Claudio Castagnoli

Claudio Castagnoli (born December 27, 1980), is a Swiss professional wrestler. He currently wrestles for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is also known for his time working for the WWE. He wrestled there using the ring name Antonio Cesaro and Cesaro. He previously wrestled for many different independent promotions. These include Chikara, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Ring of Honor and Pro Wrestling Noah.

Claudio Castagnoli
Castagnoli at Forbidden Door on June 26, 2022
Born	(1980-12-26) December 26, 1980 (age 43) Lucerne, Switzerland[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Antonio Cesaro[1] Cesaro Claudio Castagnoli Double C Tenshi Takami Very Mysterious Vanilla Ice Cream
Billed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[1]
Billed weight	232 lb (105 kg)[1]
Trained by	SigMasta Rappo Dave Taylor Chris Hero Mike Quackenbush Skayde
Debut	December 24, 2000

While in Ring of Honor, he was a two-time ROH World Champion and a two-time ROH World Tag Team Champion with tag team partner Chris Hero. Their tag team name was the Kings of Wrestling. They were champions for 364 days. That is the longest time anyone has been tag champions in the company's history. He was also a member of the team Swiss Money Holding, with Ares. In tag team competition, he won the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas twice, the JCW Tag Team Championship once, and the CZW World Tag Team Championship twice.

In the WWE, he was a one-time WWE United States Champion, five-time WWE Raw Tag Team Champion, two-time WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champion and was the winner of the André the Giant Memorial Trophy battle royal at WrestleMania XXX.

Championships

• Chikara
  • Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas (two times) (with Chris Hero (one) and Ares (one))^[2]
  • King of Trios (2010) (with Ares and Tursas)^[3]
  • Tag World Grand Prix (2005) (with Arik Cannon)
  • Tag World Grand Prix (2006) (with Chris Hero)^[4]
  • Torneo Cibernético (2007)^[5]

• Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling
  • CAPW Unified Heavyweight Championship (one time)^[6]

• Combat Zone Wrestling
  • CZW World Tag Team Championship (two times) (with Chris Hero)^[7]
  • Last Team Standing (2006) (with Chris Hero)^[8]

• German Stampede Wrestling
  • GSW Tag Team Championship (two times) (with Ares)^[9]

• Juggalo Championship Wrestling
  • JCW Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Chris Hero)^[10]

• International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom
  • IPW: UK Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Ares)^[11]

• Independent Wrestling Association: Switzerland
  • IWA Switzerland World Heavyweight Championship (one time)^[12]

• Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
  • PWG World Championship (one time)^[13]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • He was ranked #18 of the top 500 singles wrestlers by PWI in the PWI 500 in 2013.^[14]

• Ring of Honor
  • ROH World Championship (two times)^[15][16]
  • ROH World Tag Team Championship (two times) (with Chris Hero)^[17][18]
  • Race to the Top (2007)^[19]
  • Tag Wars (2010) (with Chris Hero)^[20]

• Swiss Wrestling Federation
  • SWF Powerhouse Championship (two times)^[21]
  • SWF Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Ares)^[22]

• Westside Xtreme Wrestling
  • wXw World Heavyweight Championship (two time)^[23]
  • wXw World Tag Team Championship (three times) (with Ares)^[24]

• WWE
  • WWE United States Championship (one time)^[25]
  • WWE Raw Tag Team Championship (5 times) (with Tyson Kidd (1) and Sheamus (4))^[26]
  • WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (2 times) (with Sheamus (1) and Shinsuke Nakamura (1))^[27]
  • André the Giant Memorial Trophy^[28]
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Most Underrated (2013)^[29]
  • Tag Team of the Year (2010) (with Chris Hero)^[30]

References

1. "Antonio Cesaro Bio". WWE. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
2. "Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas title history". Chikara. Archived from the original on 2013-04-25. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
3. "King of Trios 2010 - Night 3 results". Chikara. Archived from the original on 2010-04-29. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
4. "Tape Review: Chikara Pro, "Tag World Grand Prix," night 3, Feb. 26, 2006, with Hero, Castognoli, Delirious, Milano". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
5. "RB Report: CHIKARA Cibernetico & Robin". 411mania. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
6. "CAPW Championship history". Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
7. "CZW Tag-Team Champions". Combat Zone Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
8. "'Last Team Standing' (October 14th 2006) - Philadelphia, PA". Combat Zone Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
9. "GSW Tag Team Championship history". Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
10. "Violent J's Gathering Report". Psychopathic Records. Archived from the original on 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
11. "IPW:UK Tag Team Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
12. "IWA Switzerland Heavyweight Championship history". Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
13. "PWG World Championship title history". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
14. "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2013". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
15. "7/23 ROH Death Before Dishonor results: Powell's live review of FTR vs. The Briscoes in a best of three falls match for the ROH Tag Titles, Jonathan Gresham vs. Claudio Castagnoli for the ROH Championship, Samoa Joe vs. Jay Lethal for the ROH TV Title, Wheeler Yuta vs. Daniel Garcia for the ROH Pure Rules Title". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
16. "ROH Final Battle results: Powell's live review of FTR vs. The Briscoes in a Double Dog Collar match for the ROH Tag Team Titles, Chris Jericho vs. Claudio Castagnoli for the ROH Championship, Mercedes Martinez vs. Athena for the ROH Women's Title, Daniel Garcia vs. Wheeler Yuta for the ROH Pure Rules Title". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
17. "Newswire For The Week Of October 15th". Ring of honor Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
18. "Notes from ROH PPV". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
19. "Dark Pegasus Video Review: Ring of Honor — Race to the Top Tournament, Night Two". 411mania. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
20. "100 Percent Fordified: Ring of Honor "Tag Wars 2010"". 411mania. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
21. "SWF Powerhouse Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
22. "SWF Tag Team Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
23. "wXw World Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
24. "wXw World Tag Team Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
25. "United States Championship - Antonio Cesaro (August 19, 2012 - April 15, 2013)". WWE. Archived from the original on August 26, 2012. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
26. "WWE Raw Tag Team Championship history". WWE. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
27. "WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship history". WWE. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
28. "Cesaro won The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal". WWE. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
29. Meltzer, Dave (January 27, 2014). "Jan 27 2014 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: 2013 Annual awards issue, best in the world in numerous categories, plus all the news in pro-wrestling and MMA over the past week and more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California: 18. ISSN 1083-9593. Archived from the original on August 27, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
30. Meltzer, Dave (January 26, 2011). "Biggest issue of the year: The 2011 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards Issue". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, CA: 1–40. ISSN 1083-9593.

Other websites

• Cesaro on WWE.com
• Claudio Castagnoli on Twitter