Enzo Amore

Eric Arndt (born December 8, 1986) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he wrestles under the ring name Enzo Amore on the RAW roster. Arndt has been a three-time Intercontinental Champion, United States Champion, European Champion, two-time Hardcore Champion, and three time Tag Team Champion with Santino Marella.

NXT
In August 2012, WWE was noted to have signed Arndt, working under the pseudonym 'Eric Anthony'. Arndt was listed as a wrestler by the ring name of Enzo Amore within WWE's developmental system NXT by November 2012. A chance meeting with WWE executive Triple H at DeFranco’s gym in Wyckoff, New Jersey contributed to WWE signing Arndt. Amore made his NXT television debut on May 22, 2013, where he was quickly defeated by Mason Ryan. Amore's NXT character has been described as a "stereotypical cocky, Jersey Shore loudmouth" and an "outsized version of the man playing the part". Amore went on to form an alliance with Colin Cassady, who had also previously lost to Ryan, and they labeled themselves 'the realest guys in the room'.

Despite Amore and Cassady's alliance, Ryan easily defeated them in consecutive singles matches in July, but lost to them in a handicap match. Ryan ultimately had the last laugh when he caused Amore and Cassady to be attacked by Tons of Funk. After the feud with Ryan, Amore and Cassady went on to feud with Alexander Rusev, Sylvester Lefort and Scott Dawson. On September 25 episode of NXT, Amore and Cassady participated in a gauntlet match for a future shot at the NXT Tag Team Championship; they started the match, first defeating CJ Parker and Tyler Breeze, then beating Rusev and Dawson, but fell to their final opponents, the Ascension.

In November 2013, Amore suffered a broken leg while training. During this time period, Enzo found himself a new trainer and mentor by the name of Travis Kooper. Amore returned on June 26, 2014 episode of NXT, saving Cassady from an attack from Sylvester Lefort and Marcus Louis. In early August, Amore and Cassady participated in the NXT Tag Team Championship tournament. They defeated Jason Jordan and Tye Dillinger in the first round but were eliminated by the Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) in the second round. Lefort and Louis then renewed their rivalry with Amore and Cassady by attacking them and shaving Amore's beard. As a result, Amore challenged Lefort to a match with the loser's hair as forfeit at NXT Takeover: Fatal 4-Way. Amore proceeded to win the match but Lefort ran away, leaving his partner, Louis, to lose his hair and eyebrows at the hands of Amore and Cassady.

Amore and Cassady proceeded to form an alliance with the debuting Carmella. The duo had accidentally cost Carmella her hairdressing job as per the storyline, causing her to demand to get a job as a wrestler. Carmella had her televised in-ring debut on the October 16 episode of NXT.

Raw Debut & Intercontinental Champion
Enzo Amore made his main brand debut at the Halloween Havoc PPV by facing Sami Zayn and The Miz in a Pre-Show match. Enzo and his manager, Big Cass would go on to host the Halloween Costume Contest later on in the show. Making his debut on Monday Night Raw, Enzo would team with manager, Big Cass to defeat Luke Harper. The following Monday, Enzo would face Cody Rhodes for the WWE Hardcore Championship but, Jake Anderson would show up and pin Cody and take the championship. On the November 17th edition of Raw, Enzo would go on to defeat Jake Anderson in a non-title match. After the match, Enzo would go for the Hardcore title but a low blow from Anderson allowed him to run out of the way. Enzo would go on to take part in the Battle Royal at Survivor Series to determine new Number One Contenders for the Tag Team Champions. Enzo would come up short making it to the bottom 4 before being eliminated by AJ Styles. Enzo Amore would take advantage of a distraction by Prince Devitt to get payback on Jake Anderson and winning the Hardcore Championship in the process. The following Monday on Raw, Enzo would team with rival Jake Anderson to face Drew McIntrye and Justin Gabriel. During the match, Anderson walked out on Enzo leaving Enzo to fight alone only to be distracted by Angelina Love to be rolled up for the loss. On the final Monday night Raw of 2014, Enzo Amore would have an altercation backstage with debuting superstar Kevin Steen who showed sights on Enzo's Hardcore Championship before Enzo would go on to defeat Randy Orton later on in the night.

On New Year's Eve, The Bunny would defeat Enzo Amore for the Hardcore title for a short period of time before Enzo won it back a little later in the night. Being announced prior to New Years Revolution that Enzo Amore would be defending the Hardcore Championship at the PPV it would later be announced that he would face his rival, Jake Anderson for the Intercontinental Championship in a Hardcore Match for both Championships. At New Year's Revolution, Enzo Amore would be successful against rival Jake Anderson in retaining the Hardcore Championship and gaining the WWE Intercontinental Championship as well in the process. On Enzo's return to Monday Night Raw, his rival Jake Anderson would take advantage of Amore during his WWE Hardcore Championship defense and hitting a DDT on Enzo to take the title back before losing it quickly to Enzo's original challenger, Kevin Steen. Returning WWE Superstar, Santino Marella would begin to attempt to convince Enzo Amore to join his mafia on the January 26th episode of Raw. The following week Santino would once again try to recruit Enzo but not his best friend Colin Cassady. Enzo Amore faced Corey Graves on the February 2nd episode of Raw where he would come out victorious. Enzo would also be a guest on Mariusz Pudzianowski's Xtreme TV show. The following week on Raw, Enzo was successful in his match with Jake Swagger but that may have been his only victory of the night as the rest was filled with him being attacked by Jack Swagger and his friends worrying about him and his search of a Bunny.

