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Hearing him talk normally just fucked up my whole childhood, and im 27 lmao

@AyaanKhan-nw8lf

2 жыл бұрын

For real duuki.

@hrodriguez561

2 жыл бұрын

Sameeeee! I never expected this voice

@scotthitman1

2 жыл бұрын

He sounds like Faaan-dang- goooo

@TheOnlyDTM

2 жыл бұрын

this is crazy for me too lol

@H.K.5

2 жыл бұрын

You would've been 15 odd when he made his debut though.

Curious as to why Santino chose to use a fake accent for this interview.

@jaygardner6639

4 жыл бұрын

Hes from Canada

@JibzCastor

4 жыл бұрын

Because it's still real to me, damn it.

@JustinSparfven

4 жыл бұрын

Oof, JJ isn't very bright lol

@chada75

4 жыл бұрын

@@JustinSparfven The Joke, Over JJ's Head.

@dreezywill7393

4 жыл бұрын

What’s that all aboot??

Santino: yep I had a fake a accent. Kofi: Bombaclaart.😁

@pallavsahu7637

4 жыл бұрын

He related to Troopz of AFTV?

@eddiew2325

4 жыл бұрын

Pallav Sahu am I the only one who thinks I’m gay

@eddiew2325

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Leviathan who are u why are u stalking me

@eddiew2325

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Leviathan 👀

@froggo9696

4 жыл бұрын

Pallav Sahu Ham Roll

Now when can you get Santina for an interview

@ChrisVanVliet

4 жыл бұрын

Haha next time

@MrGHansen77

4 жыл бұрын

Thats when you know you've made it

@AutisticLed

4 жыл бұрын

Busy schedule

I can't lie Santino was funny as hell wish he didn't have to retire hopefully he will return in near future

@LuigiTheItalian

4 жыл бұрын

John Chena

@aceofpittsburgh

4 жыл бұрын

He'd be the perfect 24/7 champion

@rockybalboa1158

4 жыл бұрын

@@LuigiTheItalian Drew McIntosh, Shamos

@ahmedyusuf3340

4 жыл бұрын

Former US and IC Champion wish he stayed he deserves a World Champion

@DatMuslimGuy

4 жыл бұрын

If I were him I would never go back he would just be a gimmick

Dammit Santino, I was fooled this whole time until right now

@jaygardner6639

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@mynameisjeff830

4 жыл бұрын

Hell, when he wrestled for OVW, he had a Russian MMA fighter gimmick. So I thought he was from Russia

@jaemajor

4 жыл бұрын

mind blown...

@larry0483

3 жыл бұрын

Same here

@ugobrown2357

3 жыл бұрын

My life is a lie 😐😭

He’s so laid back, personable. Never knew. Seems like a cool guy.

He's one of THE MOST talented guys that came into the WWE. He was truly a funny guy but people don't realize how talented he is in the ring as well. He never got to showcase that side of him because of his comedic WWE role.

I can tell Santino doesn't like to do the accent anymore.

@SalDaDrummr

4 жыл бұрын

met him during wm31 and we had like a 5-10 minute conversation. He started off with the accent and by the end of the conversation he had just given up on it.

@TheeKingRayzor

4 жыл бұрын

@@SalDaDrummr Is he nice?

@SalDaDrummr

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheeKingRayzor one of the nicest people I met during all of WM weekend

@TheeKingRayzor

4 жыл бұрын

@@SalDaDrummr Who else did you meet?

@SalDaDrummr

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheeKingRayzor the revival, sheamus, randy orton, , sin cara, kalisto, paige, aj Lee, rtruth, bella twins, cesaro and tyson kidd, enzo and cass and many more. I used to live by the festivities of wm31 so everything was walking distance from me. Favorite week of my wrestling life!

Honestly, Santino is one of my favourite wrestlers of all time. Legit had me crying from laughter on many occasions.

He's a great guy! When they were in Abu Dhabi, I saw all the wrestler leave the hotel to get on the bus, and he was the only one willing to take a picture with me. Very humble guy

Santino would be great as one of the panel's of WWE Backstage. Love to see him return for one more run in WWE.

@shawnwhite1972

4 жыл бұрын

He does on aftermath

Holy crap it's weird to hear him without his accent.

@99mrpogi

4 жыл бұрын

@Repo man Anthony "santino marella" Carelli has legit Italian ancestry that allowed him to portray an Italian stereotype

If Santino could return at the Rumble.. When everyone heard his music.. It'd be awesome!

