Cesaro was one of the best wrestlers that never won a world title. It's sad to me because he could've been a great world champion. I hope where ever he heads to, he would be happy.
It's really sad how Cesaro was so underutilized this man screams world champion how in the hell did Vince McMahon did not get him every single WWE legend wrestlers everyone be saying to push him but Vince McMahon still refuse to do that I don't understand that he is world champion material
Vince is the same guy that thought the fans were mocking Rusev when they were cheering Rusev Day. There are some people Vince will never see as stars no matter how good they are or how big of a crowd reaction they get.
I don't believe Vince thought that. He was just mad something he didn't create got over, and he wanted to squash it. Just like giving the Yes chant to Big Show, as if the chant was over, not Bryan. Vince is a vindictive dick.
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“It’s not what you know it’s who you know.” Cesaro is an example of someone who shows that that phrase means nothing. Cesaro was very good friends with John Cena and even that wasn’t enough get him that mega push from Vince McMahon.
It just shows how out of touch and senile Vince McMahon has become the fact that every single legend and WWE Superstar and wrestlers in the past and the fans have all been telling WWE to push Cesaro and guess what they still didn't do it I don't understand because he has everything Vince McMahon once in a wrestler he has charisma he is fantastic in the ring and he screams world champion and Vince McMahon still don't see nothing in him I don't understand that I still don't get that at all
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Yeah really sucks that Cesaro wasn't given much more in his time in WWE. However to his credit, whatever they did give him From the Andre battle Royal all the way to his Tag Teams, he made it count everytime. He'll be a worthy asset to wherever he goes next
My first memory of Cesaro was being in the Superdome seeing him dump Big Show over the top rope. That’s when I became a believer in his ability. He definitely deserves better.
Say it louder solomonster promo and charisma skills are not the same thing, I hate when fans say someone is boring or have no personality just because they are not good at promos or they don't like them like damn it's a wrestling show you pay money to see people wrestle not talk, there are people in wwe who can talk but will never do anything big showing you that promos are not everything and will only get you so far
I'm not at all surprised that Cesaro is gone, i'm just surprised he didn't leave sooner, WWE just completely wasted him for years and never gave him the big break that he truly deserved. He's such a talented wrestler who should have been a world champion a long time ago. Now that he's a free agent, i hope gets the opportunity to go somewhere else where he can be used properly and showcased to the fullest. I wish Cesaro nothing but the best for his future.
Cesaro.... I wish him all the greatest luck in the Indies circuit of the wrestling world cuz now he can go somewhere and finally become a world heavyweight champion despite the lack of respect he received in WWE
Fuck it who says he couldn't of been a Reigns level of star? People see these guys get booked as jobbers so long they start to believe they could only go so far. He shined in EVERYTHING he was put in so who knows how big of a star he could've been if given the ball.
Thing about Cesaro, it was frustrating watching the start stop booking they were giving him, so I could only imagine how frustrating it was for him. No matter who signs him, I feel they'll utilize his talents better.
I'm only upset that we never got Cesaro vs Lesnar while he was there. Those two would've torn the house down. Otherwise I'm happy Cesaro can go somewhere that will appreciate his talent.
WWE's treatment of Cesaro is not just sad, It's PATHETIC. He had nothing but STAR QUALITY --ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL...as well as MASSIVE popularity with the audience...and they DELIBERATELY LET IT GO TO WASTE. He won the VERY first Andre The Giant Memorial battle royal, by PHYSICALLY DEAD-LIFTING BIG SHOW HIGH ABOVE HIS HEAD AND TOSSING HIM OVER THE TOP ROPE. That should have been the start of a WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RUN. Between that and THE CESARO SWING--a feat which has NEVER BEEN TOPPED by anyone.... CESARO was nothing but money... LEFT ON THE TABLE. VINCE MCMAHON IS PATHETIC.💯
It was decent but it could have been so, so much bigger and better. He is my favorite wrestler and was the last reason I watched WWE. A few years ago when I saw they weren’t going to use him properly I turned against WWE and will never go back, they’re a terrible awful company that does not know what they’re doing.
@@mutedmutiny9542 I agree with you all the way they just shows how terrible WWE has become every single fan and legends and wrestlers all got behind Cesaro they demand him to be pushed further than he should be but the only obstacle he had was Vince McMahon himself I don't understand why Vince don't see nothing in him look at all these talented people they have raced it at fire who could have been featured main event material cut up in the big name stars but they didn't give nobody a chance that's sad and pathetic and you wonder why a lot of people is not watching WWE like they used to anymore and going to aew and other wrestling shows WWE is a very toxic company how in the hell is everyone defending this garbage
Cesaro should have been what Kofi was before he won the WWE Championship. He should have been in the discussion for greatest ic or us champion ever The fact that Johnny Knoxville has a good chance of winning the IC championship and cesaro never held it once is a disgrace. Hes the greatest tag team wrestler in wwe history which isnt saying much considering vinces stance on tag teams. AEW doesnt need him. He'll get lost in the shuffle unless its just for a few one if matches. Impact, NJPW or ROH when they return all need him. Dont go where youre wanted...go where youre needed.
Cesaro was also pretty big in the german speaking countries since as a swiss he speaks german. He did the "don't try this at home" ads over here in german and afaik was sent over here quite a bit to do Interviews or promote tours etc. since i feel it's always better to have someone over who speaks the native language and like you said Jason he speaks 5 with most of them as a native speaker.
