Enzo Amore

Enzo Amore began an on-screen relationship with Nia Jax on the December 4, 2017 episode of 'Raw'.

Enzo Amore was born on December 8, 1986 in Hackensack, New Jersey and grew up in Waldwick, New Jersey. In Waldwick, he attended Julia A. Traphagen School, Crescent School and Waldwick High School.

He played football in school. He later continued his football career at Division III (NCAA) Salisbury University, where he played linebacker and safety for the Sea Gulls from 2007-2009.

He graduated from Salisbury University with a degree in journalism. Before starting his wrestling career, he did a number of odd jobs: worked as a disc jockey and ticket salesman for the New York Jets, a piano mover, and as a manager at Hooters.

At the age of 16, Amore joined Joe DeFranco’s gym in Wyckoff, New Jersey, where WWE executive Triple H had began training. He gave Triple H a compilation video of himself doing various exercises and cutting a promo, which ultimately resulted in him being signed on to WWE in 2012 without any prior experience of wrestling.

Eric Anthony was given the ring name Enzo Amore at the time of his debut as a wrestler in WWE's developmental system NXT on May 22, 2013. Portrayed as a ‘heel’ on the television promos, he was easily crushed by opponent Mason Ryan.

Following the defeat, he teamed up with Colin Cassady (Big Cass), whom he first met nearly 10 years ago when they played basketball together at the Cage of Manhattan, New York. They named themselves "the realest guys in the room" and started a feud with Mason Ryan, to whom both of them had lost.

Despite the alliance, their consecutive singles matches against Ryan ended in defeat, but they were able to earn victory in a handicap match. However, following the loss, Ryan set them up for a fight with Tons of Funk, and later joined himself to crush the two,

Amore and Cass, next started a feud with Alexander Rusev, Sylvester Lefort and Scott Dawson, during which they were promoted as the face. They next fought in a gauntlet match for the 'NXT Tag Team Championship' on September 25, in which they defeated CJ Parker-Tyler Breeze pair and Rusev-Dawson pair, but lost to The Ascension.

Amore, who had to rest for six months after sustaining a leg injury while training, saved Cass from an attack from Sylvester Lefort and Marcus Louis upon his return in June 2014. The two participated in the 'NXT Tag Team Championship' tournament in early August 2014, where they defeated Jason Jordan and Tye Dillinger in the first round, but lost to The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch).

Enzo Amore won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship twice in 2017 and is the current title holder. Along with his then-teammate Colin Cassady, he won the 'Tag Team of the Year' honor at the 'NXT Year-End Award' in 2015.