Top 93 Quotes & Sayings by Cesaro

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Swiss wrestler Cesaro.
Last updated on December 3, 2024.
Cesaro

Claudio Castagnoli is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under his real name and is a member of the Blackpool Combat Club stable, led by William Regal. Castagnoli is best known for his 11-year tenure in WWE from 2011 to 2022, where he performed under the ring name Cesaro. He has also performed for Ring of Honor (ROH) and various independent promotions, including Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), and Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH).

Wrestling is about evolving, and you always want to evolve and develop yourself.
I think, over my career, if you look at it in WWE, Sheamus has always been one of my biggest adversaries and one of the ones I would like to say I had some very memorable bouts with. It's definitely fun to be in the ring with him.
I'm a huge fan of Don Leo Jonathan. I love that era of wrestling. — © Cesaro
I'm a huge fan of Don Leo Jonathan. I love that era of wrestling.
When I started, I learned the European style because that's what I wrestled the most.
I used to live in Philly, so I was in Baltimore a lot wrestling before I got to WWE, wrestling for different promotions.
I still believe in old school values, I still believe in hard work, I still believe in wrestling, and people have showed that's what they want to see.
There's always a transition if you go to a new territory or a new company or a new country or wherever because there's different styles and different crowds that you perform in front of. Of course, it always takes a little bit of time to find your groove.
I feel 'SmackDown' has the absolute best tag teams in the world: we have us; we have The New Day. We have the Usos. We have The Club. We have Sanity. We have the Hardys. We have Rusev and Nakamura.
If I had to name a few, I would say people like Sheamus, Kevin Owens, and John Cena are all great guys to be in the ring with.
I tend to have great chemistry with whomever I step in the ring with because of the way I train and came up in this business.
I'm extremely competitive, extremely ambitious, and always looking for ways to improve and move up, to do things better.
I guess I'm just a tough cookie.
My dream would be fighting against whoever the WWE World Heavyweight Champion was at WrestleMania. — © Cesaro
My dream would be fighting against whoever the WWE World Heavyweight Champion was at WrestleMania.
Chikara is very fun-oriented. It's its own universe, but the fans are all in on it.
I think I have faced pretty much everyone that is in the WWE.
I was a big fan of Kurt Angle when I was growing up. Actually, his book is a big part of the reason that I work out so hard.
I was a big fan of wrestling growing up and of WWE.
I was always a very athletic kid, and I always played as many sports as possible and always tried to do new things.
I made a little name for myself in Europe, but when I moved to the United States, I had to start all over again.
I can beat anybody on any given day, and I don't compromise.
I don't mind listening to some yodel music. I don't think I'm particularly good at it, but that's the point, I guess.
I was trained to be more technical in Europe because that's the audience. They enjoy a more technical style.
My brain can form thoughts that come out through my mouth. The problem is sometimes I stumble the words because I speak five different languages - we know all that - so the thing is, I like to speak the language that everybody speaks all around the world, that the WWE Universe loves... that's the language of wrestling that I do in the ring.
Hard work pays off if you stay true to yourself and dedicated.
The last time I was in Abu Dhabi, I had a blast. I went jet-skiing in the Arabian Gulf, I went to Ferrari World, and went to Sheikh Zayed Mosque. I just enjoyed the city and the life. It was just amazing, and I am really looking forward to coming back.
I started at the bottom and worked my way up. I think that shows hard work pays off. A good thing takes a while.
I think the best things are the ones that happen organically and take a while because nothing really happens overnight if you think about it.
I think Raw, going forward, needs to be about the Superstars. It needs to be about the performers in the ring and not about how Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley co-exist.
I am not that big of a fantasy person. I prefer myself to think of living in the real world.
I like to try new stuff and experiment. That's why I think it's entertaining to watch my matches, because you never know what I'm going to do, and you see things that you've never seen before.
Safety is always paramount at WWE.
To me, I don't like to look back; I just like to look forward.
To me, if people think about wrestling, they think about elbow drops, body slams, and stringing somebody in the circle.
I'm the living proof that the WWE Universe wants to see wrestling. They want to see in-ring action.
I'm the first one to always criticize myself, and I'm trying to find ways to get better.
Austin's a great wrestling town. There's a lot of WWE fans when we get there, and they're always really loud.
Of course, to be WWE world champion is definitely on my list. Anybody who is not reaching for that proverbial brass ring is doing something wrong if they're in the WWE.
Hard work doesn't guarantee success, but it does enhance its chances. — © Cesaro
Hard work doesn't guarantee success, but it does enhance its chances.
I grew up with WWE and New Japan, but when I started traveling to Germany, I had the chance to train with people like Christian Eckstein and Tony St. Clair. They were two of the cornerstones of the German 'beer tent' wrestling era, when they'd have 30-day tournaments in the same town.
As long as you work hard, good things will come. I firmly believe that.
I just want to do as good as I can. What that is, I don't know.
We take care of each other. I took care of Sheamus when he had a hole in his head - and he took care of me when I had no teeth.
You only get one chance to make the first impression. And I made the biggest first impression ever by throwing the Big Show over the top rope.
I let my actions do the talking, and that might take a little bit longer for people to see.
You have to be a professional in every single thing you do.
Rugby and wrestling are sports for real athletes.
I produce the most exciting matches with pretty much any person on the roster. Pick any guy on the roster, and I can tell you a match I had with them that people can still remember.
Being a single has different challenges, and being a tag team has different challenges. I welcome them both. — © Cesaro
Being a single has different challenges, and being a tag team has different challenges. I welcome them both.
You can't just copy someone. There are so many different styles that you can just kind of pick and choose whatever it is you'd like to do.
I didn't come over with a comfy sponsor that took care of my visa and paid me a good amount of money right away. I came over here with nothing, the little bit of money that I had saved up, and it was struggle and plight to get some recognition and then finally make it to the WWE.
I care nothing about American football.
The Royal Rumble is very difficult because, obviously, there are 30 people, and there are many superstars in it.
If you look at the Intercontinental Champion, historically, that has always belonged to the best of the best in-ring talent, the best wrestler, whatever you want to call it, that came out night after night, produced night after night - and that will be me.
We pretty much have barnburners with every team. There's always new teams, there's always great teams, and you always want to be in the ring with the best.
There's definitely some stuff that I wear or used to wear, or I used to do in the ring, that I look back, and I'm like, 'Oh, what was I thinking?'
I think you can learn from pretty much everybody if you just open your eyes.
People hide behind fake names to tweet negative comments, and I hate that. If you have something to say, own up to it.
I just think we need to have a little sense of humor about yourself and just live and learn, take some chances.
To me, the Cesaro Section is the WWE Universe, and I really appreciate all the support.
In the '90s, there was a big wrestling boom in Switzerland with Hulk Hogan, the Ultimate Warrior, and all those guys. It was on television in Switzerland on a German TV station for a year or so. That's when I saw wrestling for the first time. I was in the fifth or sixth grade and was a fan of it right away.
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