For anyone who says he didn't have good mic skills and was bland you can say the exact same thing about Roman reigns post shield and pre pandemic, for 5 years they forced and pushed roman reigns despite him having no mic skills and he didn't improve until he got back and was hated by the fans while cesaro was genuinely loved by the fans and yet wwe refused to push him in anyway
Roman still hasn't improved lol. Cesaro may not be a good talker but the argument that he couldn't win a world title in this company because of his talking is just null and void with some of the people they've pushed. I mean, Jeff Hardy, Bobby Lashley, Rey Mysterio, Jinder Mahal, on and on, I could go on for years. WWE has buried guys who have a strength in mic skills for years. Look at how they treat Owens.
@@Kratosx23 facts, the fact that Jack swagger won the world title twice and jinder mahal got multiple wins over nakamura makes me mad, nakamura should've won the world title at summerslam 2017 and held it till wrestlemania 34 and I would've had aj styles win the 2018 royal rumble you can still have styles win the match
@@Kratosx23 i don’t agree that he isn’t a good talker but even if I did, he’s one of those guys that doesn’t need to be a good talker, he got way over just on his charisma, body, strength, and ring work. He pretty much has it all and like I said, even if he didn’t have mic skills it wouldn’t matter. The dude is over.
@@mutedmutiny9542 The thing that I really don't get about it is he's a big guy who's ripped and can believably beat people up, and he's an incredible worker to boot. I know Vince doesn't like small guys who are good workers but he's pushed some of them more than Cesaro. He fits the WWE mold, he's like 6'5 and well over 200 pounds. There's no excuse for Vince not to like him.
Blame Vince McMahon for that because a whole lot of wrestlers Legends and fans all wanted Cesaro to be pushed to Main event status everyone see potential in him except for one man and that's Vince McMahon I don't understand why he don't get him and I still don't get that to this day
Cesaro 100% should’ve won the Intercontinental title from The Miz back when he was feuding with him, Zayn, and other people. The Miz was hot at that time with the title and Cesaro was at maybe his most popular. That was the right time to do something. Never saw him as a World champion personally as much as I love Cesaro, but he should’ve been multi time IC or US champ. The thing I think not enough people talk about the main thing that probably held him back was his look. I feel like he never had the look to be a big star. Yes he’s in great shape, but he sort of lacked a gimmick and his look is plain, he kind of just looks like… a guy. I think that held him back more than anything.
I mean this dude seems like the type that Tony would be all about regardless of how big their roster is. In fact he might even make Tony “future endeavor” some people just to make room for him, something we all know he doesn’t really do, but I think Cesaro is the exception to the rule and I can’t imagine Tony won’t try to sign him. Whether he goes or not is another question but I guarantee Tony is trying.
I got back into wrestling because of NXT when cesaro was champ. First thought was “wow this guy’s gonna be a beast.” Idk why they never did more after nxt
I'm glad he's leaving cause now HE'S FREE! free from the slavery of Vince McMahon and the WWE! he was my second favorite wrestler after AJ Styles in WWE
I remember at the Pre WrestleMania 29 press event they had Mark Henry asked CM Punk why he was wearing a Cesaro shirt & Punk replied cause Antonio Cesaro is awesome. I was very fortunate to be an attendance at WrestleMania 30 a year later to see imo Cesaro's biggest night in the company. First on the pre show with the split from Zeb & Swagger. Then the battle royal. The crowd exploded when he slammed Big Show to win. Such a great talent & a shame WWE didn't do more with him.
Cesaro will be a constant presence at lists called like "Top 10/15/20Most Underutilized Wrestlers In WWE" and "Wrestlers/Stars Who Should've been World Champion in WWE"
Wish the best for CESARO!!.👏👏👏👏👍😎. damn good wrestler worker. Has lots of knowledge to spread to young future wrestlers. Hope to see him in AEW of course.. If not NJPW.💪💪.
Its easy to say “He should have left sooner etc.” but that wwe money is no joke and he made the most out of every opportunity he was given. Sure he could have been used better but Cesaro will go down as one of the best wrestlers of this era.
I'm happy for him but it's also a surprise because most of us probably thought that he was going to be a WWE lifer but that wasn't the case. It kind of sucks that they couldn't put a world title on him at least once. Personally I feel like he should have been Intercontinental Champion multiple times because that title fits him like a glove and I feel like he could have been a Workhorse champion and made the title feel prestige once again. The other option could have been him and Sheamus getting back together as the bar because Smackdown need some tag teams badly. And personally I don't want him to go to aew I rather he go to New Japan or Impact Wrestling but whatever he signs to I'm going to be happy for him.
He speaks 5 languages, has a great personality. They could have given Cesaro a short title run during an European tour to sell some tickets, would have gotten him even more over. Possibly the most underutilized performer WWE has ever had. He deserves so much better.
It is absolutely criminal that Cesaro was never given an opportunity to have a run with the world title a number of times before his departure, no matter how many bangers he would put up. Hands down one of the most underutilized talents in the company's history despite contributing over a decade of his talents.
I still remember him beating World Champion Randy Orton on a Smackdown, and I remember that it should have been the start of his push. But they didn't do anything with it, and I remember complaining about it when it happened. And that was almost a decade ago.
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I'm still sad wwe never did kings of wrestling. With how much they had him in tag teams and with them having chris hero it's crazy they never had a team up in wwe. Cesaro imo was the perfect wrestler. You can put him with anything and it'll work. From whatever tag team paring you think up to doing the first real match of tough enough rookies. Heck he's a highlight on up up down down. so I have no doubt wherever cesari chooses to go he'd do amazing with. Sadly I think he'd have to choose a place rather than just taking indie dates because I don't think he became a us citizen and I'd imagine he's been living somewhere in america for a while that he'd need to choose a place for a work visa. But without a doubt: impact, njpw, aew, mlw, etc. All would want him because he's a talent you can put anywhere.
