Santino Marella

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Santino Marella
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Ring name(s) Boris Alexiev[1]
Johnny Geo Basco[2]
Joe Basko
Santino Marella[1]
Santina Marella[1]
Billed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3]
Billed weight 233 lb (106 kg)[4]
Born (1979-03-14) March 14, 1979 (age 34)[5][6]
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada[7]
Resides Mississauga, Ontario, Canada[8]
Billed from Calabria, Italy
Trained by Ohio Valley Wrestling[1]
Debut August 17, 2003

Anthony Carelli[9] (born March 14, 1979),[5][6] best known by his ring name Santino Marella, is an Italian Canadian professional wrestler,[9][10] currently working for WWE. He is a two-time Intercontinental Champion, one-time United States Champion, and one-time Tag Team Champion with Vladimir Kozlov.[4][9]

Professional wrestling career[edit]

Ontario indys and BattlARTS (2003-2004)[edit]

Carelli started his career on the Ontario independent circuit as Johnny GeoBasco, debuting with a disqualification win over Xhibit (now Rico Montana) in the opening match of a Ring Wars show in Orangeville, Ontario, on August 17, 2003.[11] In the second half of 2004, Carelli wrestled four matches for BattlARTS in Japan, as Joe Basko.[12]

World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE[edit]

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2005–2007)[edit]

In 2005, Carelli (as Johnny Geo Basco) began training at Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), a developmental territory for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). In July, during a storyline where he was supposed to act afraid of The Boogeyman, but instead laughed, Carelli was shouted at and slapped by Jim Cornette, OVW's head booker and co-owner.[9] This incident led to Cornette being fired as OVW booker by WWE.[2][9][13]

Under OVW's new booker, Paul Heyman, Carelli became Boris Alexiev, a Russian shoot fighter gimmick.[9][14]On October 29, he lost his debut OVW match, teaming with Aaron Stevens against Chet the Jet and Chris Cage.[15] Alexiev made his TV debut on April 12, 2006, managed by his "comrade", Mr. Strongko and defeating Mo Sexton.[16] He was booked to dominate opponents with stiff strikes and submission style wrestling.[17] He had a 10-second win over a wrestler named Dewey.[16] He signed a developmental contract with WWE on August 11, 2006,[18] and continued practicing in OVW.

On January 24, 2007, Alexiev won the OVW Television Championship from Mike Kruel, who was defending in place of champion Eddie Kraven.[19] He lost it back to Kruel on February 7, and regained it from him on March 14. Three days later, he dropped it to Shawn Spears.[19] He was called up to the WWE roster a month later.

Intercontinental Champion and storyline with Maria (2007)[edit]

Carelli debuted as Santino Marella (a homage to WWE Hall of Famer Robert "Gorilla Monsoon" Marella[9]) on the April 16, 2007 episode of WWE Raw from Milan, Italy. He was the opponent selected by Vince McMahon for Umaga. The unknown Marella scored a surprising upset, and won the WWE Intercontinental Championship with a great assistance from Bobby Lashley. The next day, WWE.com posted a profile on Marella, saying he was an Italian national who moved to Canada as a child and returned to his native country a few times each year to visit family. It said he moved to the U.S. to pursue a wrestling career with WWE.[4]

Santino Marella and Maria.

Shortly after winning the Intercontinental title, Marella feuded with Chris Masters, narrowly retaining the title in his first defenses.[20][21] On July 2, he dropped the title back to Umaga,[22] after defeating him on June 24, at Vengeance: Night of Champions, by disqualification.

Marella then began a gradual heel turn and became increasingy jealous of his girlfriend, Maria. Over several weeks, they appeared together in a series of segments on Raw, including two "game show" skits, hosted by General Manager William Regal, which resulted in retired wrestler Ron Simmons winning a date with Maria, to Santino's dismay.[23][24]

Marella began a publicity campaign against the WWE Films production, The Condemned, as its DVD release neared.[25] He was eventually confronted by the film's star, Steve Austin, who argued the film's merits before delivering a Stone Cold Stunner to Marella and hosing him and Maria with beer.[26] During the Austin angle, Marella repeatedly mocked him and his catchphrases in humorously broken English,[25] starting a new comedic trend in his gimmick.