Fratelli D'Italia & Tag Team Champion
At the Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View, Enzo Amore would be booked to defend his WWE Intercontinental Championship against Sami Zayn & Jake Anderson in a Triple Threat Match. Being pushed by Santino Marella to align with him, Enzo Amore promised to make his decision post his championship defense. Enzo would be unsuccessful in his championship defense being pinned by the new champion Sami Zayn after a long fought match. Enzo's manager and best friend Colin Cassady would check on Enzo after the match leading to Enzo grabbing a microphone and attacking Big Cass signaling his alliance with Santino Marella creating the team Fratelli d'Italia. Enzo would be joined at the top of the stage by Santino verifying the alliance and Enzo's heel turn with a handshake. The following Raw after the Royal Rumble, Enzo Amore would himself in a brawl with Daniel Bryan on Superstars and later Enzo and Santino Marella would cut a promo setting their plans and goals in action while Enzo would also re-introduce his NXT manager and girlfriend, Carmella. Enzo and Santino would go on to lose to the tag team of Sami Callihan and Samuel Shaw later on in the show. Mick Foley would announce at the end of Monday Night Raw that on next weeks Raw it would a 5-team Tag Team Turmoil match for the WWE Tag Team Championship including Enzo Amore and Santino Marella. The following Monday on Raw, Enzo and Carmella would have a confrontation with Traci Patterson who challenged Enzo to a match but Enzo simply shrugged it off with a laugh. Later in the night, Enzo Amore and Santino Marella were the third team eliminated in the WWE Tag Team Championship turmoil match eventually won by James Storm and Sonjay Dutt.

During the 2015 draft, Enzo Amore was drafted to the returning blue brand, Smackdown. At Wrestlemania 31, Enzo Amore's first Wrestlemania, he and Santino Marella would come up victorious in a triple threat match for the WWE Tag Team Championships! On the return episode of Thursday Night Smackdown, Enzo Amore would talk over business with Mariusz Pudzianowinski hinting towards a future possible alliance. Enzo Amore and Santino Marella were victorious in a non-title match against Mariusz Pudzianowinski and Jack Swagger. On the April 9th episode of Thursday Night Smackdown, Enzo Amore and tag partner, Santino Marella, aligned forces with Mariusz Pudzianowinski and his group "The Label". Enzo and Santino would continue their post title win victory streak with a pinfall victory of former tag team champions, Billy Cassidy and Corey Graves. At the King of The Ring Pay-Per-View, Enzo Amore and Santino Marella lost the tag titles to the team of Sami Zayn and Colt Cabana. On the first Smackdown since losing the Tag Team titles, Enzo Amore was on commentary for his partner, Santino Marella's match with Tyler Chandler! Enzo would later get involved in the match causing the disqualification attacking Chandler. Enzo and Santino's current run of bad luck continued on the May 7th episode of Smackdown where James Storm and Jack Swagger defeated Enzo and Santino. After one week off from having a match, Enzo Amore and Santino Marella would travel to the red brands PPV Extreme Rules where they would face Colt Cabana and Sami Zayn for the WWE Tag Team Championships and successfully gain the titles back for a second reign. On the May 21st episode of Smackdown, Enzo Amore and Santino Marella would be seen plotting backstage before their Hardcore Championship match. With an distraction by Mariusz Pudzianowski, Enzo Amore and Santino Marella would ambush Jack Swagger and James Storm backstage and take back their tag team titles. Later on in the show, Santino Marella would be forced to tap out in a Fatal Four Way match including Enzo by the new Hardcore Champion Jack Swagger. Enzo Amore and his tag team partner would begin to have problems after Santino's loss in the Hardcore Championship Fatal Four Way match. Santino and Enzo would show problems within the group after losing to the World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton and Travis Kooper in the Main Event of Smackdown. In a singles match on the June 4th episode of Smackdown, Enzo Amore picked up a victory over Finn Balor. Mariusz Pudzianowski and Enzo Amore would have a backstage segment where it would look like Enzo would be leaving The Label showing face turn signs.After looking like they had made up, Enzo Amore and Santino Marella would win a triple threat tag team match defeating rivals Jack Swagger and James Storm and the team of rivals Kevin Owens and Tyler Chandler. The following week on Smackdown, Enzo and Santino weren't as successful as they lost a triple threat tag team match to Kevin Owens and Dolph Ziggler. Post match, Enzo and Santino's rivals Wade Barrett and Magnus tried to get the best of Fratelli d'Italia but Enzo and Santino were able to get the best of the attackers and stand tall leading towards Invasion (2015).