To say Cesaro is not a world championship material as he cannot cut a decent promo is such bullshit. Cesaro managed to get himself over despite company holding him back. He was the best wresler in the company and had the ability to achieve great things. Look at Kane or Big Show or Brock after his return. They were booked like monsters and so hardlyhad to cut promos. If Cesaro was booked like one, he would have been at the same level or perhaps more.
You got to understand if Vince is not a fan of you it don't matter how good you think you are you ain't going to make it to the top if Vince is not a fan
Out the gate they took like 50% of his old moves set away due to "safety issues" you barely ever saw his ROH impact moves or counters they watered him down..
Vince is right his promos needs work but he’s wrong about everything about cesaro the thing is cesaro has everything I see in him as a fan and it makes me sick that vince doesn’t gets him like every fan of him does one of the most amazing wrestlers and Wwe still doesn’t think he’s a main eventer vince mess up big time wherever I hope cesaro go to new Japan because he would be awesome there and treated like a amazing talent that he is
He never got the chance. Point blank. The crowd loved his feats of strength and his presence in the ring. His ability to recite scripted bullshit could've been easily covered by a Paul Heyman or someone else. This company will turn down opportunities to make money just stroke the ego of one man. It's sad.
@@atticus5106 Yeah. But it was nowhere near as bad as it is now! Smackdown's roster is so bad, it can't even muster a cater waul. Raw's no better with their booking. The brand split needs to end. A merged roster = better television.
I was a huge fan 2013-2016 of Cesaro but I stopped caring to be honest after 2017 The Bar was really good. My opinion Cesaro in ring work is almost perfect . Cesaro will find work.
I have a feeling Cesaro is gonna go to either AEW or NWA for a spell (he would be FANTASTIC in NWA!), then come back to WWE around 2025 or so. And I don't think he'll have any interest in going to Japan but we'll see. And seeing as wrestling now welcomes guys in their 40s in 50s to be full (ish) time performers, I can definitely see a 45+ year old Cesaro winning the WWE title since he'll be considered a "legend" by 2025. I mean Lesnar is 46 now and is doing the same stuff he did two decades ago. Who's to say Cesaro won't be able to do the same in 4-5 years?
"Surprising WWE release". What is surprising about a guy leaving a place that did nothing with him for a decade in the twilight of his career? He probably wants to have a proper run.
I never understood how they could watch that match Roman and Cesaro had in the world title tournament years ago, and not see money with both guys. That match was awesome, and they didn't reference it at all when they met again for the Universal title. I was so pissed off.
@@ChrisWolff2013 You're missing the point. The match was great then because, polished or not, they were both great talents even then. And they both only got better.
Although it might be a better fit, I don't know about Cesaro in AEW. Every other week Tony Khan has a new * BIG * announcement and the roster is already too bloated (you've probably forgotten about half of their signings in the last year already). Everyone loves Cesaro, so would be a shame if he went there and got lost in the shuffle before Khan makes yet another "huge" annoucement.
Cesaro will go down as this era's Mr Perfect.. The guy had it all, but was never viewed as a true main eventer that could carry the company. Still it's mind bogling that the guy who won a battle royal by eliminating the biggest threat and the favourite to win it never won the Royal Rumble, when he could had easily dumped out Braun Stroman and the Great Khali..
Cesaro had so much potential to be the next big major face but I believe the booking ruined him. They should never had him face Roman Reigns last year for the Universal Championship at Wrestlemania Backlash as usually this is the ‘dead zone’ for title changes being that it was the PPV after Wrestlemania. Plus they were never going to consider Roman losing the title at the time and having Cesaro win. Instead they could have continued to put Cesaro in programs with Seth Rollins and put on some great matches and build him up further. Then when the Shake-Up happened, he could have moved to RAW and face AJ Styles in what would have been some other great matches. Maybe they could have even had him face Edge at some point as well and give him a clean win to elevate him further. Then at this year’s WM, he could have faced Reigns or Lesnar and win the WWE or Universal Championship.
I remember the Cesaro section signs in the arena’s such a shame nothing more was done. I remember the fatal four match after Wrestlemania 32 and he was over after returning from a shoulder injury.
I wish Cesaro well in his future endeavors & I hope his future endeavors bring him far far away from WWE because they clearly don't know how to book their talent or write quality storylines for them
@@beengreat8014 Actually I could book him better than Vince ever could or did. And based on their current roster, there aren't a whole of folks who are better than Cesaro.
@@troyaturner1979 You’re a wannabe fantasy booker, you would have 10 world champion in a month because if not then wrestlers are buried and supposedly held back.
Cesaro is not the only one to get over zack ryder chad gable shelton Benjamin list goes on hopefully where ever cesaro goes next they put the world title on him
Great news for Cesaro....whoever is NOT named "Roman Reigns" will always not be valued in Vince's eyes...I'm sure this cat will have massive success elsewhere....
I think the only reason why Jinder had his reign in 2017 was cuz WWE was doing tours in India so they wanted to win that crowd over. If WWE doesn't have that India tour, Roman would probably be the champion back then.
Cesaro I hope wherever he lands, he hits the ground running! But he was underutilized in WWE and it feels like because of Vince if you’re not a big sweaty man you won’t be used properly at all
Cesaro is one of those wrestlers that are extremely talented and can be place into any storyline and shine. The problem was Vince saw him at a certain ceiling and nothing more. He would never excel other than a tag team specialist in his eyes and nothing more. Sucks, cause I do feel if he had the proper storyline and proper build he could have been push to a higher level than he was. But, I cannot say that he wasn’t successful cause he won multiple tag titles, an intercontinental title, and different acclaim awards. But, just not the one that matter the most. Hopefully, he finds his way and he gets the respect he deserves, whether its in AEW or another promotion.