@bougelemouge

4 жыл бұрын

Except WWE would just have him repeat his 'i wasn't ready' schtick instead of giving him the huge return push he deserves

@TooFurious4

4 жыл бұрын

Returns in the Royal Rumble and starts hitting everyone in ring with the Cobra strike. 🤣

@TheRock-su3qz

4 жыл бұрын

@@bougelemouge Bruh, the NEGATIVITY from the smarks is the main reason why wrestling is becoming less and less popular. Oh yeah, wrestling sucks even the die-hard fans(idiotic smarks) hate it

@austin31697

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheRock-su3qz 💯 tell em again

@Five3aaron

4 жыл бұрын

Sure as shit, he returned as "Santina"....AT the Royal Rumble. Lol

I am one of the people who didn't know about his real voice lmao

I can't believe how incredible Chris is at listening literally sits there and you can tell he is really into the conversations he has with the other wrestlers. Truly a good character you're Chris I'm subscribing!

@anttvinenko490

2 жыл бұрын

Agree, interviewer is a real discipline pro

@supportpatriarchyordietrying

Жыл бұрын

that's more fake than Santino's accent

Such an underrated wrestler. Glad he had a chance to showcase his skills for Bloodsport.

@TRIIGGAVELLI

3 жыл бұрын

No one is more underrated than you Shock Master

@standardofexcellence

2 жыл бұрын

"I dont care who you are boy!"

That Moment when santino almost won the Royal Rumble that was awesome

@AutisticLed

4 жыл бұрын

And the Elimination Chamber maybe?

@The-Marinho

4 жыл бұрын

@@AutisticLed Yeah that too!

"You have to wrestle. You can't avoid the wrestling to just do comedy" - Santino He said it as a passing comment but its so true. I think a lot of current talent needs to learn this.

@DaylinThaGemini

4 жыл бұрын

That's why Mox left WWE. They wanted him doing comedy to make him kid friendly when he really isn't half of the time. He likes throwing some little joke lines in to be funny, but that's not the root of what he wants in terms of character. He wanted to be taken serious and work on the ground, grapple, and chain wrestle (which he can). Vince wanted to see Jon as a goofy looney toon in his later years in the company starting before he won the WWE Title with the poorly written attachment to Mitch the potted plant. When he was just given a live mic and had those promos with Seth and Ziggler in his WWE Title reign, he was basically him cutting a promo and he could feel it. Underdog/fighting champion promo against Seth and the guy that can outsmart DZ promo. Jon knew the route he wanted for his character, but Vince saw him as a comedy act for the second half of WWE run. Comedy has a time and place, but it can't be forced on the talent and not everyone should do it. They focus on entertainment rather than getting people in the ring that can give 3.5-4 star matches on a near weekly basis.

@TheKestevon

4 жыл бұрын

@@DaylinThaGemini 3-5 matches never put many people butts on seat but compelling promo segment is.

His character was the greatest thing ever in wwe, The dancing and the woman’s battle royal was hilarious All the segments were amazing

@GrotesqueHyydra

4 жыл бұрын

Nick he was the best

@Deathadder1994

4 жыл бұрын

jimmie jenkins what?

@LGSPTJ

2 жыл бұрын

I love Santino, but for me, I'd put R-Truth first and then Santino.

@ponokanaka

Жыл бұрын

I took a break from wrestling when R-truth came out. I’ve only been catching up the last month. Watching clips of both I feel more connected to Santino because I was watching when Santino debuted and saw all of his segments in tv at the time

@adamirishconundrum851

Жыл бұрын

He was a joke and a job guy, only because Jim Cornette slapped him.

Another good interview. He gets the psychology and he took at crap character imo and made it his and owned it. During his time the character was not there yet. Now, if he came back got a little nudge to the top he could run with it.

"It's becoming a little less special." SPOT. ON. Less is more, quality over quanity, not everyone needs to wrestle. Where are the managers? Where are the talkers? Where are the non-wrestling figures overall? Wrestling evolves but it doesn't need to forget its roots.

@Foxo-Matti12

4 жыл бұрын

true. i hate the flip-flop shit we have nowadays.

@orster2076

4 жыл бұрын

@Ziad Khaled declining ratings say otherwise

@TheRock-su3qz

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Santino is right man. This flippy-floppy shit and guys like meltzer is the reason for the downfall

@cameronb7161

4 жыл бұрын

I don't agree with him on that. Wrestling is like ice cream. Everyone has their favorite flavor. If there's just one flavor and you hate that flavor, then you'll hate ice cream. Like there's alot of people that don't like WWE, so they watch AEW or Impact or vice versa. Having options is nice.

