Claudio Castagnoli
| Cesaro | |
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Cesaro in September 2016
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| Birth name | Claudio Castagnoli |
| Born |
December 27, 1980 Lucerne, Switzerland |
| Residence | Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Antonio Cesaro Cesaro Claudio Castagnoli Double C Tenshi Takami Very Mysterious Ice Cream |
| Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Billed weight | 232 lb (105 kg) |
| Billed from | Lucerne, Switzerland |
| Trained by |
Dave Taylor Chris Hero Mike Quackenbush SigMasta Rappo Skayde |
| Debut | December 24, 2000 |
Claudio Castagnoli (born December 27, 1980), better known by his ring name Cesaro (shortened from his previous ringname Antonio Cesaro), is a Swiss professional wrestler who is currently signed to WWE and performing on the Raw brand. He was previously known for his work in Ring of Honor (ROH), various independent promotions including Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) and Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), and the Japan-based Pro Wrestling 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 (where their 364-day reign as champions was the longest in company history), two-time WWE (Raw) Tag Team Champion with his partner Tyson Kidd as part of their team and Sheamus, as well as various independent tag team titles both with Hero and with Ares as Swiss Money Holding, such as the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas, the JCW Tag Team Championship and the CZW World Tag Team Championship. Castagnoli and Hero were voted as the 2010 Tag Team of the Year by Wrestling Observer Newsletter readers. He has also had success as a singles wrestler, having won the WWE's United States Championship and the inaugural André the Giant Memorial Trophy at WrestleMania XXX, along with numerous independent singles titles, such as the PWG World Championship.
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