Cezar Bononi

Hailing from Brazil, Cezar Bononi is now training at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. He arrived to the sports-entertainment organization’s state-of-the-art training facility in June 2015 following a successful tryout earlier in the year.

Cezar Bononi Joins WWE

Cezar Bononi, a wrestler from Brazil, has signed a contract with WWE after participating in a tryout in January with other “world-class” athletes from the country.

Earlier this week, he Instagrammed this photo of himself wearing a WWE Performance T-Shirt.

Never forget your roots! Nunca esqueça das suas raízes! @bwf_oficial #bwf #brazilianwrestlingfederation

A photo posted by Cezar Bononi (@v8_bigblock_bwf) on Jun 22, 2015 at 6:59pm PDT

Bononi previously wrestled for the Brazilian Wrestling Federation under the name V8 Big Block. Here is a video WWE released in April through its Brazilian website documenting the tryout he took part in.