In Wrestling
- Finishing moves
- As Antonio Cesaro
- Neutralizer (Cradle belly to back inverted mat slam) – WWE / FCW
- Very European Uppercut (Pop-up European uppercut) – FCW
- As Claudio Castagnoli
- Alpamare Waterslide (Independent circuit) / Swissblade (WWE) (Side Death Valley driver) – Independent circuit; used as a regular move in WWE
- Inverted Chikara Special (Kneeling step-over head-hold armbar to a face down opponent followed by hooking the opponent's near leg) – Chikara
- Lasartesse Lift (Karelin lift transitioned into a side piledriver) – 2007
- Neutralizer (Over the shoulder single leg Boston crab with neckscissors) – PWG; used as a regular move elsewhere
- Ricola Bomb (Straight jacket sitout powerbomb pin, sometimes from the top rope)
- Roaring Swiss Uppercut (Discus European uppercut)
- Swiss Death / Very European Uppercut (Pop-up European uppercut)
- As Antonio Cesaro
- Signature moves
- Bicycle kick
- Cravate
- Double foot stomp
- Giant swing
- Jim Breaks Special (Lifting wrist-lock)
- Match Killer (Horizontal belly to back suplex spun out into a sitout facebuster)
- Money Dive (Diving headbutt)
- Multiple European uppercut variations
- Diving
- Springboard
- Swiss Uppercut (Standing, sometimes to the back of an opponent's head)
- Multiple suplex variations
- Delayed gutwrench
- Delayed vertical
- Ricola-Plex (Straight jacket)
- Suicide dive
- Swiss Sleeper Holding (Bridging cobra clutch)
- UBS Neckbreaker (Backbreaker rack flipped into a cutter)
- UFO (Spinning backbreaker rack, sometimes with no hands)
- Very European Uppercut (Pop-up European uppercut)
- Managers
- Jade Chung
- SoCal Val
- Prince Nana
- Shane Hagadorn
- Sara Del Rey
- Aksana
- Nicknames
- "Double C"
- "The Most Money Making Man"
- "The Stalwart Swiss Powerhouse"
- "Very European"
- "The Swiss Sensation"
- "The Swiss Superman"
- Entrance themes
- "I've Got to Have It (Instrumental)" by Jermaine Dupri featuring Nas and Monica
- "We Are the Champions" by Queen (Used while teaming with Chris Hero)
- "1812 Overture" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- "Engel" by Rammstein (Used while a part of the Bruderschaft des Kreuzes)
- "KoW (Kings)" by Cody B. Ware, Emilio Sparks and J. Glaze (Used while teaming with Chris Hero)
- "Im Namen Der Bruderschaft" by Kenny Pickett (Used while a part of the Bruderschaft des Kreuzes)
- "Miracle" by Jim Johnston (WWE)
- Wrestlers trained by Castagnoli
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