One of their biggest missed chances of not doing Cesaro vs Lesnar in 2014/15. That Lesnar/Cena Rematch at Noc should have never happened it should have been Cesaro losing in a close fight against Brock. They could have had an easy story there and also Cesaro is one of the only men that could have hanged there with Lesnar's strength.
What's WWE loss will be another company gain because Cesaro is a Star that should've been given the ball because we all know he would have ran from hell to back with it!
Cesaro is one of those guys that was one of my absolute favorites and after 2014, 2015....like WWE does to a lot of guys N gals, I lost all interest in seeing him and just never felt the same about him again, WWE are pros at getting people UNDER not over
If that's why they put cesaro with heyman then they really missed out on a two for one kinda thing, everyone would've remembered Brock breaking the streak and they could've made a new star
Cesaro Leaving WWE Sucks Hopefully he wrestles again and Worst thing WWE ever did was Having Paul Heyman with him and Removing the swing from His MoveSet which Got Him Over it Goes to show you that if your Name isn't Roman Reigns Charlotte Flair And Becky Lynch WWE Won't Push you and that's sad since Cesaro is Extremely Talented.
So Cesaro left WWE because WWE low balled his new deal? So I see Cesaro only cares about the money, believing he deserves more. He thinks it's unfair that top stars such as AJ Styles, KO, and Sami Zayn got multi-million dollar deal, and he doesn't, even though he was with the company longer than them. It doesn't matter how long he stayed in WWE; he's not worth more than a million. WWE had never value Cesaro. Now he rather find work someplace else, taking the low ball offer New Japan or AEW.
Imagine running into the crowd popping beach balls & finding it disrespectful standing up for wwe only for them to still treat him likes he’s nth 🤣🤣 wait he wasn’t nth for them. Lol
Didn't use Cesaro right in the WWE had most of his success as a tag team than single competitor whether Cesaro sign with in the indies he gonna be world champion has that in him
Cesaro was one of the best wrestlers that never won a world title. It's sad to me because he could've been a great world champion. I hope where ever he heads to, he would be happy.
Others were better
@@beengreat8014 not that many were better imho.
@@mrlaidback83 He’ll go to another company and not make a difference
@@mrlaidback83 Seth Rollins, Brock lesnar, John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Aj styles, Bobby lashley, Kevin Owens, Finn balor. Want me to keep going?
It's really sad how Cesaro was so underutilized this man screams world champion how in the hell did Vince McMahon did not get him every single WWE legend wrestlers everyone be saying to push him but Vince McMahon still refuse to do that I don't understand that he is world champion material
Vince is the same guy that thought the fans were mocking Rusev when they were cheering Rusev Day. There are some people Vince will never see as stars no matter how good they are or how big of a crowd reaction they get.
I don't believe Vince thought that. He was just mad something he didn't create got over, and he wanted to squash it. Just like giving the Yes chant to Big Show, as if the chant was over, not Bryan. Vince is a vindictive dick.
@@glenndallas7171 and there's always the same excuse. "They didn't connect with the WWE universe."
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“It’s not what you know it’s who you know.”
Cesaro is an example of someone who shows that that phrase means nothing. Cesaro was very good friends with John Cena and even that wasn’t enough get him that mega push from Vince McMahon.
According to DDP, it's 'who is willing to say they know you'.
@@henrikschmidt3964 Pretty sure Cena is on record as praising the guy but I guess that doesn't correlate to what they say to Vince personally
It just shows how out of touch and senile Vince McMahon has become the fact that every single legend and WWE Superstar and wrestlers in the past and the fans have all been telling WWE to push Cesaro and guess what they still didn't do it I don't understand because he has everything Vince McMahon once in a wrestler he has charisma he is fantastic in the ring and he screams world champion and Vince McMahon still don't see nothing in him I don't understand that I still don't get that at all
@@abrahamfarraj84 That doesnt mean Cena endorsed his in ring stuff to anyone up the ladder or even mentioned him at all.
Vince is an abortion to the human race.
I've stated for years about how much I want Castagnoli in New Japan. He would be an absolute beast in Japan and get over with that crowd. I'll take him in AEW if he doesn't want to deal with the Covid restrictions right now, but Castagnoli could/would/will thrive in New Japan.
I agree, and in my opinion with The United Empire faction in New Japan, I think he would fit right in with them.
@@RobertSerranoJr I didn't even think of The United Empire. He'd be perfect for them, or as a foil against them. Castagnoli vs. Ospreay, or vs. Cobb?
Can he go New Japan Strong? Someone mentioned Josh Alexander possibly going there.
I guess if he doesn't go back to IMPACT.
@@connerhuston2613 sounds great too, New Japan Strong would be great for him there too if he can't go oversea to Japan.
@@SpocksEvilKlone I can only imagine that.
Yeah really sucks that Cesaro wasn't given much more in his time in WWE. However to his credit, whatever they did give him From the Andre battle Royal all the way to his Tag Teams, he made it count everytime. He'll be a worthy asset to wherever he goes next
My first memory of Cesaro was being in the Superdome seeing him dump Big Show over the top rope. That’s when I became a believer in his ability. He definitely deserves better.
Big ups, Nola fam
Doesn't surprise me at all, this is WWE we're talking about in terms of Cesaro.
Say it louder solomonster promo and charisma skills are not the same thing, I hate when fans say someone is boring or have no personality just because they are not good at promos or they don't like them like damn it's a wrestling show you pay money to see people wrestle not talk, there are people in wwe who can talk but will never do anything big showing you that promos are not everything and will only get you so far
Say it louder! In ring work is just as important as promos in wrestling.