The Power Shift & United States Champion
At the Invasion (2015) pay-per-view, Enzo Amore's tag team partner Santino Marella was taken out before their scheduled WWE Tag Team Championship match later in that night. Enzo Amore would later reveal William Regal as Santino's replacement as William Regal had problems with Enzo and Santino's challengers Wade Barrett and Magnus as well. Barrett and Magnus were successful in defeating Enzo Amore and William Regal for the WWE Tag Team Championship. After the match was over, Enzo Amore would become outraged attacking William Regal cementing to the WWE universe that he was a heel. William Regal was able to get the upper hand on Enzo looking to nail him with the brass knuckles before Enzo Amore's best friend and former manager, Colin Cassady returned to big boot William Regal. Colin Cassady and Enzo Amore reunited before Enzo finished off Regal with the Jersey Dropper DDT onto a steel chair. Enzo Amore would then cut a promo telling of how he was now going solo again and that he would force everyone to give him respect. The following week on Friday Night Smackdown, Enzo Amore and Luther Reigns would have a hellacious match which concluded with a No Contest after the outside interference of Bray Wyatt. On the July 16th edition of Thursday Night Smackdown, Enzo Amore came up on the losing side of a six man tag team match against Travis Kooper, AJ Styles, and Finn Bálor. After the match was over, Enzo Amore snapped attacking on of his partners Jack Swagger. Bo Dallas and Tyson Kidd would emerge from the crowd helping Enzo with his attack on Swagger. The three would then cut a promo announcing their alliance The Power Shift and promising things were about to change. In their first match as a stable, Enzo and The Power Shift defeated AJ Styles, James Storm, and Brad Maddox on the July 23rd edition of Smackdown as Bo Dallas picked up the victory over Maddox. On the July 30th Super Smackdown, Enzo Amore won the WWE United States Championship in a Triple Threat Match against the former champion Kevin Owens and Samuel Shaw. Post match, Enzo's group The Power Shift would attack Owens with Brock Lesnar making his debut in the group. The following week on Smackdown, Enzo Amore would fight to a double count out with Briley Pierce who Enzo had promised to put down tonight. As the match was ending, The Power Shift would come out to distract Briley before Brock Lesnar would hit the F5 on Pierce. The following week, Briley Pierce & Brad Maddox defeated Enzo and Lesnar. The following week was also met with bad luck as Enzo Amore, Bo Dallas, & Brock Lesnar were defeated by the team of Billy Cassidy, Corey Graves, & Nick Mitchell.

At SummerSlam (2015), Enzo Amore defeated his former best friend and WWE Tag Team Champion partner, Santino Marella to retain the WWE United States Championship after much outside interference from The Power Shift members.Earlier in the night, Enzo Amore asked Santino once more to back out and join The Power Shift but Marella refused. During the match, Santino Marella was able to take Brock Lesnar out of the situation with two massive sledgehammer shots which would lead to Lesnar leaving the company later that night. Post match, Enzo had the arrogance to go for a handshake which Santino would not accept and would lead to a brawl between Santino & The Power Shift which Santino was able to escape from. On the September 10th edition of Smackdown, Enzo Amore was able to pick up a pinfall victory over James Storm. Later on in the show, Corey Graves would challenge Enzo for the WWE United States Championship in which Enzo turned down. The following week on Smackdown, Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady would forcefully remove Bo Dallas from The Power Shift. Later on in the night, Jeff Hardy debuted as a member of The Power Shift setting sights on Enzo's rival Corey Graves. Right after, James Storm would storm the ring and take out Tyson Kidd as Enzo reveal that Kidd was out and James Storm was in The Power Shift. During Santino Marella & Brad Maddox's match on Smackdown, Enzo stood at the top of the stage before ending up in a brawl with Corey Graves who cost Maddox the match by attacking Santino and getting the DQ. On this show, Enzo Amore would also be seen trying to recruit Travis Kooper to The Power Shift and failing but they were able to agree to an alliance. At the Cyber Sunday (2015) PPV, Corey Graves defeated Enzo Amore for the WWE United States Championship after being chosen in a poll over Brad Maddox & Santino Marella. On the October 8th edition of Smackdown, Enzo Amore would lose to his friend and mentor Travis Kooper while also continuing The Power Shift's feud with Corey Graves while also recruiting The Miz to join the group. On the October 16th episode of Smackdown, Enzo and Power Shift stablemate Jeff Hardy were defeated by Briley Pierce & Kevin Owens. The following week on the October 23rd Smackdown, Enzo Amore would team with another stablemate The Miz to defeat Kane & Stardust. Enzo and Big Cass would late call commentary during Corey Graves & Steve Austin's match.

