Team Uppercut

Background
On June 28, 2008, Castagnoli scored one of his biggest victories in Ring of Honor. In their first ever meeting in the company, he pinned Bryan Danielson following an elevated European Uppercut.

Along with Bryan Danielson and ROH World Tag Team Champion Tyler Black he competed in a Four Man Elimination Match. He wound up being the first eliminated by Danielson and afterwards snapped and beat Danielson down setting him up to be eliminated by the eventual winner McGuinness.

Formation
Castagnoli entered CHIKARA King of Trios 2009, teaming with Bryan Danielson and Dave Taylor as Team Uppercut. In round one they defeated The Roughnecks, in round two they defeated The Masters of a Thousand Holds, in round 3 they defeated The UnStable but then lost in the final round to Team FIST.