Claudio Castagnoli

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 twotime ROH World Tag Team Champion with his partner Chris Hero as The Kings of Wrestling their 364day reign as champions was the longest in ROH history up to that time As Cesaro he held 7 tag team titles in WWE a twotime WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champion and a fivetime 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 onetime WWE United States Champion the winner of the inaugural André the Giant Memorial Trophy at WrestleMania XXX and a onetime 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 inring feats of strength and was called one of WWEs 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 20132016 by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter