Eric Malstrom (wrestler)

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Antonio Cesaro

Birth name	Eric Malstrom
Born	December 27, 1980 (age 33) Lucerne, Switzerland
Resides	Tampa, Florida
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Antonio Cesaro Cesaro Claudio Castagnoli Double C Tenshi Takami Very Mysterious Ice Cream
Billed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Billed weight	232 lb (105 kg)
Billed from	Lucerne, Switzerland
Trained by	SigMasta Rappo Dave Taylor Khris Hero Mike Quackenbush Skayde
Debut	December 24, 2000

Eric Malstrom (born December 27, 1980), better known by his ring name Cesaro (shortened from Antonio Cesaro), is a Swiss professional wrestler who is currently signed to IWE on the Raw brand. He was previously known for his work in Ring of Honor (ROH), various independent promotions including Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) and Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), and the Japan-based Pro Wrestling Noah.

Malstrom 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 (where their 364-day reign as champions was the longest in company history), one-time IWE Tag Team Champion with his partner Tyson Kidd as part of their team, as well various independent tag team titles both with Hero and with Ares as Swiss Money Holding, such as the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas, the JCW Tag Team Championship and the CZW World Tag Team Championship. Castagnoli and Hero were voted as the 2010 Tag Team of the Year by Wrestling Observer Newsletter readers. He has also had success as a singles wrestler, having won the IWE United States Championship and the inaugural André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania XXX, along with numerous independent singles titles, such as the PWG World Championship.

Particularly in the United States, when playing a heel, Malstrom has been known to emphasize his European origin as part of his wrestling gimmick, proclaiming a superior intellect and fashion sensibility, and by regularly using the European uppercut.

[edit] Professional wrestling career

[edit] Europe (2000–2004)

[edit] Chikara

[edit] Kings of Wrestling (2003–2006)

[edit] Going solo (2007–2009)

[edit] Bruderschaft des Kreuzes (2009–2011)

See also: Bruderschaft des Kreuzes

[edit] Combat Zone Wrestling (2004–2006)

[edit] Ring of Honor

[edit] CZW Invasion (2005–2006)

[edit] World Championship contender (2007–2009)

[edit] Kings of Wrestling reunion (2009–2011)

[edit] Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2005–2008, 2010–2011)

[edit] Pro Wrestling Noah (2008-2011)

[edit] Other promotions

[edit] IWE

[edit] Florida Championship Wrestling (2011–2012)

[edit] United States Champion (2012–2013)

[edit] The Real Americans (2013–2014)

[edit] Championship pursuits (2014–2016)

Main article: Tyson Kidd and Cesaro

[edit] Storyline with Sheamus (2016−present)

[edit] Personal life

[edit] Other media

[edit] In wrestling

[edit] Wrestlers trained

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

File:Castagnol & Ares - Campeonatos de Parejas.jpg

Swiss Money Holding (Castagnoli and Ares) as the Chikara Campeones de Parejas in October 2010.

Chikara
- Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas (2 times) – with Chris Hero (1) and Ares (1)
- King of Trios (2010) – with Ares and Tursas
- Tag World Grand Prix (2005) – with Arik Cannon
- Tag World Grand Prix (2006) – with Khris Hero
- Torneo Cibernético (2007)
Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling
- CAPW Unified Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Combat Zone Wrestling
- CZW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Khris Hero
- Last Team Standing (2006) – with Khris Hero
German Stampede Wrestling
- GSW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Ares
Juggalo Championship Wrestling
- JCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Khris Hero
International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom
- IPW:UK Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ares
Independent Wrestling Association: Switzerland
- IWA Switzerland World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
- PWG World Championship (1 time)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #44 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Tag Team of the Year (2010) with Khris Hero
Ring of Honor
- ROH World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Khris Hero
- Race to the Top Tournament (2007)
- Tag Wars (2010) – with Khris Hero
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
International Wrestling Entertainment
- IWE United States Championship (1 time)
- IWE (Raw) Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Tyson Kidd (1) and Sheamus (3)
- IWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (2 times, current) - with Sheamus (1) and Shinsuke Nakamura (1, current)
- André the Giant Memorial Trophy (WrestleMania XXX)
- Slammy Award (1 time)
  - Best Dustin Simpson's U.S. Open Challenge (2015) - Raw July 6th