@al112v4

4 жыл бұрын

Cameron Buitrago Did he said that 1 is the only option? Nope, he said there’s TOO many and mostly they feel similarly, there’s no innovation or balls as what the Attitude Era did or even the Ruthless Agression Era did, they don’t take chances because they’re afraid that social media will complain that they’re being too offensive or violent with the crap they do (the Omega/Moxley got some very angry thinking that was extremely violent and unnecessary, they need to watch CZW to see what extremely violent truly is). It’s not good, for anyone involved.

That thing falling at around 3:09 got me good. Legit thought something was crawling on my screen

@mutalix

4 жыл бұрын

Do you see something I dont?

@thepsalms2806

4 жыл бұрын

Looks like a spider

The first time I ever met a wrestler was meeting Santino in 2011 and at the time I remember thinking wow he really stays in character as he was complementing my 8x10 print of him.. come to find out few years later that he REALLY was in character because he had the accent the whole time lol

He was so unbelievably entertaining. This is the first time I have heard him speak out of character. I was curious what his voice sounded like. His attitude is amazing, and a lot of people can learn from this. Great interview.

Santino Marella was great... enjoyed his run the entire time and remember he was a 2 TIME IC CHAMP!!!! #RESPECT

He should be in Movies, he played his role so well and doing commedy is the most difficult of all, that too in front of so many live audience ! Respect!

Santinos a legend I remember his debut watched it live and I actually thought he was a audience member lmao he def needs to be in the hall of fame one day

Bruh I'm a minute in and I've learned so much lol this is gonna be good

@theJaRRoOnE22

4 жыл бұрын

JoseRufus right!!! Lol

I remember watching that Elimination Chamber match. I didn't like Daniel Bryan at the time, and found myself cheering for Santino when it was just him and Bryan.

@callumskinner4584

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine Santino as champion Vs Sheamus at WrestleMania. Would have been spectacular

@mistamaog

4 жыл бұрын

@@callumskinner4584 Yup. I think I was one of the few that was kind of glad that Sheamus beat Bryan in 18 seconds since I didn't want him to win at the chamber. Santino and Sheamus could've had a decent match and would've rewarded Santino for his loyalty. It is what it is though and I am now a fan of Bryan

@callumskinner4584

4 жыл бұрын

@@mistamaog the 18 seconds was the best thing to happen to Bryan. And I wouldn't have minded Santino losing in 18 seconds bc he would have got a world title for his loyalty

@IamBrixTM

3 жыл бұрын

Fucking hated Bryan. Bored me to tears

Santino was a funny character but Anthony Carelli is a hell of a wrestler an he showed it in #Bloodsport

@BrianTKessler

4 жыл бұрын

Link?

@MikeBites

4 жыл бұрын

“And he’s also such a handsome boy!” Sincerely, Santino’s Grandma

@IcemanFabian

4 жыл бұрын

@@BrianTKessler it was a ppv I'm not sure if there's any video of it on KZread sorry my friend

@Minickzky98

4 жыл бұрын

His match with simon grimm (FKA simon gotch) was absolutely great. That match alone was better than rollins vs. Fiend HIAC

@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO.

4 жыл бұрын

@@Minickzky98 💀💀

You can tell CVV loves his job and is passionate about broadcasting as a whole - it's really a pleasure seeing him living his best life! He's a great reporter and absolutely deserves all the success he is getting and has already gotten.

@ChrisVanVliet

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words Cameron! Happy new year!

@nightman_cometh9367

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisVanVliet You too man! All the best in 2020 🔥

I would be glad too see Santino in the Hall of Fame

Is it weird that in my head, I'm still listening to his santino accent?

I was at Elimination Chamber 2012 and he had no business winning the title, but he told such a story that I actually thought it might have been possible as the match went on. Incredibly underrated in my book.

@Damaged7

2 жыл бұрын

That was one of the times I wish they would have just pulled the trigger and tried something unexpected. You knew deep down he wouldn't win but he really did make you think it could happen.

Again, another wonderful interview with characters and guests we want to listen too. I have to applaud the mic skills as a interviewer when you asked How he transitioned into the comedic version of Santino, However he went on a tangent...and you let him talk!! But then came back to when he finished....so GOOD!

Someday I want to meet Santino Marella, he’s one of the best wrestler/entertainer for me.

He was one of my favorite comedy wrestlers, hopefully he'll be inducted in the Hall of Fame some day

Your interview's are top notch keep pumping out these awesome interview's loving the material you put on this channel!

