2006:
- Team CZW (Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli, Eddie Kingston, Nate Webb & Necro Butcher) Vs Team ROH (Ace Steel, Adam Pearce, BJ Whitmer, Bryan Danielson, Homicide & Samoa Joe) - Death Before Dishonor IV - I wish this match got brought up more, it was the blow-off to arguably one of my favorite ROH storylines (ROH Vs CWZ). Claudio was still young when this match took place but he was equally one of the best parts of this match.
2007:
- Claudio Castagnoli & Matt Sydal Vs The Briscoes (Jay & Mark) – ROH Respect is Earned 2007 – 4 ¼* (Can’t find link, sorry.)
- Claudio Castagnoli Vs Nigel McGuinness Vs Chris Hero Vs Naomichi Marufuji – ROH Man Up – 3 ¾* (Can’t find link, sorry.)
2008:
- Claudio Castagnoli Vs Bryan Danielson - ROH Television 25/07/2008 - It’s a shame I can’t find more match videos of Claudio before he joined WWE, because there is tonnes of them – however, this video was available in good quality so I thought I’d include this. These are two fantastic performers of their craft and I wish Bryan could still wrestle today because I’d love to see them competing for the World Championship.
- Claudio Castagnoli Vs Nigel McGuinness – ROH New Horizons 2008 – 3 ¾* (Can’t find the link, sorry.)
2009:
2010:
- Claudio Castagnoli & Chris Hero Vs The Briscoes (Jay & Mark) - ROH The Big Bang! – 4 ½* (Can’t find link, sorry.)
- Claudio Castagnoli & Chris Hero Vs Charlie Hass & Shelton Benjamin – ROH Glory By Honor IX – 4 ¼* (Can’t find link, sorry.)
2011:
- Claudio Castagnoli & Chris Hero Vs Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin – ROH Takes Center Stage – Day 1 – 4* (Can’t find link, sorry.)
- Claudio Castagnoli & Chris Hero Vs Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reily – ROH Takes Center Stage – Day 2 – 4* (Can’t find link, sorry.)
- Claudio Castagnoli & Chris Hero Vs The Briscoes Vs Kenny King & Rhett Titus Vs Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin – ROH Best in the World 2011 – 4 ¼* (Can’t find link, sorry.) – If someone could help me find the link for this match I’d appreciate that a lot, but man this match was honestly great – I remember watch it many years ago and was left wanting more because of how good it was.
2012:
- Antonio Cesaro Vs Tyson Kidd – Smackdown 27/04/2012 - This was Cesaro’s debut match in WWE.
- Antonio Cesaro Vs Santino Marella – Summerslam 2012 - This was Cesaro’s first Championship win in the WWE – The United States Championship.
- Antonio Cesaro & Kassius Ohno Vs CM Punk & Seth Rollins – NXT 17/10/2012 - This match was talked about and raved about for the longest time because it never aired on TV and was impossible to find online; so when the NXT DVD came out a few months ago people were joyful that it was finally available in full and good quality. Wish The Kings of Wrestling had a legit run in WWE, now with Hero back in the company we may get that.
2013:
- Antonio Cesaro Vs Sami Zayn – NXT 21/08/2013 – 3 ½* - This 2 out of 3 falls match was heard all around the wrestling world, and quite frankly one of the reasons NXT picked up a lot of popularity really recommend you give it a watch.
- Antonio Cesaro Vs Daniel Bryan – Raw 22/07/2013 – 4* - This match took place during a Gauntlet Match with his first match was against Cesaro’s tag partner Jack Swagger in an alright match, this followed it and absolutely stole the show, the match following it against Ryback unfortunately couldn’t live up to potential.
- Antonio Cesaro Vs William Regal - NXT 25/12/2013 - This was one of Regals final wrestling matches and it was against a superstar with high calibre – Antonio Cesaro. The two put on a great performance with each other – I highly recommend everyone gets to see how good Regal and Cesaro worked with each other.
2014:
- Cesaro Vs Randy Orton – Smackdown 14/02/2014 – 3 ½* - Leading up to Orton's WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match he would face the five other opponents in the match, Cesaro still freshly new would actually defeat Orton clean. Great back and forth match and really proved as to why Cesaro is already a talented wrestler in the WWE ring.
- Cesaro Vs John Cena – Raw 17/02/2014 – 4 ¼* - The week following Cesaro's Smackdown match with Orton, he would go onto face Cena in another great match that built up his credibility. One of my favourite matches from that year.
- Cesaro Vs Randy Orton Vs Christian Vs Daniel Bryan Vs John Cena Vs Sheamus – Elimination Chamber 2014 – 3 ¾* - I'll be honest with you, there's been many Elimination Chamber matches, some good and some bad, in the modern era of WWE most have been pretty 'eh' to say the least, but this one gives it some redeeming points. It seems like WWE had big plans for Cesaro at the start of this year, and this wouldn’t be the last example.