After a short angle with Jerry Lawler,[27][28] Marella formed a tag team with Carlito.[29][30]

Around this time, Maria was offered a photo shoot for Playboy magazine. After unsuccessfully persuading her to decline it, Marella tried to sabotage the cover unveiling (an in-ring segment of Raw), causing Maria to dump him.[31][32] At WrestleMania XXIV, Maria had a "Playboy BunnyMania Lumberjack match". Santino interfered near the end of the match, pulling Maria off of a pin, and was punched by Jerry Lawler. After the match (which Maria's team lost), he was clotheslined by guest "Master of Ceremonies", Snoop Dogg.[33] The next night, on Raw, Maria wrestled Marella. Seven other women ganged up on him, and held his legs apart for Maria to headbutt his testicles and pin him. This ended their feud.

Marella and Carlito then feuded with Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes over the World Tag Team Championship. During a title match between them, Roddy Piper distracted Marella, who was then pinned. This sparked a rivalry with Piper, which included a confrontation on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

Glamarella (2008–2009)[edit]

Marella as Intercontinental Champion with then-partner Beth Phoenix in late 2008

On the July 14, 2008 episode of Raw, Marella lost to Beth Phoenix, who had answered his open challenge.[34] On the next episode, after he lost another open challenge to the returning D'Lo Brown, Marella and Phoenix kissed, both looking confused afterward.[35] Over the next few weeks, they became a parody of a "power couple", soon called "Glamarella" (a portmanteau of Phoenix's nickname, "Glamazon", and "Marella". At SummerSlam, they wrestled Intercontinental champion Kofi Kingston and WWE Women's Champion Mickie James in a mixed-tag match with both titles on the line. Phoenix pinned James after hitting her finisher, the Glam Slam, giving Marella his second Intercontinental championship.[36]

Marella then sought to become the "greatest Intercontinental champion of all time" by beating The Honky Tonk Man's record 64-week reign. Over the weeks, a "Honk-A-Meter" graphic informed viewers of his progress during his matches and segments. At Cyber Sunday, Marella was disqualified in a title match with The Honky Tonk Man (who fans voted for over other former champions Roddy Piper and Goldust).[37] On the November 10 episode of Raw, after a reign of twelve weeks and one day, Marella lost the title to William Regal.[38]

In January 2009, Marella entered the Royal Rumble, at #28. He was eliminated by Kane after (officially) 1.9 seconds, breaking The Warlord's 1989 record for shortest Royal Rumble appearance by a tenth of a second.

Santina Marella (2009)[edit]

Marella's humour proved popular with audiences, and he turned face again before WrestleMania XXV, expressing his desire to be crowned the inaugural "Miss WrestleMania" in a 25-woman battle royale at the event. He challenged Mickie James to a match with one arm tied behind his back, with a battle royale spot on the line. He lost. The next week, in order to "prove" his eligibility, he revealed he was wearing a mankini. Instead, he was attacked by most of the female roster. Nevertheless, at WrestleMania, he won the battle royale, competing in drag as Santina Marella (Santino Marella's self-alleged twin sister), last eliminating Beth Phoenix and Melina.[39]

Marella successfully defended the Miss Wrestlemania title against Phoenix at Backlash in three seconds, with help from The Great Khali. On the May 18 Raw, Marella lost the title to Vickie Guerrero, and won it back on June 7, at Extreme Rules, by defeating Vickie and Chavo Guerrero in a handicap hog pen match.[40] On the June 22 Raw, Raw's new owner, Donald Trump, fired Santina and the Miss WrestleMania title was abandoned.[41]

Teaming with Vladimir Kozlov (2010–2011)[edit]

Marella and Kozlov in November 2010 on "Raw" in Manchester, England.

