Claudio Castagnoli

Collision #43

SmackDown #1093

The Horrow Show at Extreme Rules 2020

(Cesaro)

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1980 (44 years old)
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Lucerne, Switzerland

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Wrestler

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Active

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6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

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232 lb (105 kg)

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ROH Mens

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All Elite Wrestling Mens

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ROH

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Claudio Castagnoli (born 27 December 1980) is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He also appears for AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor, where he is the current ROH World Champion in his first reign. Castagnoli is best known for his 11-year tenure in WWE from 2011 to 2022, where he performed under the ring name Cesaro (shortened from his original ring name Antonio Cesaro). He has also performed for 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 and Sheamus were part of a tag team named The Bar together they were four-time WWE (Raw) Tag Team Champions and one-time WWE (SmackDown) Tag Team Champions. 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. He debuted for All Elite Wrestling as Bryan Danielson’s replacement against Zack Sabre Jr. at their joint pay-per-view with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, on 26 June 2022.

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.

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