From Lucerne to La Catedral glory: the global rise of a Swiss wrestling icon

Lucerne native Claudio Castagnoli has made his name internationally in a sport that gets little attention in Switzerland: wrestling. With a wrestling persona as a wealthy Swiss banker, he won some of the most prestigious titles in the US and tells Swissinfo how he fell in love with the scene in Mexico. Professional wrestling and Switzerland are not the most intuitive of pairings. The North American version, as made famous by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), has never been particularly…