At WrestleMania XXVI, Santino Marella competed in the 26-man battle royale dark match, won by Yoshi Tatsu.[42] He then tried to form a tag team with Vladimir Kozlov, who repeatedly refused the offer. On the May 31 Raw, Kozlov interfered in Marella's match, helping him win.[43] On the July 19 Raw, they finally teamed to defeat William Regal and Zack Ryder.[44] At Night of Champions 2010, Marella and Kozlov wrestled a Tag Team Turmoil match for the Unified Tag Team Championship, won by Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre.[45]

On the October 11 Raw he defeated Zack Ryder to qualify for Team Raw at Bragging Rights, against Team SmackDown. He was the first of seven Team Raw members eliminated, pinned by Tyler Reks.[46] On the October 25 Raw, after Sheamus had called him an "embarrassment" for being the first man out at Bragging Rights, Marella scored an upset victory over the former two–time WWE Champion. They wrestled twice more, both matches ending with John Morrison saving Santino from Sheamus' post-match assault.[47]

Marella at Tribute to the Troops 2010.

On the November 15 Raw, Marella and Kozlov became number one contenders for the WWE Tag Team Championship by defeating The Usos. They unsuccessfully challenged The Nexus (Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater) for the title at Survivor Series.[48] They won the Tag Team Championship in a four-way elimination tag match on the December 6 Raw, beating The Nexus, The Usos and Mark Henry and Yoshi Tatsu, after John Cena distracted Gabriel, allowing Marella to hit his Cobra finisher. After celebrating in the ring, Tamina kissed Santino, starting a relationship between them.[49] She began accompanying Marella to his matches. Marella and Kozlov retained the Tag Team title at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, when Gabriel and Slater were disqualified after interference from Nexus member Michael McGillicutty.[50] The next night on Raw, Marella and Tamina beat Ted DiBiase and Maryse in a mixed-tag match. On January 30, 2011, Marella entered the Royal Rumble at number 37. He was one of the final two wrestlers, before being eliminated by Alberto Del Rio.[51] At Elimination Chamber, Marella and Kozlov lost the Tag Team title to Gabriel and Slater.[52] At Wrestlemania XXVII, Marella teamed with Big Show, Kane, and Kofi Kingston (replacing the injured Kozlov) to defeat The Corre (Slater, Gabriel, Ezekiel Jackson and Wade Barrett) in an eight-man tag match.[53] Marella's relationship with Tamina ended when she was drafted to SmackDown.[54] On August 5, Kozlov was released from WWE, ending the team.[55]

United States Champion (2011–2012)[edit]

Marella with a portrait in pose The Cobra in 2011.

Marella began teaming with Zack Ryder on the July 21 Superstars, beating Tag Team Champions David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty in a non-title match. On the August 1 Raw, Otunga and McGillicutty won the rematch.

On September 1, Carelli injured his left shoulder in a car accident before a house show in Puerto Rico, rendering him inactive for several weeks.[56] Marella returned on the October 3 Raw, defeating Jinder Mahal.[57] On the October 31 episode, Marella defeated Jack Swagger with a roll-up pin after he spit water given to him by special guest, Beaker of The Muppets, in Swagger's face.[58][59] The following Raw, Swagger defeated Marella by submission. On the January 6, 2012 episode of SmackDown, Marella defeated Drew McIntyre to become Smackdown General Manager Theodore Long's assistant.[60] Marella teamed with Yoshi Tatsu on the January 27 SmackDown and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan on the February 3 episode to face Tag Team Champions Primo and Epico, losing both times.[61][62] On the February 17 Smackdown, Marella won a battle royal to replace Randy Orton in the Elimination Chamber match at Elimination Chamber.[63] At the pay-per-view, he was the last man eliminated by Daniel Bryan.[64]

Santino Marella with the WWE United States Championship belt

On the March 5 Raw, Marella defeated Jack Swagger to win the United States Championship.[65] On the following episode of SmackDown, Marella successfully defended the title against Swagger in a steel cage match, by escaping through the cage door.[66] At WrestleMania XXVIII on April 1, Marella was the team captain of Team Teddy, which lost to Team Johnny, after interference from Eve.[67] The following night on Raw, Marella successfully defended the title against Swagger and Dolph Ziggler in a Triple Threat Match,[68] and against David Otunga on the April 16 episode.[69] In the pre-show of Extreme Rules on April 23, Marella defeated The Miz to retain the United States Championship.[70] The following night on Raw, Marella unsuccessfully tried to earn a WWE Championship match at Over the Limit in a Beat the Clock Challenge against The Miz.[71]

