History Awesome / ClaudioCastagnoli

* '''July 16th, 2015.''' He becomes the second person to defeat Wrestling/{{Rusev|AndLana}} by pinfall. The first and only other person as of that date? John Cena.

* His 2 out of 3 Falls Match with Sami Zayn on ''NXT.'' At the end of it, the entire audience was chanting "Match of the Year!" and you'd be hard pressed to find anyone in the IWC who'd disagree.

* February 14th, 2014: '''Antonio Cesaro defeats Wrestling/RandyOrton'''. And the crowd is loving ''every single minute of it''.

* '''July 16th, 2015.''' He becomes the second person to defeat Wrestling/{{Rusev|AndLana}} by pinfall. The first and only other person? John Cena.

* '''July 16th, 2015.''' He becomes the second person to defeat [[Wrestling/RusevAndLana Rusev]] by pinfall. The first and only other person? John Cena.

* '''March 17th, 2014''' in a match against the Usos (non-title). One of the Usos dives over the top ropes in an attempt to splash on Cesaro, who's on the outside. Cue Cesaro countering in the most awesome way possible: ''jumping up and delivering '''SWISS. DEATH.''' as the airborne Uso collapsed into a heap. He essentially gave him a {{Shoryuken}} (Wrestling/KofiKingston tweeted as much after the match).

* '''July 6th, 2015.''' After cutting off [[Wrestling/KevinSteen Kevin Owens]]' promo and intimidating him out of the ring (kinda Awesome in itself), Cesaro takes Wrestling/JohnCena's US Championship Open Challenge and takes him to the limit in a show-stealing, instant Match Of The Year candidate that had the Chicago crowd ''flipping right out'' for most of it. (And as the icing on the cake, Cena [[WorthyOpponent put Cesaro over]] '''huge''' in his post-show promo to the crowd.)

* '''February 22, 2015:''' Two of the most underrated performers in the WWE as of late, Tyson Kidd and Cesaro himself, win the Tag Team Titles from the Usos. FACT.

* '''January 25, 2014:''' He and '''Tyson Kidd''' had several of these during their match with the New Day. But one of the notable moments was when Cesaro sets Kofi Kingston when preparing for the Big Swing, which the move itself is worth an awesome moment, and then he tags in Tyson Kidd who heads up the top rope. Cesaro then swings Kofi rapidly and releases him, RIGHT at the exact moment Tyson does a DOUBLE FOOT STOMP on Kofi who still a couple inches off the ground. Please note this was just the PRE-SHOW. How to kickoff a PPV indeed!

* '''April 11th, 2014:''' He Neutralized ''The Big Show''.

* '''March 17th, 2014''' in a match against the Usos (non-title). One of the Usos dives over the top ropes in an attempt to splash on Claudio, who's on the outside. Cue Claudio countering in the most awesome way possible: ''jumping up and delivering '''SWISS. DEATH.''' as the airborne Uso collapsed into a heap. He essentially gave him a {{Shoryuken}} (Wrestling/KofiKingston tweeted as much after the match).

* '''April 11th, 2014:''' He put the Neutralize on ''The Big Show''.

* '''April 7th, 2014:''' Five words: [[spoiler: "I'm a Paul Heyman Guy"]]. The crowd is behind him ''all the way''. To put this in perspective - the uber-heel manager [[spoiler: who had, not an hour ago, spent a full 15 minutes crowing about [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar his other client]] [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable defeating]] [[BrokenBase the]] [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker Streak]] (in a result that will likely be hotly debated for YEARS)]], got a face pop ''just by association with Cesaro.'' And then the following match where Cesaro wears out Wrestling/JackSwagger's jaw with uppercut after uppercut - culminating in a spot where Cesaro hits Swagger with a superplex - by lifting the 270-pound Swagger '''''off the ring apron.'''''

* '''April 7th, 2014:''' Five words: [[spoiler: "I'm a Paul Heyman Guy"]]. The crowd is behind him ''all the way''. To put this in perspective - the uber-heel manager who [[spoiler: had, not an hour ago, spent a full 15 minutes crowing about [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar his other client]] [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable defeating]] [[BrokenBase the]] [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker Streak]] (in a result that will likely be hotly debated for YEARS)]], got a face pop ''just by association with Cesaro.'' And then the following match where Cesaro wears out Wrestling/JackSwagger's jaw with uppercut after uppercut - culminating in a spot where Cesaro hits Swagger with a superplex - by lifting the 270-pound Swagger '''''off the ring apron.'''''