Great interview Chris! Favorited! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😊

Remember when he would fast walk around the outside of the ring 😂

Chris, remember I was one of your OG subs and fans. Your channel is killing it and so are you. Love all of what you are doin man. I’d love to run beside you sometime and just converse. Blessings my man Kris

I had no idea this interview existed until now! Great interview 👍 👏 👌 🙌.

That’s his real voice? I didn’t expect him to sound like that. I knew that the voice he used in WWE was fake but I didn’t expect this. 😲

Would LOVE to see you wrestle in Newfoundland Canada for NEW! Also I love this interview Chris!

Great Interview Today Chris And Santino!!🙌😎😎

Hey Chris I love seeing all the former guys talk about their careers, you do a great job, I hope soon you can get Mysterio on, would love to hear him talk about what led to his comeback, what could be his final run in WWE, and how it was to work with his son again since the last time he worked with Eddie, and how his son felt about that

Currently: Watching CVV while doing some thanksgiving prep 🙌

@ChrisVanVliet

4 жыл бұрын

Save some for me!

@sladeslayed

4 жыл бұрын

@@huh1387 ouch

@brocaflocka2282

4 жыл бұрын

I’m watching on the shitter

@swampykeane

4 жыл бұрын

@@brocaflocka2282 Same, but I'm also playing Pokemon

@Sickness362

4 жыл бұрын

Nobody cares

Love fhe interview. Great knowledge. All Interviews are very interesting. Love the Channel.

An this dude is chill af. What a good interview

He is so humble and thankful. Great personality

One of the only lads I have seen on KZread interviewing someone who let's the guest finish there sentence without interrupting them. Mad respect bro from Te in Nz mad respect, what a fucking guy!!! ✊❤

Most underrated wrestler in the last 20 years. Absolutely should've got the win at elimination chamber, he was on huge fire right then. One title short of the grand slam, would have deserved it.

Love it how he name drops my birthplace twice. When I was driving to Elizabethtown. He did play that character so well.

Bro, every question I'm thinking to ask him, you (Chris) end up asking it next... Your are awesome bro... And that's in any interview I see from you. Great job Thnks for great interviews

@ChrisVanVliet

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

Great interview! Miss seeing this guy in the ring.

Oh sick! Didn't know Chris was a local boy! I've been to Santinos gym many times. Great dude 👍

Sitting in the middle of a lecture with my jaw on the floor rn .... I've never heard his voice before lmao. He doesn't even look like the same person! lol

Stellar interview as always Chris

I never liked Santino, but Anthony Carelli is cool. Good job on the interview Chris

@ChrisVanVliet

4 жыл бұрын

He’s very cool!

@Ghost-jd1jl

4 жыл бұрын

Growing up I was always bored when he'd come out but thinking about it now I was always entertained still. Albeit bored because I preferred the main event stories but he was very underrated and I would've loved him to turn around and ditch the act becoming a badass heel

Anthony seems tired of the Santino character. I get the impression that he's moved past his in ring career. Nothing wrong with that. Good work as always CVV

@user-pc9jq5qe9i

4 жыл бұрын

781

Man chris is killin it with these interviews keep up the good work

@ChrisVanVliet

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Another amazing interview

Just watched his debut and he killed it! Best acting in that ring.

Oh man Santino Marella was such a fun character to watch on WWE. He had so many memorable moments. 1. Of course being the one mention in this interview of winning the Intercontinental Championship on his 1st night 2. His number came up in the Royal Rumble and Kane immediately eliminated him and he responds saying "I wasn't ready" 3. When he almost won the World Heavyweight title in the Elimination Chamber back in 2011

@AlexYBITW

4 жыл бұрын

2012

Thanks Anthony for all the years of entertainment

One of the most memorable characters in WWE 🙌🏻 i remember watching his debut live and I legit thought that he was a fan who just won the IC title. Every promotion needs a comedy figure.

I always loved santino,sad that he never got pushed rlly

@EasyJayce

4 жыл бұрын

HadiFaHD he was literally one of the most pushed for his character type

@PhenomenalTeach11

4 жыл бұрын

Early 2012 was his best time in WWE I reckon.