Enzo Amore would make an appearance at the Raw PPV where he debuted a year ago, Halloween Havoc (2015) to host the annual Halloween Costume Contest for the second year in a row. Stephanie McMahon would come out and announce Kaitlyn as the winner and number one contender for the WWE Women's Championship. The week was rough on Enzo and The Power Shift as they lost a big match against Bray Wyatt, Finn Bálor, & Stardust. On the November 19th edition of Smackdown, Enzo made a huge impact by becoming the sole survivor and winning a Survivor Series hype match against Bray Wyatt, Finn Bálor, Stardust, & Becky Lynch. At the Survivor Series (2015) PPV, Corey Graves successfully defeated Enzo Amore to retain the WWE United States Championship & achieved his goal in disbanding The Power Shift. The following week on Smackdown, Enzo Amore took the week off and was nowhere to be seen. Enzo would return on the December 17th Slammy edition of Smackdown as he would align himself with the likes of Mick Foley and Abyss in Foley's new group The Remnant. Enzo Amore and his former stablemate The Miz would later pick up a victory over the team of Jimmy Havoc and Corey Graves giving Enzo just a little a bit of remorse. Amore was later announced as one of the six participants in Smackdown's Elimination Chamber match at New Year's Revolution (2016) for the World Heavyweight Championship. Enzo was unsuccessful in the Chamber and to punish Enzo, Mick Foley had Samuel Shaw beat Enzo down and put him in the hospital.

Return To Monday Night Raw & Reuniting Fratelli d'Italia
After being attacked by his former allies, Enzo Amore reached out to the Raw General Manager Brie Bella who would pick up Enzo's contract bring Enzo back to the brand he began on. Enzo would make his return via satellite from the hospital as he announced that he would be coming back to Raw and solidified his face turn as well. Enzo would also confirm his entry into the 2016 Rumble match at Royal Rumble (2016). In Enzo's first two matches back on Raw, he would come up short picking up a loss to Adam Rose and another loss to Kenny Omega for the WWE European Championship. Enzo Amore would come up short in the Royal Rumble (2016) being eliminated by his rival from Smackdown, Samuel Shaw. On the March 7th edition of Monday Night Raw, Enzo Amore was able to break his losing streak in 2016 by picking up a victory over Bobby Roode. Later on in the night, Enzo Amore would cut a promo on the state of the WWE and Monday Night Raw whenever he would be interrupted by his former tag team partner Santino Marella who was making his Raw return after receiving a trade. Santino would bring up the idea of reuniting as Fratelli d'Italia which Enzo would agree to with no question. Colin Cassady was not sure at first about the reuniting of these two remembering what it meant for him last time but soon put his trust in the two and joined in the alliance. In their first match back as a team, Fratelli d'Italia were victorious over the team of Stevie Richards & The Blue Meanie. At WrestleMania 32, Enzo Amore and Santino Marella came up with a loss in a triple threat team match to Hulk Hogan & Ric Flair. The match also included the team of Bram and Samuel Shaw. Coming off of Wrestlemania, Enzo Amore and Santino Marella knew they had to get the momentum on their side as they would pick up victories over the teams of Bobby Roode & Kenny Omega then the team of former partners and enemies of The Creed, Bobby Roode & Jake Anderson. It was later announced that Enzo and Santino would face the reunited brothers Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy at Invasion (2016) for the vacant WWE Tag Team Championships. The following week on the April 25th edition of Monday Night RAW, Enzo Amore would team with Carmella to win the WWE European Championship with a win over the champion Sami Zayn & Bayley. At Invasion (2016), Enzo Amore & Santino Marella defeated The Hardy Boyz to win the WWE Tag Team Championships for a record third time with now ties them for most reigns along with the Motor City Machine Guns. The following night on Raw, Enzo Amore would make his first successful WWE European Championship against Karl Anderson.

Enzo Amore impressive reign of luck would continue the following week as Enzo successfully defended his WWE European Championship in a one on one match against Kurt Angle. At the Extreme Rules (2016) PPV, Fratelli d'Italia defended the WWE Tag Team Championships in a Fatal Four Way tag team match against John Cena & Rusev, Alex Shelley & Shawn Michaels, and lastly Mojo Rawley & Zack Ryder. The following week on Monday Night Raw, Enzo Amore was scheduled to defend the WWE European Championship against Zack Ryder whenever Ryder would be replaced by Randy Orton at the last minute which would end with Randy becoming the new WWE European Champion. Enzo Amore would go into a rage feeling to be screwed over which would lead Enzo to end up getting into altercations with Roman Reigns and Wade Barrett which would lead to a brawl between the three and Santino Marella leading to an odd alliance for the moment between Barrett and Reigns. The next week, Enzo Amore and Roman Reigns would go one on one in a match that would end in a No COntest after all hell broke loose. Reigns and Barrett would challenge the tag champs to a match next week for a chance for the title to which Enzo agreed too. In what would turn out to be two weeks of hell for Enzo and Santino, Roman Reigns and Wade Barrett would first beat the two for a shot at the titles only to go a week later and defeat Fratelli d'Italia for the WWE Tag Team Championships. Things would change drastically in the weeks to come as it was revealed that Santino Marella had been released from the WWE effectively disbanding Fratelli d'Italia.

