Rodrigo Del Gaiso

Rodrigo Del Gaiso is a professional wrestler and former MMA fighter. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 15th, 1991. He is currently signed to CWL and appears on their show Nemesis.

## Early Life

Rodrigo was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on the 15th of June 1991. He started training BJJ at the age of 5 and immediately was hooked. He took an interest in MMA and made a name for himself by fighting on the streets of Brazil, he had his first street fight at age 15. As he would progress through the BJJ ranks and improve his MMA overall, he was signed by a Brazilian promotion in 2014 as a professional MMA fighter.

## MMA Career

Rodrigo Del Gaiso made his professional MMA debut in 2014 for Jungle Fight in Brazil at the age of 23. He would travel all over Brazil with Jungle Fight and became light heavyweight champion in late 2015. Rodrigo would leave the company in 2017 with a record of 7 - 0. From his time with Jungle Fight he had earned the nickname El Punição, which translates to The Punishment. This was because of his gruelling submissions and aggressive style. In 2017 he signed with ONE FC, Del Gaiso would travel to numerous countries in Asia with ONE FC and really got to learn about all the different cultures. During his time with ONE FC he was a 2 time light heavyweight champion and would end up leaving the company in early 2019 with a record of 14 - 4. In 2019 Del Gaiso signed with UFC but his career would take a hit as he suffered injury after injury. During his third fight for UFC, Del Gaiso fractured his shin bone after a kick was blocked. This would leave him on the shelf for weeks and saw him fade from the limelight. Del Gaiso would end up leaving UFC at the start of 2020 without capturing gold for the first time in his career. With only 3 fights for the company as well he left UFC with a record of 15 - 6.

## CWL

During the build up to Endgame 3 in Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo was active on twitter mentioning how he was going to attend the event and was excited. This began rumours of Del Gaiso leaving the MMA world and moving into professional wrestling. Brazilian fans were ecstatic when CWL announced they were indeed signing Rodrigo Del Gaiso. Rodrigo later confirmed this as well by tweeting out a blurred image of his CWL contract. With no prior professional wrestling experience Del Gaiso was signed and ready to make his debut in 2020 at age 29.

### Season 4

Rodrigo made his pro wrestling debut on Nemesis 4.1 against an experienced Dr Wrestling Junior. Although putting up a fight and showing off a good wrestling ability it wasn't enough as the veteran DWJ picked up the win. Dr Wrestling Jr liked what he saw from Rodrigo in his debut and offered a best of 3 challenge, RDG accepted and the two faced off at Nemesis 4.5 where Del Gaiso would put in a solid performance and get his first professional wrestling win and take the series to one more match. At Shadowbanned 4.8, Del Gaiso and DWJ went face to face for the finale of their best of 3 series. It was Rodrigo who came out on top after a Goodnight Senior! and a Adios to finish off the Doc, RDG also showed off some of his cockiness by mimicking some of DWJ's moves. After 4.10 Jay Scott the CEO of Starjammer LLC held a press conference and announced Del Gaiso as the newest member. Del Gaiso would be favoured as Scott's muscle for Starjammer LLC and would face off against a man that breached the groups contract, Ryan Quinn at Merry Mayhem. With the match favouring Rodrigo due to it being a submission match, RDG would pick up a win against the former member. At Titan Clash RDG would pick up tag team gold alongside his closest friend and founder of Starjammer LLC Jay Scott against Anarchy Inc. At Supremacy 4 Starjammer LLC & Raymondo would face Alex Perez & Anarchy Inc in an Winner Take All match. If Starjammer & Raymondo won the person who got the pinfall would claim Perez's Nemesis Heavyweight Championship. RDG would end up being that person as he put Alez Perez down for the 3 count and become a double champion, holding the CWL Tag Team Championship as well as the Nemesis Heavyweight Championship. Rodrigo would go into Endgame 4 as champion and the top dog in Nemesis where he would face Connor Gates a man looking for success on the biggest stage of all, Del Gaiso would end up losing in a heated match. Rodrigo Del Gaiso had an amazing first year in the CWL seeing him climb up the ranks and establish himself as a real challenger in not only Nemesis but the CWL.

### Season 5

In the months that followed Endgame 4 Starjammer LLC would start to fall apart. Michael Young & Pistolero, also known as the Highwaymen would turn on Jay Scott. Rodrigo would defend Jay therefore this begun the split of Starjammer LLC. At Zero Hour 5.16 Jay Scott would face Michael Young without any outside interference in a Career vs End of Starjammer match. Mikey put his career on the line but was able to defeat Jay, which meant Starjammer LLC was officially over. After the split Rodrigo wasn't seen much and would disappear for a number of months.

After a number of months out of action, Rodrigo would return in a Fatal 4 Way match at Nemesis for the Heavyweight Championship, despite losing RDG announced his intentions of returning to the top of CWL. As Jailbreak approached it was announced that Del Gaiso would be part of the Jailbreak match for the Nemesis Heavyweight Championship. On the weeks leading towards Jailbreak Roddy would face his Jailbreak opponents 1 on 1 but in the 3 matches leading up to the PPV he would only win 1 of them. At Jailbreak 5.44 Rodrigo would face 5 other men inside the chamber, one of them the man that ended his title reign at Endgame 4, Connor Gates. It what was an intense match full of counters and hard hitting moves RDG got his revenge on Gates by making him tap to the baptism to make himself one the final two competitors, the other Seth Dallas. The match grew more and more heated, everyone's heart was in their mouths as each man countered the others finisher repeatedly, in the end Rodrigo Del Gaiso was victorious and held the Nemesis Championship again, this time winning it in his home continent South America. The joy wouldn't last long for Del Gaiso as his now Endgame 5 opponent Chris Edwards walk towards the ring and started a brutal attack leaving RDG helpless on the floor.

## Notable Achievements

* x1 Jungle Fight Light Heavyweight Champion
* x2 ONE FC Light Heavyweight Champion
* First Brazilian in CWL
* Former member of Starjammer LLC
* x1 CWL Tag Team Champion
* x2 Nemesis Heavyweight Champion

## In Wrestling

**Finishing Moves**

* **Adios** (Bicycle Knee Strike 3)
* **The Baptism** (Leg Sweep Octopus Stretch)

**Signature Moves**

* **Goodnight Senor!** (Running Knee Smash 1(stunned against ropes))
* **Angels Flight** (Coast To Coast)