* '''April 7th, 2014:''' Five words: [[spoiler: "I'm a Paul Heyman Guy"]]. The crowd is behind him ''all the way''.

* '''April 7th, 2014:''' Five words: [[spoiler: "I'm a Paul Heyman Guy"]].

* Winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale at Wrestlemania 30 by last eliminating Wrestling/TheBigShow by scooping up '''the 450 pound man, holding him on his shoulder for several seconds''', and tossing him over the top rope.

* Winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale at Wrestlemania 30 by last eliminating Wrestling/TheBigShow by scooping up '''the 450 pound man''' and tossing him over the top rope.

** Castagnoli also holds (or maybe held - it's been a while) the world record for longest standing vertical suplex: 71 seconds against Christopher Daniels in 2006.
* February 14th, 2014: '''Antonio Cesaro defeats Randy Orton'''. And the crowd is loving ''every single minute of it''.

* '''February 18th, 2014''': Taking JohnCena to the ''absolute physical limit'' in a hell of a PPV-quality main event match despite coming up just short of beating him. Highlights include countering the STF into the Cesaro Swing and hitting a freaking '''DEADLIFT SUPERPLEX''' on the 245-pounder from the ring apron. Cena may not be ready to "pass the torch", but damn if Cesaro doesn't have a firm grip on it already with his star-making matches with Cena and Orton in the last week.
* '''March 17th, 2014''' in a match against the Usos (non-title). One of the Usos dives over the top ropes in an attempt to splash on Claudio, who's on the outside. Cue Claudio countering in the most awesome way possible: ''jumping up and delivering '''SWISS. DEATH.''' as the airborne Uso collapsed into a heap. He essentially gave him a {{Shoryuken}} (KofiKingston tweeted as much after the match).
* Winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale at Wrestlemania 30 by last eliminating BigShow by scooping up '''the 450 pound man''' and tossing him over the top rope.

* Winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale at Wrestlemania 30 by last eliminating BigShow by scooping up the 450 pound man and tossing him over the top rope.

* Winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale by last eliminating BigShow by scooping up the 450 pound man and tossing him over the top rope.

* '''March 17th, 2014''' in a match against the Usos (non-title). One of the Usos dives over the top ropes in an attempt to splash on Claudio, who's on the outside. Cue Claudio countering in the most awesome way possible: ''jumping up and delivering '''SWISS. DEATH.''' as the airborne Uso collapsed into a heap. He essentially gave him a {{Shoryuken}} (KofiKingston tweeted as much after the match).

* '''March 17th, 2014''' in a match against the Usos (non-title). One of the Usos dives over the top ropes in an attempt to splash on Claudio, who's on the outside. Cue Claudio countering in the most awesome way possible: ''jumping up and delivering '''SWISS. DEATH.''' as the airborne Uso collapsed into a heap. He essentially gave him a {{Shoryuken}} (KofiKingson tweeted as much after the match).

* '''February 18th, 2014''': Taking JohnCena to the ''absolute physical limit'' in a hell of a PPV-quality main event match despite coming up just short of beating him. Highlights include countering the STF into the Cesaro Swing and hitting a freaking '''DEADLIFT SUPERPLEX''' on the 245-pounder from the ring apron. Cena may not be ready to "pass the torch", but damn if Cesaro doesn't have a firm grip on it already with his star-making matches with Cena and Orton in the last week.

** What makes this even better is that not only does Cesaro put on a hell of a great technical match with Orton, but he also plays exactly to what the crowd wants. And what did they want? Him to [[MegatonPunch uppercut Orton's chin through his forehead as many times as possible.]] Then comes [[FinishingMove the Neutralizer]], 1-2-3…and now Orton's about to go oh-fer against his 2014 Elimination Chamber opponents in singles competition.

* February 14th, 2014: '''Antonio Cesaro defeats Randy Orton'''. And the crowd is loving ''every single minute of it''.

** Castagnoli also holds (or maybe held - it's been a while) the world record for longest standing vertical suplex: 71 seconds against Christopher Daniels in 2006.