Crossbody of Work Episode 46: Santino Marella

Welcome to Crossbody of Work, a show where we break down a wrestler’s career through five of their biggest matches.

This week we look at one of the best comedy wrestlers in history: Santino Marella. We look at some of his biggest moments, from winning the Intercontinental Championship in his debut to almost capturing the World Heavyweight Championship. Matches against Kofi Kingston, Daniel Bryan, and Jack Swagger are all on the list. All throughout we get some top notch comedy from Santino. On top of all these matches, Evan & Javier also talk about: 

• Scary movies
• Ben Affleck
• WWE is bad at whodunits
• Best Cobra moments
• Losing last names

And a lot more.

Listen to the podcast here, and check out the links to the matches below.

Match One:

Santino Marella vs Umaga (c) – WWE Intercontinental Championship No Holds Barred Match – Raw, April 16, 2007
Link to the match here.

Match Two:

Santino Marella & Beth Phoenix vs Kofi Kingston (c) & Mickie James (c) – Winner-Take-All Intercontinental & Women’s Championship Match – Summerslam 2008
Link to the match here.

Promo: Santino & Kozlov Have Sheamus For Tea

Match Three:

Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov vs Nexus (c) – WWE Tag Team Championship Match – Survivor Series 2010
Link to the match here.

Match Four:

Santino Marella vs Daniel Bryan (c) vs Wade Barrett vs Cody Rhodes vs Big Show vs Great Khali – World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber Match – Elimination Chamber 2012
Link to the match here.

Match Five:

Santino Marella vs Jack Swagger (c) – United States Championship Match – Raw, March 5, 2012
Link to the match here.

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