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Claudio Castagnoli

Actor | * 12/27/1980 (43) | Lucerne (Switzerland)
Claudio Castagnoli ( Italian: [kastanˈɲoli]) is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Blackpool Combat Club. He also performs for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former two-time ROH World Champion. He became widely known for performing under the ring name Antonio Cesaro (later simply Cesaro) in WWE from 2011 to 2022. Castagnoli began his career in the European independent wrestling circuit in the year 2000, and wrestled for numerous independent promotions around the world, including Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH), and Westside Xtreme Wrestling (WxW). During his time on the independent circuit, Castagnoli won numerous championships, and became an accomplished tag team wrestler, most notably forming a team with Chris Hero known as the Kings of Wrestling. The Kings of Wrestling became two-time ROH World Tag Team Champions, with their 364-day reign as champions becoming the longest in ROH history up to that point. The team 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, with Castagnoli also winning... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Action | Drama | Documentaries
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Movies with Claudio Castagnoli as Actor(93)

as Claudio Castagnoli2023 AEW Double Or Nothing
as himself2022 AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door
as himself2022 AEW Full Gear
as himself2022 AEW All Out
as Lucky2022 Tito
as Cesaro2022 WWE Day 1 2022
as himself2022 ROH: Final Battle 2022
as Cesaro2021 WWE Hell In A Cell 2021
as Cesaro2021 WWE Elimination Chamber 2021
as Cesaro2021 WWE Superstar Spectacle 2021
as Cesaro2021 My Way: The Life and Legacy of Pat Patterson
as Cesaro2021 WWE WrestleMania 37: Night 1
as Cesaro2021 WWE Survivor Series 2021
as Cesaro2021 WWE Royal Rumble 2021
as Cesaro2021 WWE WrestleMania Backlash
as Cesaro2020 WWE Elimination Chamber 2020
as Cesaro2020 WWE Extreme Rules 2020
as Cesaro2020 WWE Royal Rumble 2020
as Cesaro2020 WWE WrestleMania 36: Part 1
as Cesaro2020 WWE Clash of Champions 2020
as himself2019 Chasing the Magic: The Nigel McGuinness Story
as Cesaro2019 WWE Crown Jewel 2019
as Cesaro2019 WWE WrestleMania 35
as Cesaro2019 NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff
as Cesaro2019 WWE Royal Rumble 2019
as Cesaro2019 WWE Extreme Rules 2019
as Cesaro2018 WWE Greatest Royal Rumble 2018
as Cesaro2018 WWE: AJ Styles: Most Phenomenal Matches
as Cesaro2018 WWE Survivor Series 2018
as Cesaro2018 WWE WrestleMania 34
as Cesaro2018 WWE Super Show-Down 2018
as Cesaro2018 WWE Elimination Chamber 2018
2017 WWE Survivor Series 2017
as Cesaro2017 WWE No Mercy 2017
as Cesaro2017 WWE Great Balls of Fire
as Cesaro2017 WWE Extreme Rules 2017
2017 WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2017
as Cesaro2017 WWE WrestleMania 33
as Cesaro2017 WWE Fastlane 2017
as Cesaro2017 WWE SummerSlam 2017
as Cesaro2017 WWE Royal Rumble 2017
as Cesaro2017 WWE Payback 2017
as Cesaro2016 WWE Money in the Bank 2016
as Cesaro2016 WWE Payback 2016
as Cesaro2016 WWE Survivor Series 2016
as Cesaro2016 WWE Extreme Rules 2016
as Cesaro2016 WWE Hell in a Cell 2016
as Cesaro (archive footage)2016 WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
as Cesaro2016 Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
as Cesaro2016 WWE Roadblock: End of the Line 2016
as Cesaro2016 WWE Clash of Champions 2016
as Antonio Cesaro2015 Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
as Cesaro2015 WWE Extreme Rules 2015
as Cesaro2015 WWE WrestleMania 31
as Cesaro2015 WWE Royal Rumble 2015
as Cesaro2015 WWE Payback 2015
as Cesaro2015 WWE Elimination Chamber 2015
as Cesaro2015 WWE Hell in a Cell 2015
as Cesaro2015 WWE SummerSlam 2015
as Cesaro2015 WWE Fastlane 2015
as Antonio Cesaro2015 WWE: The Destruction Of The Shield
as Antonio Cesaro2014 NXT ArRIVAL
as Antonio Cesaro2014 WWE WrestleMania XXX
as Antonio Cesaro2014 WWE Payback 2014
as Cesaro2014 WWE Night of Champions 2014
as Cesaro2014 WWE Battleground 2014
as Cesaro2014 WWE Hell In A Cell 2014
as Cesaro2014 WWE Survivor Series 2014
as Cesaro2014 WWE SummerSlam 2014
as Antonio Cesaro2014 WWE Extreme Rules 2014
as Cesaro2014 WWE Elimination Chamber 2014
as Antonio Cesaro2014 WWE Royal Rumble 2014
as Cesaro2014 WWE Money in the Bank 2014
as Antonio Cesaro2013 WWE Survivor Series 2013
as Antonio Cesaro2013 WWE Battleground 2013
as Antonio Cesaro2013 WWE Night of Champions 2013
as Antonio Cesaro2013 WWE Hell in a Cell 2013
as Antonio Cesaro2013 WWE Royal Rumble 2013
as Antonio Cesaro2013 WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
as Antonio Cesaro2013 WWE Money in the Bank 2013
as Antonio Cesaro (Lumberjack)2013 WWE Payback 2013
as Antonio Cesaro2013 WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2013
as Antonio Cesaro2012 WWE Night of Champions 2012
as Antonio Cesaro2012 WWE Survivor Series 2012
as Antonio Cesaro (Preshow)2012 WWE SummerSlam 2012
as Antonio Cesaro2012 WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2012
as Antonio Cesaro2012 WWE Hell In A Cell 2012
as himself2011 ROH: Honor Takes Center Stage - Chapter 1
2010 CHIKARA Through Savage Progress Cuts the Jungle Line
2009 CHIKARA Three-Fisted Tales
2009 ROH: Contention
as Wrestler2008 The Wrestler
as himself2008 ROH: Greatest Rivalries

TV Shows/Series with Claudio Castagnoli as Actor(9)

as himself2022 All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
as himself2021 All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
as Cesaro2019 WWE Backstage
as himself2019 All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
as himself2014 WWE Rivalries
as Antonio Cesaro1999 WWE SmackDown
as Cesaro1999 WWE SmackDown
as Cesaro1993 WWE Raw
as Antonio Cesaro1993 WWE Raw

Additional Information

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Full Name: Claudio Castagnoli
Citizenship: Switzerland
Born: Saturday, 12/27 1980 (December) in Lucerne (Switzerland) (current age: 43 years + 121 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT), Standard High German, Swiss German
Other names for Claudio Castagnoli (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Very Mysterious Ice Cream"
"Tenshi Takami"
"Double C"
"Antonio Cesaro"
"Claudio Castignoli"
"Cesaro"
Claudio Castagnoli frequently works together with these people:
Vince McMahon (65x, Crew)
Colby Lopez (63x, Actor)
Joe Anoa'i (60x, Actor)
John Cena (58x, Actor)
Stephen Farrelly (53x, Actor)
Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah (52x, Actor)
Jonathan Good (50x, Actor)
Kevin Dunn (50x, Crew)
Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin (49x, Actor)
Randy Orton (47x, Actor)
Bryan Danielson (46x, Actor)
Monty Sopp (12x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:61157, Added: 05/21/2018, Last updated: 04/20/2024