Claudio Castagnoli
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| Claudio Castagnoli | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Real name: |
Claudio Castagnoli |
| Height: |
6 ft 5 in (1.95 m) |
| Weight: |
232 lb (105 kg) |
| Born: |
December 27, 1980 |
| Resides: |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Wrestling information | |
| Names: |
Claudio Castagnoli |
| Billed from: |
United Banks of Switzerland |
| Trained by: |
SigMasta Rappo |
| Wrestling debut: |
2000 |
| Currently: |
Ring of Honor |
| MySpace: | |
| Ring of Honor | |
| Debut: |
Fate of an Angel |
| Full Impact Pro | |
| Debut: |
New Years Classic 2007 |
| SHIMMER Women Athletes | |
| Deubt: |
N/A |
Claudio Castagnoli (born December 27, 1980 in Lucerne, Switzerland) is a Swiss professional wrestler. Known as Double C, Castagnoli competed all over Europe before immigrating to the United States in 2004. He then began competing all of the independent circuit before making his way to Ring of Honor in the summer in 2005. Castagnoli was one half of the Kings of Wrestling with Chris Hero, who at one point held the ROH World Tag Team Championship, CZW World Tag Team Championship and CHIKARA’s Campeonatos de Parejas at the same time.
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[edit] Career
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Ricola Bomb (Straight jacket hold into a sitout powerbomb)
- Roaring Swiss Uppercut (Spinning European uppercut)
- Alpamare Waterslide (Side Death Valley driver)
- Bicycle kick
- Cravate
- Delayed vertical suplex
- Diving European uppercut
- European uppercut
- Giant swing
- Springboard rope walk into a top rope headscissors takedown
- Nicknames
- "Double C"
- "The Most Money Making Man"
- Theme music
- "I’ve Got to Have It" (Instrumental) – Jermaine Dupri featuring Nas and Monica
- "We are the Championship" – Queen (Kings of Wrestling)
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling
- CAPW Unified Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Combat Zone Wrestling
- CZW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Chris Hero
- CHIKARA
- Campeonatos de Parejas (1 time) – with Chris Hero
- Tag World Grand Prix winner (2005, 2006) – with Arik Cannon (2005), and Chris Hero (2006)
- Torneo Cibernetico winner (2007)
- German Stampede Wrestling
- GSW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Ares
- International Pro Wrestling United Kingdom
- IPW: UK Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ares
- International Wrestling Association Switzerland
- IWA: Switzerland World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Ring of Honor
- ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chris Hero
- Race to the Top tournament winner
- Swiss Wrestling Federation
- SWF Powerhouse Championship (2 times)
- SWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ares
- Westside Xtreme Wrestling
- wXw World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- wXw Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Ares
[edit] Videos
| Claudio Castagnoli vs. YAMATO (March 31, 2007) |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Claudio Castagnoli official MySpace
- Official Swiss Money Holding site
- Internet Wrestling Database profile
