Former WWE star and a former two times WWE Intercontinental Champion Santino Marella who is also a former WWE United States champion recently said that her in ring career is over but he also revealed that he loved doing commentary works.
Santino Marella started his professional wrestling career back in 2002 in the independent circuit. In 2005 he got his biggest fall as he was signed by WWE and he started working on the Ohio Valley Wrestling which was the development territory of WWE back then. He won the OVW Television Championship two times during his development territory days.
Santino Marella Explains Why His In Ring Career Is Over
His debut is considered as one of the best debutes in WWE history. He was presented as a fan in the crowd who was randomly selected by Vince McMahon to challenge Umaga for the Intercontinental championship in a No DQ match.
He got help from Bobby Lashley and he talk to the entire world will he defeated Umaga to win the intercontinental championship on his debut. OVW was not televised worldwide so most of the fans were unaware of him which made this moment really special.
Santino was mostly treated as a comedy wrestler in WWE. She is considered as one of the best comedians of not only WWE but in the world of professional wrestling. He also had a huge recording WWE which can never be broken.
He got eliminated from the Royal Rumble match of 2009 in only one second. This record is still in that and it is nearly impossible to ever beat It. He is currently active on the independent circuit but hardly seen wrestling. Her daughter Arianna Grace is currently working in the NXT.
Santino Marella who is also a former WWE United States champion recently spoke to Fightful where he said that her in ring career is over but he also revealed that he loved doing commentary works. He said;
“Well, once I opened Battle Arts, you’re there seven days a week, right? So it wasn’t even much of a choice. I was coaching, taking my judo athletes to tournaments on the weekends, putting on shows, kid’s birthday parties. I was working seven days a week, actually. I was doing some commentary for the World Judo Tour and helping out with [Destiny] and stuff like that.
“So anyway, I ended up being more busy than I ever was in WWE and so that was one of the reasons. Then COVID happened and so now I have business partners. So the load is a lot lighter and I moved up north. So now that I’m able to come out and go do some stuff. The stuff I go do now, I have fun again.
“No, I don’t really have a whole lot of interest in wrestling too much, to be honest. I enjoy doing commentary and maybe in the future you’ll see me somewhere as a color commentator, producer or something like that. My wrestling days are definitely behind me in terms of a career. I do it for fun. But I’ve got two small kids at home and I’m staying home and enjoying that as much as possible.
“Yeah, I had neck surgery. No, I don’t wrestle very much, to be honest. Recently it’s been a lot of local Canadian stuff. I do like to get out and do stuff in Canada. I couldn’t do this on a full time basis, that’s for sure. I have back issues and neck issues. But I am pretty meticulous with my rehab—sorry, ‘pre-hab.’ A lot of stretching, hydration, inversion, strengthening my neck. I train like twice a day. Health is wealth, right? I just want to be as healthy as possible.”