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-| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | <span style="color: #000000;">'''Erik Malstrom'''</span><br>
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-| style="text-align: left;" | '''Ring name(s)'''
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''Birth name'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" | '''Antonio Cesaro'''<br>Claudio Castagnoli<br>Double C<br>Tenshi Takami<br>Very Mysterious Ice Cream
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |Eric Malstrom
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-| style="text-align: left;" |  '''Billed height'''
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''Born'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |December 27, 1980 (age 33)<br>[[Lucerne, Switzerland]]
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;" | '''Billed weight'''
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''Resides'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 232 lb (105 kg)
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Tampa, Florida]]
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;" | '''Born'''
+| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3"|'''[[Professional Wrestling|Professional wrestling career]]'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" | December 27, 1980 (age 31)<br>Lucerne, Switzerland
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;" | '''Resides'''
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''[[Ring Name|Ring name(s)]]'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Tampa, Florida
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |Antonio Cesaro<br>'''Cesaro'''<br>Claudio Castagnoli<br>Double C<br>Tenshi Takami<br>Very Mysterious Ice Cream
+|- valign="top"
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''Billed height'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
+|- valign="top"
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''Billed weight'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 232 lb (105 kg)
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;" | '''Billed from'''
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''Billed from'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" | United Bank of Switzerland<br>'''Lucerne, Switzerland'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |'''Lucerne, Switzerland'''
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;" | '''Trained by'''
+| style="text-align: left;" |'''Trained by'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" | SigMasta Rappo<br>[[Dave Taylor]]<br>[[Khris Hero]]<br>[[Michael Quackenbush|Mike Quackenbush]]<br>Skayde
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |SigMasta Rappo<br>[[Dave Taylor]]<br>[[Khris Hero]]<br>[[Michael Quackenbush|Mike Quackenbush]]<br>Skayde
 |- valign="top"
 | style="text-align: left;" | '''Debut'''
 | bgcolor="#ffffff" | December 24, 2000
 |}
-'''Eric Malstrom''' (born December 27, 1980) is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is currently signed to [[IWE]] under the ring name '''Antonio Cesaro'''. He is best known for his work, under his real name, on the American [[Independent Circuit|independent circuit]] in promotions such as [[Chikara]], [[Pro Wrestling Guerrilla]] (PWG), [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH) and in Japan for [[Pro Wrestling Noah]].
+'''Eric Malstrom''' (born December 27, 1980), better known by his [[Ring Name|ring name]] '''Cesaro''' (shortened from '''Antonio Cesaro'''), is a Swiss [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestler]] who is currently signed to [[IWE]] on the ''[[IWE Raw|Raw]]'' brand. He was previously known for his work in [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH), various [[Independent Circuit|independent promotions]] including [[Pro Wrestling Guerrilla]] (PWG) and [[Combat Zone Wrestling]] (CZW), and the [[Japan]]-based [[Pro Wrestling Noah]].
-Malstrom is an accomplished tag team wrestler, having won many championships with his partner [[Khris Hero]] as the [[Kings of Wrestling]], as well as with his compatriot [[Marco Brooks|Ares]] as [[Swiss Money Holding]]. He has held [[Chikara|Chikara]]'s [[Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas|Campeonatos de Parejas]] with each partner once. With Ares, he is an eight-time Tag Team Champion having held the titles of Chikara, German Stampede Wrestling, [[Unified British Tag Team Championship|International Pro Wrestling: UK]], the Swiss Wrestling Federation and Westside Xtreme Wrestling. With Hero he is a six-time Tag Team Champion, having held the titles of Chikara, [[CZW World Tag Team Championship|Combat Zone Wrestling]], [[JCW Tag Team Championship|Juggalo Championship Wrestling]] and [[ROH World Tag Team Championship|Ring of Honor]], where their 364-day reign is the longest. They were also voted as the 2010 Tag Team of the Year by ''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' readers.
