The Most Famous
WRESTLERS from Switzerland
This page contains a list of the greatest Swiss Wrestlers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,027 Wrestlers, 2 of which were born in Switzerland. This makes Switzerland the birth place of the 45th most number of Wrestlers behind Fiji, and Austria.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Swiss Wrestlers of all time. This list of famous Swiss Wrestlers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jürg Röthlisberger (b. 1955)
With an HPI of 41.02, Jürg Röthlisberger is the most famous Swiss Wrestler. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Jürg Röthlisberger (born 2 February 1955) is a Swiss judoka and olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
2. Cesaro (b. 1980)
With an HPI of 35.15, Cesaro is the 2nd most famous Swiss Wrestler. His biography has been translated into 30 different languages.
Claudio Castagnoli ( Italian: [kastanˈɲoli]; born 27 December 1980) is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Death Riders and one-third of the AEW World Trios Champions. He also performs for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a two-time ROH World Champion. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Antonio Cesaro and later simply Cesaro from 2011 to 2022. Castagnoli began his career in the European independent wrestling circuit in 2000, and wrestled for numerous independent promotions around the world, including Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH), and Westside Xtreme Wrestling (WxW). During his time on the independent circuit, Castagnoli won numerous championships, and became an accomplished tag team wrestler, most notably forming a team with Chris Hero known as the Kings of Wrestling. The Kings of Wrestling became two-time ROH World Tag Team Champions, with their 364-day reign as champions becoming the longest in ROH history up to that point. The team also held various independent tag team titles, such as the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas, the JCW Tag Team Championship, and the CZW World Tag Team Championship, with Castagnoli also winning the PWG World Championship once. The Kings of Wrestling were voted as Tag Team of the Year by readers of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter in 2010. Castagnoli was signed to WWE in 2011, and given the ring name of Antonio Cesaro. He was assigned to WWE's developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), before making his debut for WWE's main roster in April 2012. Cesaro would hold the WWE United States Championship once, and won the inaugural André the Giant Memorial Trophy at WrestleMania XXX. In December 2014, he began a team with Tyson Kidd, with the pair later winning the WWE Tag Team Championship. After that team split, Cesaro would later form an alliance with Sheamus known as The Bar; The Bar won the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship four times, and the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship once. The Bar split up in April 2019, and Cesaro joined Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura to create a stable known as The Artist Collective. Cesaro and Nakamura won the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship once in July 2020, making Cesaro a seven-time WWE tag team champion in total. He left WWE in February 2022, and made his debut for AEW in June of that year, returning to his Claudio Castagnoli name and persona. When playing a villainous character, particularly in the United States, Castagnoli has been known to emphasize his European origin as part of his gimmick, proclaiming a superior intellect and fashion sensibility while regularly using moves such as the European uppercut. He gained a reputation for impressive in-ring feats of strength, and was called one of WWE's best and most underrated performers for much of his time there. He was voted "Most Underrated Wrestler" for a record four years in a row (2013–2016), by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
3. Magdalena Krssakova (b. 1994)
With an HPI of 0.00, Magdalena Krssakova is the 3rd most famous Swiss Wrestler. Her biography has been translated into different languages.
Magdalena Krssakova (born 3 March 1994) is an Austrian judoka. She won the silver medal in the women's 63 kg event at the 2020 European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic.
4. Nils Stump (b. 1997)
With an HPI of 0.00, Nils Stump is the 4th most famous Swiss Wrestler. His biography has been translated into different languages.
Nils Stump (born 12 April 1997) is a Swiss judoka. He won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar. He is a bronze medalist at the 2021 European Judo Championships held in Lisbon, Portugal. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Swiss wrestlers born between 1955 and 1997. Of these 4, 4 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Swiss wrestlers include Jürg Röthlisberger, Cesaro, and Magdalena Krssakova. As of April 2024, 2 new Swiss wrestlers have been added to Pantheon including Magdalena Krssakova, and Nils Stump.
Living Swiss Wrestlers
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Jürg Röthlisberger
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.02
Cesaro
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.15
Magdalena Krssakova
1994 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Nils Stump
1997 - Present
HPI: 0.00