Later that month, Marella briefly reunited with Zack Ryder, facing teams including Primo and Epico, Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks and Titus O'Neil and Darren Young.[72][73][74] Marella then feuded with Alberto Del Rio's ring announcer Ricardo Rodriguez,[75][76][77] leading to a non-title Tuxedo match on June 17 at No Way Out, which Marella won.[78]

On the June 25 Raw, Marella successfully defended the United States Championship against Jack Swagger.[79] Four days later on SmackDown, he and Intercontinental Champion Christian defeated David Otunga and Cody Rhodes to qualify for the World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank ladder match at Money in the Bank,[80] which was won by Dolph Ziggler.[81]

On the July 27 and August 3 episodes of SmackDown, Marella lost to Antonio Cesaro in non-title matches.[82][83] On August 19, on the SummerSlam pre-show, Marella lost the United States Championship to Cesaro.[84] Marella lost his rematch for the title on the September 3 episode of Raw.[85] On the September 21 episode of SmackDown, Marella defeated Cesaro in a non-title match to earn another shot at the United States Championship.[86] The title rematch took place the following week on SmackDown, where Marella failed in his title challenge.[87]

Hiatus and return (2012-present)[edit]

On the debut episode of WWE Main Event on October 3, Marella and Zack Ryder entered a Tag Team Championship tournament, and defeated Justin Gabriel and Tyson Kidd in the quarterfinals.[88] The following week on Raw, they were eliminated in the semifinals by the Team Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow).[89] Marella then took a leave of absence due to a neck injury and noted that the MRI results were not looking good.[90] Marella returned on January 27, 2013, at the Royal Rumble, entering the Royal Rumble at number five before being the first man eliminated by Cody Rhodes.After a two-month absence, Marella returned to Raw on April 1, losing to Mark Henry.[91][92]

Marella returned on the September 9 episode of Raw, defeating Antonio Cesaro. On the next episode of Smackdownn he defeated Damien Sandow with the cobra. On the 23 September episode of Raw he suffered his first defeat against Fandango since his return to WWE.[93] He defeated Heath Slater on the next episode of Smackdown and began to align himself with The Great Khali and Hornswoggle. Marella then began a feud with Cesaro and his tag team partner Jack Swagger. Santino defeated Swagger on the 20th September episode of Smackdown and he defeated Cesaro on the 30tSeptember episode of Raw in singles competition.[94][95] On October 6 at WWE Battleground, Marella and The Great Khali were defeated by Cesaro and Swagger in a tag team match. They were defeated again by the Real Americans on the following episode of Raw but after the match Santino gained revenge by attacking Cesaro with the cobra. On the 21 October episode of Raw, he defeated Heath Slater, dressed as Elvis Presley. After the match, he danced with Jerry Lawler on the announce table. On the 30 October episode of Main Event, he defeated again Heath Slater in singles competition. On the 11 November episode of Raw he teamed up with Los Matadores and defeated the team of Heath Slater and the other 3MB members.[96]

Personal life and other work[edit]

Carelli is a longtime wrestling fan. His father took him to several wrestling shows as a child. He is a Roman Catholic.

He was born in Mississauga, Ontario, to a family of Italian descent, and attended Elizabeth Simcoe Public School, and later Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School. He trained judo at the age of nine and wrestled in high school, winning a Region of Peel Secondary School Athletic Association (ROPSSAA) tournament.[citation needed] He was originally trained by journeyman wrestler Don Kolov in Woodbridge, Ontario.[9] He has a daughter, Bianca, who won the Miss Teen Ontario-World pageant in 2013.[97]

Carelli, along with kung fu practitioner Steven J. Wong and fitness magazine publisher Terry Frendo, opened a 15,000 square foot gym in Mississauga, Ontario called ‘Battle Arts Academy‘ in July 2013. It is for general strength and conditioning, as well as for training in mixed martial arts and pro wrestling.[8]

In wrestling[edit]

Marella preparing to use the Cobra Strike.
Marella performs a hip toss on Fandango.

Championships and accomplishments[edit]

Santino during his second reign as Intercontinental Champion
Marella as United States Champion

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