceberg."

After being transitioned to the WWE Raw roster, he started out by backing up The Miz in his feud with Logan Paul. This past Monday he won two matches, a triple-threat match against Chad Gable and Dolph Ziggler, and then a match against AJ Styles to become the number one contender for the US Title, held by Bobby Lashley.

"It's a learning curve, and I got lucky - and some people might think it's weird I'm saying I got lucky - but I had a really slow burn transition coming up to the main roster," Ciampa said. "I found that to be good, because it gave me a lot of reps. ... I'm happy I got all those reps the last few months, because I'm extremely comfortable and my confidence is where it needs to be."

You can see Ciampa and the rest of the WWE crew, as part of the lineup at the Crown Complex this Sunday, right here in Fayetteville.

Watch the Full Interview Here:

If your mom ever claimed that video games wouldn't pay off, it's time for a change, as two cities in North Carolina have been named among the best in the country for gamers.

Gaming has been a part of my life since I understood hand and eye coordination. From Atari (I'm not that old...am I? Nope I'm not) to the original Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Xbox 360 & Xbox 1, Playstation 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 plus a small amount of PC gaming, I believe I earned the right to call myself a gamer.

I frequented many old school games like Super Mario Bros, Excite Bike, Metal Gear Solid, Street Fighter (All of Them), Mortal Kombat (All of them), Final Fantasy (7 & up) etc to newer school games like God of War, Battlefield, Call of Duty, WWE 2k series (obviously), Last of Us, Mass Effect, too many to name.

Even though I'm not an online streamer, I can recognize how gaming has gained even more popularity. Gaming can take you away from reality to finally breathe and immerse yourself in a different adventure or story. Video games are one of the absolute best versions of story telling. Some of the greatest stories ever told have come in the form of video games. If you know you know.

That brings us to a new ranking from time2play.com, that says that two cities from right here in North Carolina are the best for gamers. The study looked into things like internet speeds, gaming stores, pizza costs and so much more to figure out the best places.

"To determine the best and worst cities for gamers, we examined a number of factors that are important to gamers," the study said, in part about it's methodology. "First, used Nomadlist to determine the average internet speed in each city. We then tallied the number of GameStop and Best Buy stores within 30 miles of the center of each city. Using Expensivity’s Pizza Index, we determined the average price of a pepperoni pizza in each city."

It's not much of a surprise that Raleigh ended up at the top of this list, but check out the top 10 here.

"Thanks to its relatively affordable cost of living and blazing fast internet speed, we’ve named Raleigh the best city for gamers," time2play.com said. "Raleigh is also home to a huge tech industry, so IT pros and programmers won’t have to put up with a long commute."