Antonio Cesaro
Claudio Castagnoli (born December 27, 1980), is an Swiss professional wrestler. He currently wrestles for the WWE where he competes under the ring name Cesaro. He was also known by former ring name Antonio Cesaro. He previously wrestled for many different independent promotions such as Chikara, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Ring of Honor and Pro Wrestling Noah where he competed under his real name and lost many times.
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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] |
Born | Lucerne, Switzerland[1] | December 26, 1980
Resides | Rome, Italy billed=United Bank of Switzerland Lucerne, Switzerland[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 Tag Team Champion with tag team partner Chris Hero. Their tag team name was the Kings of Wrestling. Their reign as champions lasted 364 days and is the longest in the company's history. He was also a member of the team Swiss Money Holding with Ares. During his time 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 is a one-time WWE United States 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 Tag Team Championship (two times) (with Chris Hero)[15][16]
- Race to the Top (2007)[17]
- Tag Wars (2010) (with Chris Hero)[18]
- Swiss Wrestling Federation
- Westside Xtreme Wrestling
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Antonio Cesaro Bio". WWE. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ↑ "Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas title history". Chikara. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "King of Trios 2010 - Night 3 results". Chikara. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "Tape Review: Chikara Pro, "Tag World Grand Prix," night 3, Feb. 26, 2006, with Hero, Castognoli, Delirious, Milano". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "RB Report: CHIKARA Cibernetico & Robin". 411mania. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "CAPW Championship history". Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "CZW Tag-Team Champions". Combat Zone Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "'Last Team Standing' (October 14th 2006) - Philadelphia, PA". Combat Zone Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "GSW Tag Team Championship history". Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "Violent J's Gathering Report". Psychopathic Records. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "IPW:UK Tag Team Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "IWA Switzerland Heavyweight Championship history". Cagematch. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "PWG World Championship title history". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2013". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "Newswire For The Week Of October 15th". Ring of honor Wrestling. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "Notes from ROH PPV". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "Dark Pegasus Video Review: Ring of Honor — Race to the Top Tournament, Night Two". 411mania. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "100 Percent Fordified: Ring of Honor "Tag Wars 2010"". 411mania. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "SWF Powerhouse Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "SWF Tag Team Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "wXw World Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "wXw World Tag Team Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2014-7-7.
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(help) - ↑ "United States Championship - Antonio Cesaro (August 19, 2012 - April 15, 2013)". WWE. Archived from the original on August 26, 2012. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "Cesaro won The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal". WWE. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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
- Antonio Cesaro on Twitter