Biography
Claudio Castagnoli is a Swiss professional wrestler, best known for his tenure in WWE under the ring name Cesaro (shortened from Antonio Cesaro). Prior to signing with WWE, Castagnoli wrestled under his real name in Ring of Honor (ROH) and various independent promotions, including Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), and Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH). Castagnoli is an accomplished tag team wrestler, being a two-time ROH World Tag Team Champion with his partner Chris Hero (as "The Kings of Wrestling;" their 364-day reign as champions was the longest in ROH history up to that time). As Cesaro, he held 7 tag team titles in WWE: a two-time WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champion, and a five-time WWE (Raw) Tag Team Champion. Castagnoli has also held various independent tag team titles, such as the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas, the JCW Tag Team Championship, and the CZW World Tag Team Championship. The Kings of Wrestling (the tag team he had with Chris Hero) were voted the 2010 Tag Team of the Year by Wrestling Observer Newsletter readers. He has additionally had success as a singles wrestler, being a one-time WWE United States Champion, the winner of the inaugural André the Giant Memorial Trophy at WrestleMania XXX, and a one-time PWG World Champion. When playing a villainous character, particularly in the United States, Castagnoli has been known to emphasize his European origin as part of his gimmick, proclaiming a superior intellect and fashion sensibility while regularly using moves such as the European uppercut. He gained a reputation for impressive in-ring feats of strength, and was called one of WWE's best and most underrated performers for much of his time there. He was even voted Most Underrated Wrestler in the world, for a record four years in a row (2013–2016), by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Filmography
all 319
Movies 302
self 126
TV Shows 17
AEW All Out (2024)
AEW All In: London 2024 (2024)
CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2024 (2024)
AEW Revolution (2024)
AEW Worlds End (2023)
ROH: Final Battle (2023)
AEW Full Gear: Zero Hour (2023)
AEW WrestleDream: Zero Hour (2023)
AEW All Out (2023)
AEW All In: London (2023)
ROH: Death Before Dishonor (2023)
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door (2023)
All Elite Wrestling: Collision (2023)
NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall (2023)
AEW Double or Nothing (2023)
ROH: Supercard of Honor (2023)
ROH: Final Battle (2022)
AEW Full Gear (2022)
Tito (2022)
AEW All Out (2022)
ROH: Death Before Dishonor XIX Zero Hour (2022)
ROH: Death Before Dishonor (2022)
AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door (2022)
Hey! (EW) (2022)
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts (2022)
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage (2021)
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2020 (2020)
WWE Clash of Champions 2020 (2020)
WWE Money in the Bank 2020 (2020)
WWE WrestleMania 36: Part 1 (2020)
WWE Backstage (2019)
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (2019)
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness (2016)
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1 (2016)
WWE Table For 3 (2015)
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes! (2015)
The Destruction of The Shield (2015)
ROH: Year 5 (2015)
WWE Rivalries (2014)
WWE Payback 2014 (2014)
NXT TakeOver (2014)
WWE Extreme Rules 2014 (2014)
WWE WrestleMania XXX (2014)
NXT ArRIVAL (2014)
WWE Royal Rumble 2014 (2014)
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2013 (2013)
WWE Survivor Series 2013 (2013)
WWE Hell in a Cell 2013 (2013)
WWE Battleground 2013 (2013)
WWE Night of Champions 2013 (2013)
WWE Money in the Bank 2013 (2013)
WWE Payback 2013 (2013)
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013 (2013)
WWE Royal Rumble 2013 (2013)
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1 (2013)
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012 (2012)
WWE Survivor Series 2012 (2012)
WWE Hell In A Cell 2012 (2012)
WWE Main Event (2012)
WWE Night of Champions 2012 (2012)
WWE SummerSlam 2012 (2012)
ROH: Japan's Finest (2012)
ROH: Honor Takes Center Stage - Chapter 1 (2011)
PWG: DDT4 (2011)
CHIKARA Through Savage Progress Cuts the Jungle Line (2010)
WWE NXT (2010)
ROH: 8th Anniversary (2010)
CHIKARA Three-Fisted Tales (2009)
ROH: Survival of the Fittest 2009 (2009)
ROH: Contention (2009)
ROH: 7th Anniversary (2009)
ROH: Caged Collision (2009)
ROH: Motor City Madness 2009 (2009)
The Wrestler (2008)
ROH: Greatest Rivalries (2008)
ROH: Southern Navigation (2008)
ROH: Driven (2007)
ROH: The 100th Show (2006)
ROH: Dissension (2006)
ROH: Vendetta (2005)
WWE SmackDown (1999)
WXW Rage TV (1996)
WWE Raw (1993)
American Wolves: The Hunt Never Dies
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
Danielson vs McGuinness
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1980-12-27 (43 years old)
Birth PlaceLucerne, Switzerland
Height196-centimeter
RelationshipsSara Del Rey
CitizenshipsSwitzerland
ResidencesOrlando, United States of America
Also Known AsVery Mysterious Ice Cream, Tenshi Takami, Double C, Antonio Cesaro, Claudio Castignoli, Cesaro
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