Why is santino marella getting a push

There's an old saying associated with New York City, "If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. In the late 90s, Taz was an unstoppable force of nature in ECW. His massive success in the promotion got him noticed by WWE. In early , Taz joined WWE and added an extra "z" to his name.

It's regarded as one of the best WWE debuts ever. The New York City crowd lost their minds for their hometown hero. Unfortunately, that would be the peak of Tazz's WWE run. Despite his obvious popularity, the company deemed him too dangerous to push heavily. When WCW went out of business in March of , the wrestling world collectively shed a tear. Although, many wrestling fans were also very excited about the prospect of seeing some of WCW's best performers finally square off against WWE's top stars.

Page's debut came when he revealed himself to be The Stalker who was stalking The Undertaker's wife. The angle was a bit out there but Page received a huge pop when he was revealed. For some odd reason though, WWE refused to push Page. By the time the Invasion angle was concluded, Page had been turned into a lower mid-card talent. In pro wrestling's modern era, it's hard to truly shock fans.

Whenever an angle can catch fans off guard it typically spells success. There was perhaps no more shocking debut than that of The Nexus in For starters, The Nexus debuted as a unit which is practically unheard of in wrestling.

Additionally, the group was made up of virtually unknown performers from the first season of NXT. When the group decimated John Cena and left Monday Night Raw in shambles, it seemed as though the entire group might become main event stars. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. In fact, the only performer from The Nexus that ever lived up to the expectations that their incredible debut created was Daniel Bryan.

Not everyone in wrestling gets to make a big debut or comeback. These wrestlers debuted or returned on random shows, which did nothing for them. Wesly Avendano is a writer from a small town in southern California. The finish was great. I only wish it had been 5 minutes longer. The crowd erupted for Santino. The way he kept crawling towards Bryan even though he kept getting beat down was great.

Now at the time, DB was viewed as an underdog himself because he kept getting in the ring with giants and finding ways to beat them. It was no wonder Bryan failed to get the heat that he needed.

He made up for it by getting over HUGE as a fan favorite forcing the writers to turn him face, but if they wanted him to get over as a heel, Santino was the way to do it. At this moment, in this match, DB wasn't an underdog. He was the arrogant champion who laughed at his underdog challenger. Santino's performance not only got himself over with the crowd, but got Bryan over as a heel. What more can you ask from someone in the main event? Had they capitalized on this, they could have made a huge star out of him.

Maybe all the mat-wrestling purists out there would balk at the idea, but I would have paid to see Santino be built up to take on Daniel Bryan the arrogant World Champ one-on-one.

Joined: May 15, Messages: Likes Received: I dont remember that EC match as much, but i do remember being bored and Santino marella making the match. Its really exciting to see unexpected wins. Especially when they have jobber status. Thats what made Zack ryder so fun to follow. I believe Santino should get a push but it has to be a reason behind it.

Maybe ryback bullies him , but Santino fights back and shows how weak bullies are with big wins over him. Because before Santino can get a push he deserves, he needs to get the fans behind him again: and beating the town bully whos much bigger than him may do that.

Sidenote: when Santino Marella was second last in the RR, i had a mark out moment. Till ADR eleminated him. Now that i look back, i really wish santino would have won. Joined: Sep 13, Messages: 65 Likes Received: 6.

I totally agree with both of you. With the Royal Rumble, there had to be very few people watching that didn't "suspend their disbelief" , for a few seconds, and think that Santino was going to pull it off.

That would have been the biggest swerve WWE had ever pulled. It would have been epic, albeit incredibly derided down the line. The way that Ryback has been going lately, Santino beating him is quite feasible, were they do decide to do it.

Aquaman Mid-Card Championship Winner. Joined: Mar 17, Messages: 1, Likes Received: Absolutely not. Joke characters belong at the bottom of the card or not there at all, not in top feuds with top stars. Alberto Del Rio's victory in the Royal Rumble was heavily tainted because the guy he eliminated was Santino Marella - it made his victory in the biggest RR of all time mean so much less than it should have.

Same with Daniel Bryan's victory in the Elimination Chamber the following year. The fact that they have given Santino so many championship reigns already is an insult to wrestling. Just because a guy gets an incredible crowd reaction doesn't mean he should be pushed if he doesn't have the talent to go along with it. At best, Santino Marella should be wrestling on Superstars and picking up an occasional win here and there. RicSpade Mr. Joined: Mar 11, Messages: Likes Received: Here is the thing, Santino is comedic relief I will give you that, but they could've used this match as a turning point match for Santino to elevate him, now I know this sounds illogical, but think about it Santino had the best match of his WWE career and was in the main event, there was something special from Santino and if the next night on Raw he had come out and said, if I was serious Daniel I could beat you, and that match he did nothing but technical skill and less comedy he could've scored a win over Daniel Bryan non title on Raw, and maybe then lost the real title match on Smackdown to lead into Wrestlemania with Sheamus, Santino would be elevated and maybe even relegated back to a US or IC storyline where he shows this mean streak and maybe turned heel, I mean possibilities are endless, but like how many licks to the center of a tootsie pop the world may never know.

We also have boxing events in the arena, kickboxing events, even a jiu-jitsu superfight card. We have everything ready to go, so hopefully the new WWE show in England opens the doors for that kind of thinking.

