Claudio Castagnoli

Claudio Castagnoli
Castagnoli at Forbidden Door on June 26, 2022
Born (1980-12-26) December 26, 1980 (age 45)
Lucerne, Switzerland
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Antonio Cesaro
Cesaro
Claudio Castagnoli
Double C
Tenshi Takami
Very Mysterious Vanilla Ice Cream
Billed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Billed weight232 lb (105 kg)
Trained bySigMasta Rappo
Dave Taylor
Chris Hero
Mike Quackenbush
Skayde
DebutDecember 24, 2000

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 in 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.

While in Ring of Honor, he was a two-time ROH World Champion and a two-time ROH World Tag Team Champion with his 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 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 the winner of the André the Giant Memorial Trophy battle royal at WrestleMania XXX.

Championships and accomplishments

  1. ↑ The title was known as the "WWE Tag Team Championship" during his first reign.

References

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  7. ↑ "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.
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  9. ↑ "CAPW Championship history". Cagematch. Archived from the original on 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  10. ↑ "CZW Tag-Team Champions". Combat Zone Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  11. ↑ "'Last Team Standing' (October 14th 2006) - Philadelphia, PA". Combat Zone Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  12. ↑ "GSW Tag Team Championship history". Cagematch. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  13. ↑ "Violent J's Gathering Report". Psychopathic Records. Archived from the original on 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  14. ↑ "IPW:UK Tag Team Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  15. ↑ "IWA Switzerland Heavyweight Championship history". Cagematch. Archived from the original on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  16. ↑ "PWG World Championship title history". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  17. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2013". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
  18. ↑ "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. 23 July 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  19. ↑ "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. 10 December 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Newswire For The Week Of October 15th". Ring of honor Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  21. ↑ "Notes from ROH PPV". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  22. ↑ "Dark Pegasus Video Review: Ring of Honor — Race to the Top Tournament, Night Two". 411mania. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  23. ↑ "100 Percent Fordified: Ring of Honor "Tag Wars 2010"". 411mania. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  24. ↑ "SWF Powerhouse Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  25. ↑ "SWF Tag Team Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  26. ↑ "wXw World Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  27. ↑ "wXw World Tag Team Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  28. ↑ "United States Championship - Antonio Cesaro (August 19, 2012 - April 15, 2013)". WWE. Archived from the original on August 26, 2012. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
  29. ↑ "WWE Raw Tag Team Championship history". WWE. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  30. ↑ "WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship history". WWE. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  31. ↑ "Cesaro won The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal". WWE. Archived from the original on 2014-04-05. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
  32. ↑ 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.
  33. ↑ 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.

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