WWE: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Cesaro

Like so many others before him, the WWE Superstar formerly known as Claudio Castagnoli seemed likely to fall through the cracks of the WWE€™s €˜star making€™ system. No matter how great we all knew he could be, Cesaro seemed destined to play a part we€™ve seen many times before in the WWE; that of the underappreciated mid-card superworker. The story usually goes something like this; a short stint as a potential €˜next big thing€™, followed by a lengthy mid-card run, itself followed by a brief, smark-teasing, nearly-but-not-quite main event series and then the eventual downslide into an array of crap gimmicks (deranged nutjob/silly superhero/giant turkey €“ delete as appropriate) and even crappier squash jobs. Then came WrestleMania XXX and with it, the first annual €˜Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royale€™. In a night full of surprises, Cesaro€™s last-gasp victory over odds-on favourite The Big Show was one of the biggest (and among the most thrilling). The €˜Swiss Superman€™ definitively lived up to his moniker by seemingly effortlessly upending the 425lb giant and hurling him over the ring ropes, sending the world€™s largest athlete crashing to the floor below and claiming an astonishing victory in the process. The world took notice. Since then, it€™s been a whirlwind couple of months for the Swiss-born superstar. Now aligned with proven star-maker Paul Heyman as his manager, Cesaro is without a doubt the WWE€™s fastest rising talent. So, with that in mind, lets take a look back at the life and career of €˜The King of Swing€™...
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