63 Facts About Antonio Cesaro

Antonio Cesaro is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling where he performs under his real name, and is a member of the Blackpool Combat Club stable.

Antonio Cesaro was assigned to WWE's developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling, before making his debut for WWE's main roster in April 2012.

The Bar split up in April 2019, and Antonio Cesaro joined Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura to create a stable known as The Artist Collective.

Antonio Cesaro left WWE in February 2022, and made his debut for AEW in June of that year, returning to his Claudio Castagnoli name and persona.

Antonio Cesaro 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.

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Antonio Cesaro was voted "Most Underrated Wrestler" for a record four years in a row, by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Antonio Cesaro was a teen participant in tennis, football, and basketball as a youth, and still follows these sports as an adult.

Antonio Cesaro first used a Japanese gimmick before changing it to a Swiss banker, along with Ares, together known as Swiss Money Holding.

Antonio Cesaro eliminated himself from the match by low blowing Eddie Kingston, but his plan did not work out as Kingston came back to eliminate Tursas and win the match.

Antonio Cesaro defeated Hallowicked, Mike Quackenbush and Jack Evans en route to the final, where he defeated El Generico.

Antonio Cesaro received a second shot, this time a three-way match with Brent Albright, later that month, but was again unable to win the title.

Antonio Cesaro defeated Doug Williams in the first round, but lost to Pac in the second.

Antonio Cesaro primarily wrestled in the promotion as Chris Hero's tag team partner and in January 2010 the Kings of Wrestling entered the Global Tag League, where they ended up losing all of their matches.

Antonio Cesaro lost in the opening match against CZW's representative and former partner, Chris Hero.

Antonio Cesaro defeated Pepper Parks in the first-round qualifiers and Sicodelico Jr.

Antonio Cesaro defeated Nigel McGuinness in the first round, Davey Richards in the quarterfinals, and Brent Albright in the semifinals to compete in a three-way elimination match, with finalists Mike Quackenbush and IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion Chuck Taylor.

Antonio Cesaro was first eliminated by the eventual winner, Quackenbush, being pinned following a Quackendriver II.

Antonio Cesaro made his television debut on the 24 October episode of FCW, defeating Mike Dalton, which would be the first win in a singles winning streak that lasted until February 2012.

On 6 January 2012, Antonio Cesaro made his WWE live event debut in Jackson, Mississippi, where he teamed with Michael McGillicutty in a tag team loss to Alex Riley and Mason Ryan.

In storyline, the multilingual Antonio Cesaro served in the Swiss militia, before embarking on a career in rugby, which ended with him being banned for "excessive aggression".

Antonio Cesaro retained the title against Zack Ryder at Night of Champions.

Two days later, on the 2 January 2013 episode of WWE Main Event, Antonio Cesaro defeated The Great Khali to retain his United States Championship with a massive Neutralizer.

Later on in the pay-per-view, Antonio Cesaro entered his first Royal Rumble match at number 22 but was the 18th man eliminated by the eventual winner John Cena.

In May, Antonio Cesaro started a feud with Sami Zayn in NXT, where the two held some of what would later be considered the best matches of 2013.

Colter and Antonio Cesaro went on to justify their alliance by saying that Antonio Cesaro is the ultimate immigrant and thus a superior American.

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Antonio Cesaro competed in the 30-man Royal Rumble match at the Royal Rumble, entering at number 21, but was eliminated by Roman Reigns.

Later during the pay-per-view Antonio Cesaro was a surprise entrant in the inaugural Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, which he won by making the final elimination of the Big Show, body slamming him over the top rope and out of the ring in a manner reminiscent of Hulk Hogan's body slam of Andre at WrestleMania III.

Antonio Cesaro proceeded to dump Colter as his manager, instead revealing that he was a Paul Heyman guy.

Antonio Cesaro then defeated Van Dam to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship, which was won by John Cena.

Dave Meltzer on Antonio Cesaro winning the 2014 Wrestling Observer Newsletter award for Most Underrated.

Later that night, Antonio Cesaro entered the Rumble match at number 28 he was eliminated by Dolph Ziggler.

