SANTINO MARELLA TALKS JIM CORNETTE, VINCE MCMAHON,HIS DEBUT,MORE
- 07/29/2016 (5:38:11 pm)
- Bob Mulrenin
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Former WWE star Santino Marella joined the Jordan Garber NOW podcast with Jordan Garber on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 to
talk about his career in wrestling and the evolution of his persona for
WWE.
Definitely
a fun listen! The program is
available via vocnation.com by clicking on
the "On Demand" or "2016 Archives" tab.
On the Jim Cornette incident:
Jim Cornette was
upset because of The Boogeyman malfunction. Cornette was really pissed some
people were laughing and this was like his big debut basically I have a smirk on
my face because I thought The Boogeyman was going to scare my daughter so
Cornette thought I was being disrespectful so he called me to the back and
slapped me in the face.
On his WWE debut:
I got signed in August in 06. I went home for a few
months to get my work visa. I was on my way to Elizabethtown, KY for a live OVW
event I get a call from the office they were saying " your Italian right" ? I
said yeah my dad's from Italy and they are like "can you speak Italian?" I said
yeah so they bought it flew me down and I made my debut two days later.
On how he got his comedy gimmick:
They lost faith in the gimmick so they turned me
heel. When I did the heel voice with the accent I guess so much more personality
came out of it and Vince loved it.
Working with Vince McMahon:
I love Vince. Vince is the man, he doesn't even
know how much of a mentor he is to me. When I watch him work and the hustles he
has it's unparalleled it's amazing. He's just the man
On his WWE release
I wasn't negatively
affected at all. it was like thank you very much that's the end of one chapter
it was awesome, it was amazing. I wasn't released the contract just ran out and
they just opted not to renew it
Jordan
Garber NOW airs Tuesday nights at 11:30 PM ET on the VOC Nation
Radio Network (vocnation.com).
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