Return To Singles Competition
Enzo Amore would cut a promo a week later going on a full rant on the WWE and even the fans as Enzo would once more turn heel turn even though many fans still cheered him on making him a "tweener". Enzo Amore would be his grand return to singles competition at Unforgiven (2016) in a battle royal to decide the new Number One Contender for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Enzo Amore would end up winning the match by last eliminating Tommaso Ciampa. Continuing to grow on his momentum, Enzo Amore would head into to Raw to pick up a victory over John Cena. Looking to continue his streak to three, Enzo Amore would defeat Cody Rhodes & Kurt Angle in a triple threat match the following week. Enzo Amore was feeling the momentum heading into Summerslam as Enzo Amore would team with Drew McIntyre on the next weeks Raw to pick up a huge victory over Enzo's opponent at Summerslam, Big Show. Enzo would get the next week on Raw off but that would not stop him from showing up as backstage he confronted AJ Styles who would try to convince Enzo and Cass to join The Bullet Club to take out Big Show once and for all. Enzo Amore seemingly agreed but wasn't taking him serious as Big Cass was the help he needed. At SummerSlam (2016), The Big Show would forfeit the match and the WWE Intercontinental Championship which would allow Enzo to begin his second reign as Intercontinental Champion. After Summerslam, Enzo Amore just couldn't seem to get back to his groove. Promising a memorable reign as the WWE Intercontinental Champion, The Miz lost his first match as a champion to Noam Dar which made Noam the number one contender for Enzo's belt. Losing to Noam almost set Enzo off but Enzo bit his tongue and booked a cruise taking a week off but Noam even followed him there. Noam tried to befriend Enzo and Big Cass but Enzo wanted nothing to do with him. Enzo planned to turn on Noam after losing with him as a tag partner to the team of Adam Cole & Kurt Angle but it was Noam who would turn first taking out Amore before being ran off by Big Cass. The following week Enzo and his partner Mandy Rose lost to the team od Noam Dar and Suicide making thing even worse for Amore. losing twice to Noam knowing Noam had a title shot in the future. It was later announced online by a sawft Brie Bella that Noam and Enzo's WWE Intercontinental Championship match at Halloween Havoc (2016) will be a Buried Alive match. At Halloween Havoc (2016), Noam Dar would defeat Enzo Amore to become the Intercontinental Champion. During this match, Big Cass would turn on Enzo Amore shocking the entire world.

Enzo Amore would have trouble at first adjusting to life without Big Cass now more paranoid than ever before. Enzo would have altercations with The Bunny who just won't leave Enzo alone and Brock Lesnar in the first couple weeks. Enzo Amore would pick up a pinfall victory over old rival Jake Anderson on Raw looking to try and get back his momentum. Enzo would get a shot at the WWE Intercontinental Championship facing Kenny Omega and Noam Dar in a triple threat match that would be ended in controversy. A rematch would be made for Survivor Series (2016) in which Noam Dar would successfully retain his championship. The following week on Raw, Enzo would be forced to team with Brock Lesnar to face The Rock & Brian Kendrick in a losing fashion when Lesnar got pinned. Enzo Amore would look to try and regain his momentum as he would start a feud with none other than The Rock. Enzo Amore would eventually defeat The Rock to finish their feud and to qualify for his second ever Elimination Chamber. Enzo would be unsuccessful in the Elimination Chamber that would be eventually won by Roman Reigns but Enzo wasn't stopped. Enzo would be victorious on the next Raw teaming with Jeff Hardy and then tragedy struck Enzo's career. In January, a man named Sami Callihan would ambush Enzo Amore and put him out of action for two months to recover and spend some time training rookies in NXT. Enzo Amore would return on the March 13th edition of Monday Night Raw. Enzo would hint at reuniting Fratelli d'Italia with Santino Marella. Just as things seemed to be jolly and grand, Colin Cassady would show up on Raw to make things interesting. Enzo would shock the WWE Universe as he would turn heel once again in his career to align with Cassady to beat down Santino and then cut a promo hinting at the return of The Power Shift. On the March 20th edition of Raw, during a match against Finn Bálor, Enzo Amore would grab a microphone and ask why they were fighting. Enzo would eventually talk Finn into joining The Power Shift. To crash the party, out came Santino Marella trying to stop the reformation of this stable. Marella was stopped as Marty Scurll would attack him from behind before entering the ring and asking to join the stable. The Power Shift would add their first ever women to the group as Enzo Amore would recruit the WWE Women's Champion Carmella DeCesare to join.

