Cesaro Featured in Top 10 (Video), Talks About Being a Main Event Guy in WWE, Being in Sports Entertainment

February 22, 2014

cesaro Cesaro talked to the Green Bay Press Gazette about a few topics, including how he became interested in WWE, what it takes to be a main event guy and more. Below are some highlights.

On how he became interested in sports entertainment:

"The first time I saw WWE was in the mid ’90s and I was immediately fascinated by the mix of entertainment and sports. I was always a very athletic child and when I finally had the chance to try (sports entertainment), I was hooked. I just fell in love and I’ve been doing it ever since. … It wasn’t very big in Switzerland, but I started training there on blue mats like the ones we have on the outside of the ring. That’s where I learned moves and how to fall and stuff like that. Then I had to move out of the country to train in an actual ring and that happened in Germany and Austria and Italy and so on. I moved to the U.S. in 2004 and started my road to WWE, so to speak."

On being a main event guy in WWE:

"Oh, I would never want to be a prime time player (laughs). I take this very seriously because it’s given me a lot of opportunities and I’ve realized all my dreams, so I think when you see me, you see that I’m having fun and you see that I’m doing this very well and that I’m very skilled at it. Because of that, I would like to think that the fans saw pretty quickly that I’m not somebody to be taken lightly. And I know all my opponents that I’ve been in the ring with immediately realized that as well. I think that’s the passion I have for this."

On his workout routine:

"I would like to think I’m naturally strong but there’s a lot of work that goes into it. I’ve been working out for quite a while now and I work out religiously. I’m very serious about my workouts. I don’t really skip workouts ever and there’s always a stronger kid somewhere. You just have to find a way to use your strength and your strong points and I think that’s what I’m doing very well. On top of that, there may be somebody that squats more or bench presses more than me, and I’m completely aware of that, but I think I’m very talented and innovative at manipulating bodyweight. That’s my strength."

Cesaro also is profiled in WWE Top 10, which features his best European Uppercuts.

Josh controls most of the creative writing and ideas for the show on a weekly basis, as well as an on-air talent.

Aside from working with WrestleZone, Isenberg began his career in Broadcast Journalism interning at ESPN and worked with CBS Radio for three years. He has also had the opportunity to interview some of the best athletes and performers alive, including Andrew McCutchen, Ben Roethlisberger, Chris Jericho, Billy Gunn, Karl Anderson, Matt Hardy, Steven Strasburg and others.

Currently, Josh Isenberg works for Major League Baseball in their Advanced Media Productions. He grew up in Pittsburgh and went to Point Park University, which is where Chair Shot Reality is filmed each week.

His life outside of his obsession with wrestling include being a savant for Seinfeld, NFL, NBA, MLB and many television shows. He also has an undying love for musicals, which includes many shows he was a part of in high school. Some of his favorite wrestling moments can be linked to such superstars as Edge, The Rock, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and The Great Khali.