Marella admitted that he is thrilled to finally be home after years spent on the road, and he has started his first garden and picked up hunting. Yes, this would be bittersweet. Bryan is unlikely to ever return to active competition in the WWE, and memories are all that remain of his transcendent wrestling career.

Bryan could enter the Rumble, eliminate a long-standing nemesis in The Miz, then eliminate himself. Bryan could even wear one of those goofy sweaters he sports in his role on Smackdown. Considering the WWE always seemed to swing-and-miss when it came to Bryan and the Rumble, this would allow for some nice closure.

A return by Bryan, even if short-lived, would be a Royal Rumble moment for the ages and one of the highlights of wrestling for all of One of the major problems with the brand split is the inability to properly build a pay per view.

The Elimination Chamber is one of the most exciting matches of the year, but matches need story behind it in order for the athleticism and moves to have meaning. Angle spoke yesterday with SI. That is just as important as the wrestling, and fans are going to remember that.

The fans always reach out to me on social media for memories about the entertaining moments. There is understandable disappointment at the news of his recent knee injury that will reportedly keep him out of action for the next four-to-nine months. The disappointment is further compounded by the fact that Ryder suffered the setback as he was on the cusp of winning the tag team titles on Smackdown with Mojo Rawley.

Ryder is also a cancer survivor, which he shares in this video with Michael Cole, and the interview also serves as a reminder of how his one-day run as Intercontinental champion after WrestleMania 32 was such a missed opportunity for WWE. Despite a legendary career, the death of Argentino will eternally haunt the legacy of Jimmy Snuka. Naito delivered on his promise to defeat Tanahashi, who rarely loses at Wrestle Kingdom and entered the match with an record on January 4 at the Tokyo Dome.

What is there to respect now? I would have really liked to have taken on the sharper, fiercer Tanahashi at the Tokyo Dome. Tanahashi dealt with an injury-riddled year in , but he remains a seven-time former IWGP heavyweight champion.

Few play the role of heel better than Tetsuya Naito. The prelude : The idea that Naito was always one step ahead of Tanahashi was the real story of the match. The finish : Naito winning is the right call, which is an even more significant moment in New Japan as this marks the first time that Tanahashi has ever lost in consecutive years at Wrestle Kingdom.

Tanahashi, who admitted that sitting on the losing end of a Wrestle Kingdom match remains foreign territory, vowed to return to prominence. I know I will in time. Naito stated that he has no plans to pursue the IWGP heavyweight title. He did note, however, that the championship belt may choose to chase him. Little by little, the IWGP heavyweight championship is coming close to reaching me. So whats my plan?

What should I be doing? World War 3 was a Bischoff-orchestrated pay per view that began in and ran for four years.

Clearing up the ground between fact and fiction, Bischoff also explained that World War 3 was created with the Royal Rumble as a model but designed to be even grander with 60 men and three rings. If you focus on becoming different, then you might likely find a niche to become more popular.

Bischoff created the modern day monthly pay per view model by first increasing from four to six shows per year, then moving to eight, then ultimately moving to twelve. WCW was hemorrhaging money because pay per views were one of the only sources of revenue that WCW had. So for survival, I had to increase the number of pay per views, and I needed to give each pay per view as much personality and identity as possible. Dunn is a star in New England, but also an emerging talent across the world of wrestling, and the year-old from Providence is finally ready to share his story.

The ability to stand back up each time we are knocked down is the real testament to our life journey. My life, much like others, has been nothing short of a round boxing match. Simply taking a beating from all angles but finding the motivation to get back up to fight.

My motivation? The most consistent aspect of my life has been and always will be my battle with addiction. From a young age, I developed obsessive tendencies and have a very addictive personality. I grew up with the support of my mother who, like the majority of mothers, told me I could do anything in this world as long as I worked hard for it. Our lives were far from great, but my mother never stopped smiling. My mother passed away in I was 14 years old and a freshman in high school.

Devastated would be an understatement as to how I felt and still feel. It was at that time I realized that reality was not for me and I needed to alter it. At 14 years old, I began down a path that would dictate the rest of my life. However, Punk versus Hero connected with me on an entirely different level. I saw the actual wrestling aspect and these two men with such carefree attitudes.

I wanted to be just like them. With my life being so consumed by my addictions, this was finally a positive for me. With no clue on how to actually enter training, I took every opportunity possible to be near a ring—even if it was frowned upon by those who went about it the proper way. My grandmother was my strongest connection to my mother.

I was reintroduced to darkness, my old friend. Professional wrestling is notorious for the ability to access drugs as well as alcohol. I now found this darker hole and allowed it to consume me. I was unattached from reality and did not realize I was making every wrong move in professional wrestling.

I had garnered myself a horrible reputation in my home area of New England with many veterans being vocal about removing me from shows. I spent the next couple of years making the same mistakes but making some friends who saw I desperately needed help. Just when I was ready to give up on life altogether, I met two of my absolute best friends, Dave Cole and Triplelicious.

Even with my personal life in shambles I was getting better with my in-ring work and began to find proper training from reputable schools in the area. I met Dave Cole and spent more time with Triplelicious, who vouched for me to Bass.