@sgttoasterface5282

4 жыл бұрын

He defeated umaga lol. Guy was literally picked from a crowd and given a title day one. If that’s not a push I don’t know what is. Yes he didn’t do much in the end with the comedy routine first with Beth and then with the tag team, but he had a solid 2 years at least before the whole snake puppet and everything

@HadiFaHD

4 жыл бұрын

@@sgttoasterface5282 he won the IC title on his debut,thats right but he never won the world or wwe title and wasnt a main eventer

@eastwaters4082

4 жыл бұрын

The Santino character wasn't serious enough for a main event push, but his Boris Alexisev gimmick would've gotten soooo over.

Awesome interview and also have a Happy Thanksgiving as well Chris,You and your girl.

@ChrisVanVliet

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Happy thanksgiving to you too!

@jerryh.nintendoplayers

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisVanVliet Thank you , Also I'm not on Twitter no more but I do follow you on Facebook because I'm on there more but I will still support you and the channel no matter what my friend 😁

Santino is hands down the greatest comedy act in wwe history. I miss his promos

Santino dated a teacher in my elementary school when they were in highschool.

@MrYouarethecancer

4 жыл бұрын

Gave her the snake

Great interview

I loved Santino dude! I was super bummed when he stopped showing up

Havent watched wrestling since I was in H.S. during the attitude era.... I still watch random clips... never watched Santino when he debuted (stop watching in like 02') But wow! Did not know he had the fake accent. Love the interview! Always will be a fan

love you santino still miss you

Santino was my favourite. I still wear my Santino shirt around the World Cup to piss of the soccer fans at work because it looks like a football jersey.

Years ago he was on an episode of Talk is Jericho while in character and it was hilarious (naturally of course). Seek it out if you’ve never listened to it.

Ultimate interviewer! I forgot you asked the question 11:19 “How your character become more of a comedic role” Good shit!!!

Best comedy wrestler of ruthless agression

@ir6237

2 жыл бұрын

PG era

Hello to you guys from Malta!

What a funny and amazing guy he was in WWE! This guy was too funny. WWE need someone like him again!

I remember seeing him live at his first tour 3 days or so after he won the IC Title, it was Thirsday the 19th April of 2007 in Munich. It also was my first WWE Live event, i was 13 at the time.

Never would of guess this dude is laid back. Dam crazy dude super chill

Always waiting for a new video🤭

Awesome video .

He’s a very cool dude. He’s amazing, I like this man, grateful, thankful, lovely, very strong too. You gotta respect the man, he enjoyed his time, he made memories and now he’s doing amazing for myself.

Honestly, Santino is the funniest wrestler ever. In WWE at least. Miss him on WWE. Wish he was back, doing whatever backstage or maybe manager or anything on tv. Though happy he is doing something he loves now and achieving lots with it. He deserves it. Can't wait to see him inducted in Hall of fame

Greetings from Macedonia Chris, love your interview's keep up the great job!

@ChrisVanVliet

4 жыл бұрын

Greetings!

Lol I love the accent realization coming late. I can't give this man enough credit as a performer. Glad to see you succeed post wwe sir hope it never ends.

Santino is absolutely hilarious. One of my favorite comic reliefs in WWE/WWF history.

I’m from Toronto and met Santino at my first wrestling show at Roadblock which was Triple H Vs Ambrose for the title he was super nice such a stand up guy

Like him or hate him one thing is undeniable and Santino Marella was one of the most underrated wrestlers in wwe history.

Santino's moment in the Elimination Chamber, was the blueprint for Kofi Kingston. Lol.

Damn now I want him to return as a dominant heel since I'm hearing his real voice for the 1st time.

He truly inspired me to perfect my power walk, and play the meanest air trombone in the tri-state area..... Only kidding.....in all seriousness I really enjoy him, and his in ring work, and he seems like a straight up nice guy.

I remember me and my brother went to a random Monday Night Raw and it was the episode where Santino stole Jerry Lawler's subway sandwich. Best moment of the show for me.

Great interview - Santino is a guy with his head firmly screwed on, highly intelligent. The fact he mentioned possibly coming back for one more run to win the big one filled me with joy. As well as great main event storylines I find comedy Is SO important in wrestling, and he was a comedic genius (as a heel) in my opinion. Other than the Rock who had the full package can anyone name another wrestler who was as funny as him?

@Paradiselost316

4 жыл бұрын

I think when he turned face I think that was the point where Vince decided to script more for him, and we all know what happens when Vince decides to micro manage things unfortunately....... Still, that 1st heel run, damn that was good

“Santino” is the nicest guy! He posed for a picture with me at the airport, and visited me in the hospital! I love the Santino!

Santino Marellas character was so funny at Live events! Think he was against JBL who was an extreme heel picking up real heat from us. Great memories!