Antonio Cesaro and Kidd managed to retain their titles on the WrestleMania 31 pre-show in a fatal four-way tag team match.

Antonio Cesaro competed in the Andre the Giant memorial battle royal, but was eliminated by Big Show, whom Antonio Cesaro had eliminated the prior year.

At Extreme Rules, Antonio Cesaro and Kidd lost the Tag Team Championship to The New Day, ending their reign at nine weeks.

At Elimination Chamber, Antonio Cesaro and Kidd competed in the first ever tag team Elimination Chamber match, but failed to win the titles.

Antonio Cesaro stated in an interview that the injury would prevent him from competing at WrestleMania 32.

Antonio Cesaro made his return from injury on the Raw after WrestleMania 32 on the 4 April 2016 episode of Raw, introducing a new James Bond style entrance and attire to his character, including a tear-away business suit.

Antonio Cesaro replaced Sami Zayn as a surprise entrant in the main event, a Fatal 4-Way match between himself, Kevin Owens, AJ Styles and Chris Jericho to determine the No 1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, with the match being won by Styles.

Antonio Cesaro then teamed with Styles to defeat Owens and Jericho in a tag team match on SmackDown.

At Payback, Antonio Cesaro failed to win the title after a distraction by Zayn and Owens, allowing Miz to retain the title.

The following night on Raw Antonio Cesaro defeated Miz for a spot in the Money in the Bank ladder match.

At Money in the Bank, Antonio Cesaro was unsuccessful as the match was won by Dean Ambrose.

Antonio Cesaro was drafted to Raw a few weeks later, while Sheamus remained on SmackDown, bringing an end to the team.

Antonio Cesaro adopted a new part of his gimmick where he would only allow backstage interviewers to ask him only one question before walking away.

Antonio Cesaro would enter the 2019 King of the Ring tournament but would be eliminated by Samoa Joe in the first round.

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On 26 January 2020, at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, Antonio Cesaro participated in the Royal Rumble match and entered at number 9, but was eliminated by Brock Lesnar.

Antonio Cesaro would declare his entry into the Royal Rumble match.

The following week on SmackDown, Antonio Cesaro began a feud with Seth Rollins, after Rollins attacked him from behind following a walkout by the SmackDown roster.

Later that night, Antonio Cesaro teamed with Bryan to defeat The Dirty Dawgs to qualify for the Elimination Chamber match at the event.

At Elimination Chamber, Antonio Cesaro managed to eliminate King Corbin but was the second to last man eliminated by Jey Uso.

Antonio Cesaro would compete in a Blood and Guts match at the eponymous event alongside Blackpool Combat Club stablemates Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta, as well as Eddie Kingston, Santana and Ortiz.

Antonio Cesaro's wrestling ability has been praised by fellow wrestlers and wrestling icons such as Stone Cold Steve Austin, Mick Foley, and Jim Ross.

Antonio Cesaro had received praise for his pre-WWE tag teams with Chris Hero and Bryan Danielson.

Antonio Cesaro uses the Gotch Neutralizer and Very European Uppercut as finishing moves.

Antonio Cesaro has been credited as one of the strongest wrestlers in WWE.

Antonio Cesaro is known for his love of coffee, having maintained a blog and YouTube channel called Claudio's Cafe before joining WWE.

Antonio Cesaro is close friends with his former tag team partner Ares and Ares' wife Allison Danger.

Antonio Cesaro is a fan of the Austrian band Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung.

Antonio Cesaro described his training regime in 2015 as a mix of different approaches, with particular focus on CrossFit and variations of Olympic weightlifting.

Antonio Cesaro has said that he continually tries to learn new ways to work out in order to keep improving.

Antonio Cesaro regularly appeared on the WWE web series The JBL and Cole Show until its cancellation in June 2015.

Antonio Cesaro lost the title to Alexa Bliss in the finals of a Brawlhalla tournament that included Rusev and The Miz.

Antonio Cesaro appears every Wednesday on UpUpDownDown along with Tyler Breeze, Adam Cole, and host Xavier Woods as they play Uno.