The Power Shift 2.0, Hiatus, & Intercontinental Champion
With the return of The Power Shift, Enzo Amore expected the best and only received the worst the first week the group would return. In their first week, Finn Bálor and Carmella DeCesare already putting heads with the leader Enzo Amore. Marty Scurll, on the other hand, didn't even bother showing up. By the end of the of the April 3rd edition of Raw, Carmella had lost the WWE Women's Championship and was kicked out of the group. Finn Balor would leave Raw leaving his position up in the air. The following week on the April 10th Raw, Enzo Amore was alone beside Colin Cassady. Enzo would be spotted backstage in search of Scurll and would end up having an altercation with Mr. Money In The Bank Adam Cole. Enzo's bad luck would continue when he would get defeated by Zack Sabre Jr. Enzo Amore would fight to try an pull himself out of his bad luck spell. Eventually, The Power Shift would be disbanded by Amore, stating to never see the group again. Enzo Amore would continue with his feud with Adam Cole before losing to Cole in a match at Extreme Rules. After losing to Adam Cole, it would be six long months until Enzo Amore would be seen in a WWE ring. Enzo Amore would make his shocking return at the Survivor Series PPV in November 2017. Enzo would team with the likes of Brock Lesnar and Lana Austin to pick up a PPV victory. In Enzo's return to Monday night Raw, Enzo Amore would lose to CM Punk in a tough back and forth match.After having an backstage altercation a week before, Enzo Amore would pick up a victory over Briley Pierce. Enzo would also have a backstage altercation with Cesaro. The two sarcastically wished each other well. On the Slammy Award edition of Raw, Enzo Amore would pick up a victory in a five-way match to get a WWE Intercontinental Championship match at the Royal Rumble. Enzo would also have another heated yet friendly altercation with Cesaro backstage. At the Royal Rumble (2018), Enzo Amore would team up with Wade Barrett to face the team of Jinder Mahal and Dolph Ziggler. While his team would come up with the loss, Enzo Amore would score the first pin in the match in order to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship for the third time in his career.

Enzo Amore would also find himself back in the presence of Cesaro, still playing the role of a friend. On the January 15th Raw, Enzo Amore would team with Ryan Gates to beat the team of Dasher Hatfield and Chuck Taylor. Enzo Amore would seem to verify his face turn after weeks of teasing. Cesaro and Enzo Amore would tease the idea of an alliance. Later on, in the show, Enzo Amore would hold a celebration for his championship win with Big Cass and Santino Marella. Number One Contender Michael Bennett and his wife Maria would interrupt the celebration to tell about the "Power of Love". Enzo would tell Bennett that he would even the odds at their match at No Way Out as Big Cass will be in his corner. Officially aligning with Cesaro as "The Bar", Enzo Amore would have two weeks of tag team action with his new partner beating the teams of Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas and the team of Wade Barrett and Chucky Taylor. Enzo Amore was also teaming in the Mr. and Mrs. Maddness tournament with Ivy Quinn as the team would move forward by beating the teams of Bo Dallas and Billie Kay and the team of Jimmy Jacobs and Natalya. At the No Way Out PPV, Enzo Amore would retain his Intercontinental Championship by defeating Michael Bennett. Big Cass would play a major part at ringside to help Enzo retain. On the Raw after No Way Out, Enzo Amore and Cesaro would be defeated by Adam Cole and Shane Helms whenever Cesaro was pinned by Helms. After the match, Enzo would turn on Cesaro turning heel once again in the process. Enzo would then announce that he was the newest member of The Corporate Structure.

The Corporate G
The following week on Raw, Enzo Amore would make his first appearance since joining The Corporate Structure alongside Triple H. Triple H said that Enzo Amore wouldn't be receiving any special treatment as a member of The Corporate Structure announcing that Enzo Amore would be defending his Intercontinental Championship the following week. Triple H would reveal he worked hard to find the perfect challenge for Enzo revealing the one and only Gillberg as Triple H and Enzo Amore would both act afraid. The following week on Raw, Enzo Amore would successfully defend his Intercontinental Championship against Gillberg in dominant fashion as if anyone thought he would have a problem. Enzo would have a few weeks off as he would spend these weeks alongside Big Cass continuing to play mind games with Cesaro and having Big Cass ambush him at different times. In Enzo's first match in a few weeks, Amore teamed with Velvet Sky to defeated the team of Bullet Club's Shane Helms and Sunshine. At RAW 500, things would really escalate in Enzo's feud with Cesaro. The night started off with Enzo leading Big Cass to attack Cesaro in his hardcore title match. Thinking he got the job done, Enzo would sit at commentary at the tag match later in the night he was supposed to be in with Cesaro. Cesaro would suddenly appear finally getting his hands on Enzo but it wasn't for long before Santino Marella who was there for the 500th show would come to Enzo's aid to help Enzo lay out Cesaro yet again. At the next week's Raw, Enzo Amore would cut a promo only to be interrupted by Cesaro. With Laurel Van Ness going through Enzo's stuff, Cesaro had Enzo trapped finally. In the end, Enzo was able to escape but Cesaro was able to get ahold of Colin Cassady. Taking out Cass days before Mania, Cesaro finally got a big upperhand on Enzo.

