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Claudio Castagnoli
Sign in to saveAlso known as Antonio Cesaro, Cesaro, Claudio Castagnoli Cesaro, Claudio "Cesaro" Castagnoli
Swiss professional wrestler and actor (born 1980)
Film & TV
Lucerne, Switzerland
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…
Known for
- CMLL Homenaje a 2 Leyendas 2026 — Claudio Castagnoli2026
- CMLL at Palms Slam Fest 2026 — Claudio Castagnoli2026
- AEW Double or Nothing 2026: The Buy In — Claudio Castagnoli2026
- NJPW x AEW x CMLL x ROH x STARDOM: Wrestle Dynasty — Claudio Castagnoli2025
- AEW: Grand Slam Australia — Claudio Castagnoli2025
- AEW Dynasty 2025 — Claudio Castagnoli2025
- AEW Double or Nothing 2025 — Claudio Castagnoli2025
- AEW All In 2025: Texas — Claudio Castagnoli2025
- AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025 — Claudio Castagnoli2025
- AEW WrestleDream 2025: Saturday Tailgate Brawl — Claudio Castagnoli2025
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Key facts
- Born
- Claudio Castagnoli , ( 1980-12-27 ) 27 December 1980 (age 45) , Lucerne , Switzerland
- Life partner s
- Sara Del Rey , (2011–present)
- Ring name s
- Antonio Cesaro , Castaglerious , Cesaro , Claudio Castagnoli , Double C , Tenshi Takami , Very Mysterious Ice Cream
- Billed height
- 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
- Billed weight
- 232 lb (105 kg)
- Billed from
- Lucerne, Switzerland
- Trained by
- Chris Hero , Dave Taylor , Mike Quackenbush , SigMasta Rappo , Skayde
- Debut
- 24 December 2000
- Channel
- ClaudiosCafe
- Years active
- 2019–present
- Genre
- Gaming
- Followers
- 51.7K
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Claudio
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Lucerne
- Occupation
- professional wrestler
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Mass
- 105
- Official website
- www.claudiocastagnoli.com
- Image
- Claudio Castagnoli, June 2022 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 196
- Residence
- Orlando
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- Commons category
- Claudio Castagnoli
- date of birth
- 1980-12-27
- start of work period
- 2000-12-24
- social media followers
- 1902182
- unmarried partner
- Sara Del Rey
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Encyclopedic overview
Claudio Castagnoli (/ˈkæstænˌjoʊli/ Italian: [kastanˈɲoli]; born 27 December 1980) is a Swiss professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He is a member of the Death Riders faction. Castagnoli is also known for his work in Ring of Honor (ROH) through the 2000s and early 2020s, and for his tenure with WWE between 2011 and 2022, where he performed under the ring names Cesaro and Antonio Cesaro.
Castagnoli began his career in the European independent wrestling circuit in 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 the PWG World Championship once. The Kings of Wrestling were voted as Tag Team of the Year by readers of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter in 2010.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Claudio Castagnoli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.