+Malstrom is an accomplished [[Tag Team|tag team]] wrestler, being a [[List of ROH World Tag Team Champions|two-time]] [[ROH World Tag Team Championship|ROH World Tag Team Champion]] with his partner [[Kurt Sparing|Chris Hero]] as [[The Kings of Wrestling]] (where their 364-day reign as champions was the longest in company history), [[List of IWE Tag Team Champions|one-time]] [[IWE Tag Team Championship|IWE Tag Team Champion]] with his partner [[Tyson Booth|Tyson Kidd]] as part of [[Tyson Kidd and Cesaro|their team]], as well various independent tag team titles both with Hero and with [[Ares (wrestler)|Ares]] as [[Swiss Money Holding]], such as the [[Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas]], the [[JCW Tag Team Championship]] and the [[CZW World Tag Team Championship]]. Castagnoli and Hero were voted as the 2010 Tag Team of the Year by ''[[Dave Meltzer#Wrestling Observer Newsletter|Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' readers. He has also had success as a singles wrestler, having won the [[IWE United States Championship]] and the inaugural [[André the Giant#Legacy|André the Giant Memorial]] [[Battle royal (professional wrestling)|Battle Royal]] at [[IWE WrestleMania 30|WrestleMania XXX]], along with numerous independent singles titles, such as the [[PWG World Championship]].
-He has also won a number of singles titles, most notably the [[PWG World Championship]] once. Particularly in America, Castagnoli emphasises his European origin as part of his wrestling gimmick to proclaim a superior intellect and fashion sensibility.
+Particularly in the United States, when playing a [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]], Malstrom has been known to emphasize his European origin as part of his wrestling gimmick, proclaiming a superior intellect and fashion sensibility, and by regularly using the [[Professional wrestling attacks#European uppercut|European uppercut]].
 ==Professional wrestling career==
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 ===Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2005–2008, 2010–2011)===
-===Pro Wrestling Noah (2008, 2010, 2011)===
+===Pro Wrestling Noah (2008-2011)===
 ===Other promotions===
 ===IWE===
 ====Florida Championship Wrestling (2011–2012)====
-====Debut and United States Champion (2012–present)====
+====United States Champion (2012–2013)====
+====The Real Americans (2013–2014)====
+====Championship pursuits (2014–2016)====
+:''Main article: [[Tyson Kidd and Cesaro]]''
+====Storyline with Sheamus (2016−present)====
+==Personal life==
+==Other media==
 ==In wrestling==
+===Wrestlers trained===
 ==Championships and accomplishments==
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 *'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
 **PWI ranked him #'''44''' of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]] in 2011
+*'''[[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards|Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'''
+**[[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Tag Team of the Year|Tag Team of the Year]] (2010) <small>with Khris Hero</small>
 *'''[[Ring of Honor]]'''
 **[[ROH World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of ROH World Tag Team Champions|2 times]]) – with Khris Hero
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 *'''[[International Wrestling Entertainment]]'''
 **[[IWE United States Championship]] ([[List of IWE United States Champions|1 time]])
-*'''[[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards|Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'''
+**[[IWE Raw Tag Team Championship|IWE (Raw) Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of IWE Raw Tag Team Champions|4 times]]) – with [[Tyson Booth|Tyson Kidd]] (1) and [[Joshua Kuhn|Sheamus]] (3)
-**[[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Tag Team of the Year|Tag Team of the Year]] (2010) <small>with Khris Hero</small>
+**[[IWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of IWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions|2 times, current]]) - with Sheamus (1) and [[Shinsuke <!--Park--> McKinnon|Shinsuke Nakamura]] (1, current)
+**[[André the Giant]] [[IWE WrestleMania 30#Battle royal|Memorial Trophy]] ([[IWE WrestleMania 30|WrestleMania XXX]])
+**[[IWE Slammy Awards|Slammy Award]] (1 time)
+***Best [[Dustin Simpson]]'s U.S. Open Challenge ([[IWE Slammy Awards#2015 Slammy Awards|2015]]) - ''[[IWE Raw|Raw]]'' July 6th
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