@@mrlaidback83 If that's the case, then Brock Lesnar is overrated. His mic skills are very meh.
@@atticus5106 he is overrated. Both his promos and in ring skill (2002-2004 he was great in the ring) are very meh imho.
I'm not at all surprised that Cesaro is gone, i'm just surprised he didn't leave sooner, WWE just completely wasted him for years and never gave him the big break that he truly deserved. He's such a talented wrestler who should have been a world champion a long time ago. Now that he's a free agent, i hope gets the opportunity to go somewhere else where he can be used properly and showcased to the fullest. I wish Cesaro nothing but the best for his future.
I feel like he should have been an intercontinental champion because a belt like that was made for him and he could have been a Workhorse champion
They did not waste him
Vince likes what Vince likes, but he hides behind "not connecting with the audience" so the blame doesn't fall squarely on his shoulders.
That and he hires "general managers" just to fire them when his ideas get shitted on by the crowd.
He's just a reprehensible, awful human being. Plain and simple.
Cesaro.... I wish him all the greatest luck in the Indies circuit of the wrestling world cuz now he can go somewhere and finally become a world heavyweight champion despite the lack of respect he received in WWE
Fuck it who says he couldn't of been a Reigns level of star? People see these guys get booked as jobbers so long they start to believe they could only go so far. He shined in EVERYTHING he was put in so who knows how big of a star he could've been if given the ball.
“Why not push Cesaro?”
“He’s Swiss”
Thing about Cesaro, it was frustrating watching the start stop booking they were giving him, so I could only imagine how frustrating it was for him. No matter who signs him, I feel they'll utilize his talents better.
I'm only upset that we never got Cesaro vs Lesnar while he was there. Those two would've torn the house down. Otherwise I'm happy Cesaro can go somewhere that will appreciate his talent.
WWE's treatment of Cesaro is not just sad, It's PATHETIC. He had nothing but STAR QUALITY --ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL...as well as MASSIVE popularity with the audience...and they DELIBERATELY LET IT GO TO WASTE. He won the VERY first Andre The Giant Memorial battle royal, by PHYSICALLY DEAD-LIFTING BIG SHOW HIGH ABOVE HIS HEAD AND TOSSING HIM OVER THE TOP ROPE. That should have been the start of a WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RUN. Between that and THE CESARO SWING--a feat which has NEVER BEEN TOPPED by anyone.... CESARO was nothing but money... LEFT ON THE TABLE. VINCE MCMAHON IS PATHETIC.💯
WWE never pushed him right anyway.
I gave up on this company after CM Punk left. It's a complete joke anymore.
Cesaro never did reach his full potential (primarily due to bad creative) but he still had a decent run all things considered.
It was decent but it could have been so, so much bigger and better. He is my favorite wrestler and was the last reason I watched WWE. A few years ago when I saw they weren’t going to use him properly I turned against WWE and will never go back, they’re a terrible awful company that does not know what they’re doing.
@@mutedmutiny9542 I agree with you all the way they just shows how terrible WWE has become every single fan and legends and wrestlers all got behind Cesaro they demand him to be pushed further than he should be but the only obstacle he had was Vince McMahon himself I don't understand why Vince don't see nothing in him look at all these talented people they have raced it at fire who could have been featured main event material cut up in the big name stars but they didn't give nobody a chance that's sad and pathetic and you wonder why a lot of people is not watching WWE like they used to anymore and going to aew and other wrestling shows WWE is a very toxic company how in the hell is everyone defending this garbage
" maybe because hes SWIZZ! I dont know " .......that still haunts me , Vince you need to go
That was such a stupid statement. And that's saying something when it's Vince.
The man is so utterly clueless what to do with anyone else except his Chosen stars Roman, Brock and Charlotte.
10 years of this guy's life that he can't get back
I don't think he regrets being with the biggest company
@@watersandblue6001 lol
He made alot of money thats all that matters
Cesaro should have been what Kofi was before he won the WWE Championship. He should have been in the discussion for greatest ic or us champion ever
The fact that Johnny Knoxville has a good chance of winning the IC championship and cesaro never held it once is a disgrace.
Hes the greatest tag team wrestler in wwe history which isnt saying much considering vinces stance on tag teams.
AEW doesnt need him. He'll get lost in the shuffle unless its just for a few one if matches.
Impact, NJPW or ROH when they return all need him. Dont go where youre wanted...go where youre needed.
Cesaro vs Sami Zayn at NXT Arrival 2014 is still one of my favorite all time matches
Cesaro is dead. Long live Claudio Castagnoli!
Cesaro was also pretty big in the german speaking countries since as a swiss he speaks german. He did the "don't try this at home" ads over here in german and afaik was sent over here quite a bit to do Interviews or promote tours etc. since i feel it's always better to have someone over who speaks the native language and like you said Jason he speaks 5 with most of them as a native speaker.
Big E and Kofi got to be champ. The Miz got to be champ.
Cesaro...
Exactly.
Jinder Mahal and Miz got to be champ.
Jack Swagger
For anyone who says he didn't have good mic skills and was bland you can say the exact same thing about Roman reigns post shield and pre pandemic, for 5 years they forced and pushed roman reigns despite him having no mic skills and he didn't improve until he got back and was hated by the fans while cesaro was genuinely loved by the fans and yet wwe refused to push him in anyway
Roman still hasn't improved lol.
Cesaro may not be a good talker but the argument that he couldn't win a world title in this company because of his talking is just null and void with some of the people they've pushed. I mean, Jeff Hardy, Bobby Lashley, Rey Mysterio, Jinder Mahal, on and on, I could go on for years. WWE has buried guys who have a strength in mic skills for years. Look at how they treat Owens.