At Wrestlemania, Cesaro and Enzo Amore would finally settle things in the ring. With a bit of help as usual, in the form of Counselor Kane, Enzo Amore was able to defeat Cesaro and successfully defend his WWE Intercontinental Championship. Things would then begin to get very tense for Enzo whenever Roman Reigns would win a match to become the number one contender for Enzo's championship before joining The Corporate Structure later in the night. Enzo would begin to worry about his placement in the group but continued to look impressive by picking up a victory over Dean Ambrose. The following two weeks on Raw, Enzo Amore would team up with his Corporate Structure stablemate, Jinder Mahal to defeat the teams of Shane Helms and Dean Ambrose and Vinny Marseglia & Chuck Taylor. The Raw before the Backlash PPV, Triple H announced that Enzo would be defending the Intercontinental Championship at the PPV. At the Backlash PPV, Enzo Amore would make the shocking reveal of a new manager in Deonna Purrazzo. Deonna would accompany Enzo as he would successfully defend his Intercontinental Championship against Curtis Axel. On June 18th, 2018, Enzo Amore lost his championship against Shane Helms. A week later, Enzo Amore was suspended from the WWE whenever allegations came out about him by a woman in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Zo' Father & WWE Release
On July 17th, 2018, Enzo Amore was announced to be back on the active roster. The interesting part is that Enzo will now be on the Smackdown roster. On the July 20th edition of Smackdown, Enzo Amore would make his return to shock the WWE Universe. Enzo would also return as a babyface for the first time in nearly two years, legitimately. In his first match back, Enzo Amore would win the Smackdown Rumble winning a shot for the World Heavyweight Championship at Summerslam against Jimmy Jacobs. At Summerslam, Enzo Amore would have possibly the best match of his career against Jimmy Jacobs just coming up a little short in becoming the World Heavyweight Champion. After Summerslam, Enzo faded off of the roster not to be seen again until the October 12th edition of Smackdown when he showed up in a vignette introducing his new character, "The 'Zo Father." Enzo soon found himself wrote off television after causing problems behind the screen. By the end of October 2018, Enzo Amore was released from the WWE.

Return to WWE & Temporary Retirement
Enzo Amore officially signed with WWE once again in April 2019. Enzo Amore made his official return to television at WrestleMania 35. Enzo came from the crowd in a "worked shoot" angle and barged into the ring to cut a promo on the company and various officials. His promo was interrupted by the debuting David Starr who would take a star and against Amore before things got violent between the two men. Enzo won is first match back on Main Event defeating David Starr and Kofi Kingston. On Enzo's first night back on Monday Night Raw, Enzo would align himself with Nikki Bella who had also recently returned to the company. Enzo would then cut a promo alongside his new friend, Mickey Gall. The next week on Raw, Enzo Amore would further his alliance with Nikki Bella and would later explain their relationship was strictly business in an interview. Enzo teamed up with Scarlett Bordeaux to defeat the team of David Starr and Charlotte. On the May 13th episode of Raw, Enzo would cut a promo on his love to piss off the WWE Universe. He claims that the company should be known as "World Wrestling Enzo." He would pick up another big win over CM Punk to continue to fuel his momentum since his return. It was later announced that the Main Event of Backlash will be a Double Jeopardy match for the WWE Championship with Rome defending against Jinder Mahal and Enzo facing Alberto Del Rio. The winners were announced to fight for the world title. On the May 20th episode of Raw, Enzo picked up a huge victory by defeating Jinder Mahal. At Backlash, Enzo came up short spite his valiant effort. He tapped out to Alberto Del Rio to be eliminated from the match that Roman Reigns would go on to win.

The following week on Raw, Enzo had lost the match at Backlash and had found out he had also lost Nikki Bella. He spent the night looking to make new allies and that he did. He aligned himself with the returning Adam Cole and former World Champion Dolph Ziggler. He went on to defeat Jordan Devlin. A week later on Monday Night Raw, Enzo was viciously attacked by his opponent Dean Ambrose. He was injured during the attack and was put out of competition until Unforgiven. When he made his return, he cut a promo apologizing to the WWE Universe and promised to change his ways thus turning face once again. Enzo would go on to come up short against Kevin Owens in a fatal four way match. The next week on Raw, Enzo Amore was quiet besides a victory in a match over Adam Cole. He later went on to say that he was out their to prove a point that words couldn't say. One week later on Raw, Enzo didn't have a good night as he would pick up a defeat in a tag team match as he teamed with Finn Balor losing to Kevin Owens and Zack Sabre Jr. Enzo looked to not get into a slump and would get a big victory over Jordan Devlin on the following weeks Raw. Enzo would continue his recent run of momentum as he would team with Finn Balor once again. This time he and Balor were able to defeat Dean Ambrose and Jordan Devlin. Enzo was seen twice backstage during this Raw, once trying to flirt with Chelsea Green and talking to Mickey Gall about things changing. After a long time of ups and downs, Enzo Amore retired alongside tag partner, Santino Marella on the 500th episode of SmackDown After his retirement speech, he was brutally assaulted by Paul London.

