| Cezar Bononi | |
|---|---|
 Bononi in April 2018 | |
| Born | June 15, 1986 São Paulo, Brazil[1] |
| Spouse(s) |
Camila Bononi (m. 2015) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Cezar Bononi[1] V8 Big Block |
| Billed height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)[1] |
| Billed weight | 259 lb (117 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | São Paulo, Brazil[1] |
| Trained by | Bob Junior[2][3] WWE Performance Center |
| Debut | 2012[2] |
Cezar Bononi[4] (born June 15, 1986) is a Brazilian professional wrestler, actor and Fitness coach. He is also known for his time in WWE NXT and AEW Dark.
Prior to his wrestling career Bononi played American football for São Paulo Storm in the Brazilian football league, being named to the São Paulo state team and the All Brazilian team.[4]
Bononi trained to be a professional wrestler under Bob Junior of the Brazilian Wrestling Federation, and competed on the independent circuit in his native Brazil and South America under the ring name V8 Big Block. In the BWF, he held the BWF Rei Do Ringue Championship on one occasion.[2]
In October 2015, Bononi was announced as part of a class of 19 WWE recruits to begin training at the WWE Performance Center.[4] He made his television debut on the May 10, 2017 episode of NXT, losing to Aleister Black.[5] Bononi had his first televised victory on the May 31 episode of NXT, defeating Andrade "Cien" Almas. Bononi was named "Future Star of NXT" at the 2017 NXT Year-End Awards.[6] On April 17, 2020, it was announced that he was released from his WWE contract.[7]
On the June 24, 2020 episode of AEW Dynamite, Bononi was spotted in the crowd along with other wrestlers where he broke up a brawl between participants of a lumberjack. Bononi would then make his in-ring debut on the September 29 episode of AEW Dark where he teamed with Shawn Dean in a losing effort to The Gunn Club. Over the next few months, Bononi would compete sporadically on Dark in losing efforts. On the January 26, 2021 episode of Dark, Bononi would align himself with Peter Avalon. Bononi had his first win in AEW on the February 3 episode of Dark, teaming with Avalon to defeat Carlie Bravo and Shawn Dean. Bononi made his first in-ring appearance on the February 4 episode of Dynamite, teaming with Avalon in a loss to the team of Lee Johnson and Cody Rhodes. At Revolution, Bononi and Avalon took part in the Tag Team Casino Battle Royale in a losing effort.
After the end of AEW Dark in May, Bononi had his contract terminated with AEW. He currently fights on the independent circuit.[8]