@@Kratosx23 facts, the fact that Jack swagger won the world title twice and jinder mahal got multiple wins over nakamura makes me mad, nakamura should've won the world title at summerslam 2017 and held it till wrestlemania 34 and I would've had aj styles win the 2018 royal rumble you can still have styles win the match
@@Kratosx23 i don’t agree that he isn’t a good talker but even if I did, he’s one of those guys that doesn’t need to be a good talker, he got way over just on his charisma, body, strength, and ring work. He pretty much has it all and like I said, even if he didn’t have mic skills it wouldn’t matter. The dude is over.
Cesaro has not improved whatsoever
@@mutedmutiny9542 The thing that I really don't get about it is he's a big guy who's ripped and can believably beat people up, and he's an incredible worker to boot. I know Vince doesn't like small guys who are good workers but he's pushed some of them more than Cesaro. He fits the WWE mold, he's like 6'5 and well over 200 pounds. There's no excuse for Vince not to like him.
It's a shame he won more tag titles than singles titles none of which I cared for. They had something with Cesaro and they wasted his talent
Blame Vince McMahon for that because a whole lot of wrestlers Legends and fans all wanted Cesaro to be pushed to Main event status everyone see potential in him except for one man and that's Vince McMahon I don't understand why he don't get him and I still don't get that to this day
Cesaro 100% should’ve won the Intercontinental title from The Miz back when he was feuding with him, Zayn, and other people. The Miz was hot at that time with the title and Cesaro was at maybe his most popular. That was the right time to do something. Never saw him as a World champion personally as much as I love Cesaro, but he should’ve been multi time IC or US champ. The thing I think not enough people talk about the main thing that probably held him back was his look. I feel like he never had the look to be a big star. Yes he’s in great shape, but he sort of lacked a gimmick and his look is plain, he kind of just looks like… a guy. I think that held him back more than anything.
AEW already has too many people on the books. that being said I would like to see Claudio team up with Chris Hero once again. Maybe in NWA or NJPW.
I mean this dude seems like the type that Tony would be all about regardless of how big their roster is. In fact he might even make Tony “future endeavor” some people just to make room for him, something we all know he doesn’t really do, but I think Cesaro is the exception to the rule and I can’t imagine Tony won’t try to sign him. Whether he goes or not is another question but I guarantee Tony is trying.
I got back into wrestling because of NXT when cesaro was champ. First thought was “wow this guy’s gonna be a beast.” Idk why they never did more after nxt
Massive widespread incompetence
Cesaro was never NXT champ though.
@@SP2Crazy was he not? I remember it was him vs Sami and he was flinging him all over the place
@@stephen2597 I don’t think they had a title match, but if they did it was most likely the US title, since Cesaro held it around 2012-13.
He was never nxt championship
I'm glad he's leaving cause now HE'S FREE!
free from the slavery of Vince McMahon and the WWE!
he was my second favorite wrestler after AJ Styles in WWE
I remember at the Pre WrestleMania 29 press event they had Mark Henry asked CM Punk why he was wearing a Cesaro shirt & Punk replied cause Antonio Cesaro is awesome. I was very fortunate to be an attendance at WrestleMania 30 a year later to see imo Cesaro's biggest night in the company. First on the pre show with the split from Zeb & Swagger. Then the battle royal. The crowd exploded when he slammed Big Show to win. Such a great talent & a shame WWE didn't do more with him.
Cesaro will be a constant presence at lists called like "Top 10/15/20Most Underutilized Wrestlers In WWE" and "Wrestlers/Stars Who Should've been World Champion in WWE"
Wish the best for CESARO!!.👏👏👏👏👍😎. damn good wrestler worker. Has lots of knowledge to spread to young future wrestlers. Hope to see him in AEW of course.. If not NJPW.💪💪.
Its easy to say “He should have left sooner etc.” but that wwe money is no joke and he made the most out of every opportunity he was given. Sure he could have been used better but Cesaro will go down as one of the best wrestlers of this era.
I'm happy for him but it's also a surprise because most of us probably thought that he was going to be a WWE lifer but that wasn't the case. It kind of sucks that they couldn't put a world title on him at least once. Personally I feel like he should have been Intercontinental Champion multiple times because that title fits him like a glove and I feel like he could have been a Workhorse champion and made the title feel prestige once again. The other option could have been him and Sheamus getting back together as the bar because Smackdown need some tag teams badly. And personally I don't want him to go to aew I rather he go to New Japan or Impact Wrestling but whatever he signs to I'm going to be happy for him.
He speaks 5 languages, has a great personality. They could have given Cesaro a short title run during an European tour to sell some tickets, would have gotten him even more over. Possibly the most underutilized performer WWE has ever had. He deserves so much better.
It is absolutely criminal that Cesaro was never given an opportunity to have a run with the world title a number of times before his departure, no matter how many bangers he would put up. Hands down one of the most underutilized talents in the company's history despite contributing over a decade of his talents.
I still remember him beating World Champion Randy Orton on a Smackdown, and I remember that it should have been the start of his push. But they didn't do anything with it, and I remember complaining about it when it happened. And that was almost a decade ago.
What a match was that he really impressed me in that match but sadly WWE screwed the pooch with Cesaro
Beating champions means shit In wwe
Cesaro deserve a World Championship run with The Big Gold Belt especially.
I miss the cesaro section his entrance when he comes out ripping off the suit glasses and into his ring gear
Note: This is NOT in terms of the overall product. It is only based on PPV quality!