- Cesaro Vs Sami Zayn – NXT Arrival – 4 ¼* - The match that helped popularise NXT was getting a rematch on the first NXT ‘Network Special’ and it really did showcase how good the wrestling on WWE’s developmental brand truly was. For those who didn’t know who Sami Zayn was, after this match with Cesaro he was a made star.
- 30 Man Andre The Giant Battle Royal – Wrestlemania 30 - After a great performance in the 2014 Rumble Match, a great few weeks competing with multiple former WWE Champions (Cena & Orton), a good Elimination Chamber match and splitting from his Tag Team Partner, Jack Swagger earlier that night this would top-off Cesaro’s big push. He would win the first ever Andre the Giant Battle Royal by eliminating the Big Show.
- Cesaro Vs John Cena Vs Kane Vs Randy Orton Vs Sheamus Vs Roman Reigns Vs Alberto Del Rio Vs Bray Wyatt – Money in the Bank 2014 – 4* - Strangely enough, Cesaro (now aligned with Paul Heyman) was placed into this match and it seemed destined that Cesaro would become the next big thing in WWE. Unfortunately that didn’t come to fruition and really if I’m being honest, Cesaro doesn’t really do that much in this match. A shame really.
- Cesaro Vs Sheamus – Night of Champions 2014 – 4* - This may be my underrated match of the year for 2014 two big powerhouses absolutely going to war with each other. If you enjoyed their match at the 2016 Clash of Champions event, you’ll definitely enjoy this match as well.
- Cesaro Vs The Miz Vs Dolph Ziggler – Raw 29/09/2014 - Great Raw match from that year, all three men work exceptionally with each other.
- Cesaro Vs Dolph Ziggler – Hell in a Cell 2014 - This match happened because a lot of traded back and forth wins between the two; so the Authority decided to make this match a 2 Out of 3 Falls match. However; surprisingly Ziggler would win two straight falls. Many people speculated this was punishment because Cesaro has bad-mouthed WWE higher-ups about Cena/Orton.
- Dolph Ziggler Vs Tyson Kidd Vs Cesaro – Smackdown 14/11/2014 - This match was talked about at the time as the ‘Best Smackdown Match’ that year. It is very good and it just makes you miss Tyson Kidd wrestling so much.
2015:
- Cesaro & Tyson Kidd Vs The Uso’s – Fastlane 2015 - A great tag team, known for the fantastic abilities and skills put on a great performance against the Uso’s and capture the WWE Tag Team Championships.
- Cesaro Vs John Cena – Raw 29/06/2015 – 4 ¼* - With Tyson Kidd injured, Cesaro was seemingly left out of the shuffle of what to do mid-2015, so WWE allowed him to show off his talents with John Cena for the United States Championship. This match and their match the week after are easily both some of the best Raw matches from 2015, highly recommend, one with a interference finish and one with a normal finish, highly recommend.
- Cesaro Vs Randy Orton Vs Kevin Owens – Raw 10/08/2015 - 4 ¼* - Cesaro may have been one of the best things on Raw in 2015 from his tag matches, to his matches with Cena, to his multi-man matches he absolutely stole the show every time he was on screen. This match is just another example of how great he really is.
- Cesaro Vs Roman Reigns – Raw 16/11/2015 – 4 ¼* - This may be one of my favourite Roman Reigns matches (please don’t downvote me for that) these two absolutely have great chemistry with each other, and if you don’t trust me watch this match between the two.
2016:
- Cesaro Vs Chris Jericho Vs AJ Styles Vs Kevin Owens – Raw 04/04/2016 – 4* - The night after ‘Mania can be seen as a ‘reboot’ after a meh Wrestlemania. The main event featured four guys who wanted to become the number one contender for Roman Reigns newly won WWE Championship – however there would only be one phenomenal winner. However, another intriguing point of this match was that it was the return of Cesaro, who was injured and missed Wrestlemania the previous night.
- Cesaro Vs The Miz Vs Kevin Owens Vs Sami Zayn – Extreme Rules 2016 – 4 ½* - One of the best multi-man matches of 2016 so far this match put two feuds together and just let it be an all our brawl. Highly recommend everyone watches this match because at the end of the year when people discuss best matches this will be talked about a lot.
- Cesaro Vs Sheamus – Clash of Champions 2016 – 4* - This was the final of their best of 7 series, and I’ve got to say I absolutely love this match. I really enjoyed their whole series, but this was a fantastic ending. Both men took each other to their absolute limits, and yeah people were annoyed with it ending in a draw but I love that idea it allowed them to form a tag team and put on great matches with each other because of the skills, ability and chemistry.
- Cesaro & Sheamus Vs Big E & Kofi Kingston – Roadblock: End of the Line 2016 – 3 ½* - After the New Day had passed the WWE Tag Team Championships record held by Demolition for 477 days it was almost as if they had a countdown coming for them until the would lose the championships. It would happen less than one week later when Cesaro & Sheamus would beat them at their own game and defeat them to win the championships ending the 483 Tag Team Championship reign.
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