Second Return
On the April 27th, 2020 episode of Raw, Enzo Amore made a shocking return announcing that he is coming out of retirement. Enzo would be seen again on Raw the following week in a backstage segment with Heath Slater, who was looking for advice on his t-shirt designs. On the return episode of Smackdwon, Enzo would make his Smackdown return to the show he retired on. He cut a passionate promo before picking up a disappointing loss in his first match back in a nine man match where Andrade came out victorious. A week later on SmackDown, Enzo would get involved in the WWE Hardcore Championship match. More a matter of moments, Enzo held the Hardcore Championship a third Tim,e before quickly losing it.

Rap Career
After being released from WWE in late 2018, Enzo Amore looked to make a name in another form of entertainment. He would release a rap song under the moniker of "Real1." The reviews with mixed with fans either loving it or despising it.

Personal Life
Arndt was born in Hackensack, New Jersey. He went on to school in Memorial Elementary School and Waldwick High School. While studying at Salisbury University and ultimately earning a journalism degree, Arndt played Division III (NCAA) college football from 2007 to 2009. He played as a linebacker and a safety for the Salisbury Sea Gulls. Before signing with WWE, Arndt had worked as a disc jockey for the New York Jets, a piano mover and a manager at Hooters. Amore was also once the DJ at Matt Hardy's New Year's Eve party.

Enzo made his relationship with Leah Van Dale (Carmella) public after the March 2nd, 2015 edition of Monday Night Raw once the story-line news was announced. The two ended their relationship just a couple months later in June. Arndt (Amore) first met Bill Morrissey (Cassady) when Morrissey was 15, when they played basketball together at the Cage of Manhattan, New York nearly 10 years before reuniting on NXT in August 2013. Enzo also owned a Jack Russell Terrier named Champ that now stays with "Uncle" Pauly D.

Enzo Amore would move to Italy for a portion of his career working in Santino Marella's family business which deal in some sort of law and order while making a lifelong friend in Santino Marella. When moving back to New jersey, by chance Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady would buy their home back from the Jersey Shore guys. Enzo and Cass would end up befriending Ronnie, Vinny, and Pauly D but not Mike, nobody likes "The Situation". In April of 2017, Enzo Amore would begin dating Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola. As of November 2017, the two have moved out on their own in a New Jersey home. Enzo's old residence is now primarily owned by Pauly D. In May of 2018, one year later, Enzo and Sammi would officially split up.

Not long after his split with Sammi, Enzo was spotted with fellow wrestler Deonna Purrazzo. The two would later confirm that they were now dating. They would break up in early 2019 when Enzo Amore would leave WWE and go into a career in rapping as "Real1."

In wrestling

 * Finishing moves
 * Jersey Dropper DDT [Jumping Snap DDT] - (2014 - 2017)
 * JawdonZo (Inverted stomp facebreaker) - (2017 - Now)
 * Scarface [Arm-trap Crossface]
 * Signature moves
 *  Uppercut
 * SAWFT Kick [Superkick]
 * Standing Dropkick
 * Clothesline
 * Flying Forearm
 * Jersey Calling [Flying Crossbody]
 * Turnbuckle Clothesline
 * Full Nelson Neckbreaker
 * Jersey Falling [Turnbuckle Leaping DDT]
 * Enzuigiri
 * Armbar
 * Boston Crab
 * Chicken Wing
 * Armbar
 * Shining Amore [Shining Wizard]
 * Snapmare Driver
 * O.F.S [Old Fashioned Spear]
 * Nicknames
 * "Certified G"
 * "Jersey's Finest"
 * "Realest Guy In The Room"
 * "EA-All-Day"
 * "The Self Proclaimed People's Champion"
 * "Real1"
 * "The Corporate G"
 * "Certified Boss"
 * "Italia 's Finest"


 * Managed By
 * Big Cass
 * Carmella
 * Santino Marella
 * Counselor Kane
 * Deonna Purrazzo
 * Mickey Gall


 * Entrance Themes
 * "SAWFT is a Sin" by CFO featuring Enzo Amore
 * "New Jazz Boom Bap Mafia" by Base De Rap
 * "Bury Me A G" - Real1

Championships and accomplishments

 * World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE
 * WWE Intercontinental Championship (3 times)
 * WWE Hardcore Championship (3 times)
 * WWE Tag Team Championship (3 times w/ Santino Marella)
 * WWE United States Championship (1 time)
 * WWE European Championship (1 time)