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2002
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I'm still sad wwe never did kings of wrestling. With how much they had him in tag teams and with them having chris hero it's crazy they never had a team up in wwe. Cesaro imo was the perfect wrestler. You can put him with anything and it'll work. From whatever tag team paring you think up to doing the first real match of tough enough rookies. Heck he's a highlight on up up down down. so I have no doubt wherever cesari chooses to go he'd do amazing with. Sadly I think he'd have to choose a place rather than just taking indie dates because I don't think he became a us citizen and I'd imagine he's been living somewhere in america for a while that he'd need to choose a place for a work visa. But without a doubt: impact, njpw, aew, mlw, etc. All would want him because he's a talent you can put anywhere.
Vince would never use Chris Hero.
I loved that U.S. title match he had on Raw against John Cena.
To say Cesaro is not a world championship material as he cannot cut a decent promo is such bullshit. Cesaro managed to get himself over despite company holding him back. He was the best wresler in the company and had the ability to achieve great things. Look at Kane or Big Show or Brock after his return. They were booked like monsters and so hardlyhad to cut promos. If Cesaro was booked like one, he would have been at the same level or perhaps more.
You got to understand if Vince is not a fan of you it don't matter how good you think you are you ain't going to make it to the top if Vince is not a fan
Out the gate they took like 50% of his old moves set away due to "safety issues" you barely ever saw his ROH impact moves or counters they watered him down..
Yet he still got over with the crowd. That says something about him as a performer.
Vince is right his promos needs work but he’s wrong about everything about cesaro the thing is cesaro has everything I see in him as a fan and it makes me sick that vince doesn’t gets him like every fan of him does one of the most amazing wrestlers and Wwe still doesn’t think he’s a main eventer vince mess up big time wherever I hope cesaro go to new Japan because he would be awesome there and treated like a amazing talent that he is
He never got the chance. Point blank. The crowd loved his feats of strength and his presence in the ring. His ability to recite scripted bullshit could've been easily covered by a Paul Heyman or someone else.
This company will turn down opportunities to make money just stroke the ego of one man. It's sad.
@@Lord_Bibulous you’re right
That's it! WWE needs to end the brand split! How do you release all this talent yet still have a brand split?
Be careful what you wish for. Remember how Smackdown was from 2011 to mid 2016?...
@@atticus5106 can't get worse than it is now tbh
@@atticus5106 Yeah. But it was nowhere near as bad as it is now! Smackdown's roster is so bad, it can't even muster a cater waul. Raw's no better with their booking. The brand split needs to end. A merged roster = better television.
I was a huge fan 2013-2016 of Cesaro but I stopped caring to be honest after 2017 The Bar was really good. My opinion Cesaro in ring work is almost perfect . Cesaro will find work.
I have a feeling Cesaro is gonna go to either AEW or NWA for a spell (he would be FANTASTIC in NWA!), then come back to WWE around 2025 or so. And I don't think he'll have any interest in going to Japan but we'll see.
And seeing as wrestling now welcomes guys in their 40s in 50s to be full (ish) time performers, I can definitely see a 45+ year old Cesaro winning the WWE title since he'll be considered a "legend" by 2025. I mean Lesnar is 46 now and is doing the same stuff he did two decades ago. Who's to say Cesaro won't be able to do the same in 4-5 years?
"Surprising WWE release". What is surprising about a guy leaving a place that did nothing with him for a decade in the twilight of his career? He probably wants to have a proper run.
Claudio Castagnoli deserve the very best WRESTLING company on the planet...maybe the great liberator Mister Tony Khan will save him to
Good for him...WWE never gave him a chance. The guy was talented.
Great guy inside and outside of the ring. Met him a couple of times at some shows in Switzerland.
If the WWE would of brought back the European Championship, Cesaro would of had a great reign.
I never understood how they could watch that match Roman and Cesaro had in the world title tournament years ago, and not see money with both guys. That match was awesome, and they didn't reference it at all when they met again for the Universal title. I was so pissed off.
Roman was nowhere near the star he is today back in 2015.
@@ChrisWolff2013 You're missing the point. The match was great then because, polished or not, they were both great talents even then. And they both only got better.
Although it might be a better fit, I don't know about Cesaro in AEW. Every other week Tony Khan has a new * BIG * announcement and the roster is already too bloated (you've probably forgotten about half of their signings in the last year already). Everyone loves Cesaro, so would be a shame if he went there and got lost in the shuffle before Khan makes yet another "huge" annoucement.
Cesaro will go down as this era's Mr Perfect.. The guy had it all, but was never viewed as a true main eventer that could carry the company.
Still it's mind bogling that the guy who won a battle royal by eliminating the biggest threat and the favourite to win it never won the Royal Rumble, when he could had easily dumped out Braun Stroman and the Great Khali..
Cesaro's comeback could've been gold against Lesnar you ain't wrong bud
Cesaro had so much potential to be the next big major face but I believe the booking ruined him. They should never had him face Roman Reigns last year for the Universal Championship at Wrestlemania Backlash as usually this is the ‘dead zone’ for title changes being that it was the PPV after Wrestlemania. Plus they were never going to consider Roman losing the title at the time and having Cesaro win.
Instead they could have continued to put Cesaro in programs with Seth Rollins and put on some great matches and build him up further. Then when the Shake-Up happened, he could have moved to RAW and face AJ Styles in what would have been some other great matches. Maybe they could have even had him face Edge at some point as well and give him a clean win to elevate him further.
Then at this year’s WM, he could have faced Reigns or Lesnar and win the WWE or Universal Championship.
I remember the Cesaro section signs in the arena’s such a shame nothing more was done. I remember the fatal four match after Wrestlemania 32 and he was over after returning from a shoulder injury.
Cesaro got over that big swing move, there is nobody else on the roster who could have done that.
This is Christian Levels of hate coming from him to Cesaro.
I wish Cesaro well in his future endeavors & I hope his future endeavors bring him far far away from WWE because they clearly don't know how to book their talent or write quality storylines for them
And you can do better? There was others who were better.
@@beengreat8014 Actually I could book him better than Vince ever could or did. And based on their current roster, there aren't a whole of folks who are better than Cesaro.
@@beengreat8014 dude, little kids could book a better show than Vince 😂
@@troyaturner1979 You’re a wannabe fantasy booker, you would have 10 world champion in a month because if not then wrestlers are buried and supposedly held back.
@@thepolarphantasm2319 They can’t but that’s cute.
Personally I think Roman should have put over Cesaro at backlash 2021. That way he'll finally get that big push we've all been waiting for years.
Cesaro is not the only one to get over zack ryder chad gable shelton Benjamin list goes on hopefully where ever cesaro goes next they put the world title on him
good luck cesaro can't wait for him to smash it somewhere else
Great news for Cesaro....whoever is NOT named "Roman Reigns" will always not be valued in Vince's eyes...I'm sure this cat will have massive success elsewhere....
Cesro is awesome in wrestling I November cesro get the big show out in the battle royal at wrestlemaina 31 or 32
The fact that Jinder Mahal was given a legitimate world title reign and Cesaro never was is more head scratching than any college course I’ve taken.
I think the only reason why Jinder had his reign in 2017 was cuz WWE was doing tours in India so they wanted to win that crowd over. If WWE doesn't have that India tour, Roman would probably be the champion back then.
This 2k22 is gonna be all legends and alumni
They did the same thing to Rusev when I was at mania in the superdome!
Cesaro I hope wherever he lands, he hits the ground running! But he was underutilized in WWE and it feels like because of Vince if you’re not a big sweaty man you won’t be used properly at all
Look at the WWE games...he was underrated
Cesaro is one of those wrestlers that are extremely talented and can be place into any storyline and shine. The problem was Vince saw him at a certain ceiling and nothing more. He would never excel other than a tag team specialist in his eyes and nothing more. Sucks, cause I do feel if he had the proper storyline and proper build he could have been push to a higher level than he was. But, I cannot say that he wasn’t successful cause he won multiple tag titles, an intercontinental title, and different acclaim awards. But, just not the one that matter the most. Hopefully, he finds his way and he gets the respect he deserves, whether its in AEW or another promotion.
Correction, he was a US title holder, not the intercontinental
One of their biggest missed chances of not doing Cesaro vs Lesnar in 2014/15. That Lesnar/Cena Rematch at Noc should have never happened it should have been Cesaro losing in a close fight against Brock. They could have had an easy story there and also Cesaro is one of the only men that could have hanged there with Lesnar's strength.
What's WWE loss will be another company gain because Cesaro is a Star that should've been given the ball because we all know he would have ran from hell to back with it!
Cesaro is one of those guys that was one of my absolute favorites and after 2014, 2015....like WWE does to a lot of guys N gals, I lost all interest in seeing him and just never felt the same about him again, WWE are pros at getting people UNDER not over
Is cesaro good on the mic? I'm dead serious I don't think I've ever seen him cut a promo
If that's why they put cesaro with heyman then they really missed out on a two for one kinda thing, everyone would've remembered Brock breaking the streak and they could've made a new star
Honestly, I want to see Cesaro in NOAH or back in Dragon Gate.
That's your booking not there booking he got paid well and had funtastic matches 7/10 wwe career
He should've been at least on the top of the card
Cesaro never had an IC title run???? Seems crazy to me
All those month's Nakamura didn't do shit with the title he could've easily got a multi reign in that time.
Can't wait to see him in AEW. He could join the Hardy Family Office or Best Friends and have some real bangers on Dark
As much as I would love to see him in AEW, they're overcrowded right now. NJPW would be his best option imho.
Jinder Mahal had a world championship reign in WWE and Cesaro didn't. Wrap your head around that.
Cesaro Leaving WWE Sucks Hopefully he wrestles again and Worst thing WWE ever did was Having Paul Heyman with him and Removing the swing from His MoveSet which Got Him Over it Goes to show you that if your Name isn't Roman Reigns Charlotte Flair And Becky Lynch WWE Won't Push you and that's sad since Cesaro is Extremely Talented.
Im a huge fan of this dude
Nakamura and Cesaro DID hold the titles too.
Thank god.
So Cesaro left WWE because WWE low balled his new deal? So I see Cesaro only cares about the money, believing he deserves more. He thinks it's unfair that top stars such as AJ Styles, KO, and Sami Zayn got multi-million dollar deal, and he doesn't, even though he was with the company longer than them. It doesn't matter how long he stayed in WWE; he's not worth more than a million. WWE had never value Cesaro. Now he rather find work someplace else, taking the low ball offer New Japan or AEW.
Idc what anybody say he had a good wwe run and when he goes to aew he's going to be in the same position
there going to be a bunch of what if with Cesaro in his wwe career
12:12 mark- Jesus Christ. Poor Cesaro. This company makes me sick yo. SMDH.
Imagine running into the crowd popping beach balls & finding it disrespectful standing up for wwe only for them to still treat him likes he’s nth 🤣🤣 wait he wasn’t nth for them. Lol
good video
Didn't use Cesaro right in the WWE had most of his success as a tag team than single competitor whether Cesaro sign with in the indies he gonna be world champion has that in him
WWE will induct Happy Corbin to the hall of fame one day. Pathetic