Santino Marella

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Santino Marella
Marella in 2016
Birth nameAnthony Carelli
Born (1974-03-14) March 14, 1974 (age 50)[1]
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada[2]
Alma materConcordia University
Spouse(s)
Anna Babij
​
(m. 2015)​
Children3
Websitewww.battleartsacademy.ca
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Anthony Carelli
Boris Alexiev[3]
Johnny Geo Basco[4]
Santina Marella[3]
Santino Marella[3]
Judge Sam Teamo[5]
Billed height6 ft 0 in (183 cm) [6]
Billed weight233 lb (106 kg)[6]
Billed fromSan Fili, Calabria, Italy
Trained byOhio Valley Wrestling[3]
DebutAugust 17, 2002

Anthony 'Tony' Carelli (born March 14, 1974), better known by the ring name, Santino Marella, is a Canadian

professional wrestler and judoka, with Italian origins. He is currently signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he works as the on-screen director of authority. He is best known for his 11-year tenure with WWE. He is the founder of and instructor at Battle Arts Academy, a martial arts and professional wrestling training facility in Mississauga, Ontario, and the official ambassador of Judo Canada.[7]

Carelli was signed by World Wrestling Entertainment in 2005, being assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling, WWE's farm territory. He made his debut on Raw during a live episode from Milan, Italy. Under the character of Santino Marella, a fan selected from the audience, he defeated the Intercontinental Champion Umaga, winning the title in his debut match. During the following years, he would win the Intercontinental title one more time, the United States Championship and the WWE Tag Team Championship. He was also involved in a storyline where he worked as Santina Marella, Santino's twin sister. Carelli retired in 2014 and left WWE the following year. After his release, he opened Battle Arts Academy and worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. In 2017, he made sporadic matches on the independent circuit, as well as occasional appearances in WWE. In 2023, Carelli made his return to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Anthony Carelli is known for his humorous gimmick as Santino Marella, an Italian stereotype, often being involved in comedic segments, having several on-screen relationships with fellow wrestlers, as well as being crowned "Miss WrestleMania" at

WrestleMania XXV disguised as "Santina Marella." His character won Carelli Wrestling Observer Newsletter's award for Best Gimmick
in 2007 and 2008.

Early life

Anthony Carelli was born in

Italian and Métis descent.[8] He attended St Basil's Catholic Elementary School, and later Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School and Concordia University. Carelli trained in judo at the age of nine and also competed in high school wrestling, winning the Region of Peel Secondary School Athletic Association (ROPSSAA) Tournament, back-to-back as a junior and a senior.[9]

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2002–2005)

Anthony Carelli started his career on the Ontario independent circuit as Johnny Geo Basco, debuting with a disqualification win over Xhibit (now Rico Montana) in the opening match of a Ring Wars show in Orangeville, Ontario, on August 17, 2002.[10] In the second half of 2004, Carelli wrestled four matches for Battlarts in Japan, as Johnny Geo Basco.[11] By this time he also competed in mixed martial arts, in which he claimed in 2006 to have a 6–1 record,[12] although only one fight is confirmed.[13]

World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE (2005–2016, 2019–2020)

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2005–2007)

In 2005, Anthony Carelli (as Johnny Geo Basco) began training at

storyline where he was supposed to act afraid of The Boogeyman, but instead laughed, Anthony Carelli was shouted at and slapped by Jim Cornette, OVW's head booker and co-owner. This incident led to Cornette being fired as OVW booker by WWE.[4][14]

Under OVW's new booker,

stiff strikes and submission style wrestling.[19] He had a 10-second win over a wrestler named Dewey.[18] He signed a developmental contract with WWE on August 11, 2006,[20]
and continued training in OVW.

On January 24, 2007, Alexiev won the OVW Television Championship from Mike Kruel, who was defending in place of champion Eddie Kraven.[21] He lost it back to Kruel on February 7, and regained it from him on March 14. Three days later, he dropped it to Shawn Spears.[21] He was called up to the WWE roster a month later.

Intercontinental Champion and Glamarella (2007–2009)

Anthony Carelli debuted as Santino Marella (a homage to WWE Hall of Famer

Umaga. The unknown Marella scored a surprising upset, and won the WWE Intercontinental Championship with an assist from Bobby Lashley. The next day, WWE.com posted a profile on Marella, saying he was an Italian national who moved to Canada as a child and returned to his native country a few times each year to visit family. The profile claimed that he moved to the U.S. to pursue a wrestling career with WWE.[6] Shortly after winning the Intercontinental title, Marella feuded with Chris Masters, narrowly retaining the title in his first defenses.[23][24] On July 2, he dropped the title to Umaga,[25] after defeating him on June 24, at Vengeance: Night of Champions
, by disqualification.

Marella with his kayfabe girlfriend Maria in September 2007

Marella then began a gradual

Carlito.[32][33]

Around this time, Maria was offered a photo shoot for

clotheslined by guest "Master of Ceremonies", Snoop Dogg.[36] The next night on Raw, Maria wrestled Marella. Seven other women ganged up on him, and held his legs apart for Maria to headbutt his testicles and pin him. This ended their feud. Marella and Carlito then feuded with Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes over the World Tag Team Championship. During a title match between them, Roddy Piper distracted Marella, who was then pinned. This sparked a rivalry with Piper, which included a confrontation on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
.

Marella as Intercontinental Champion with then-partner Beth Phoenix in late 2008

On the July 14, 2008 episode of Raw, Marella lost to

Goldust).[40] On the November 10 episode of Raw, after a reign of twelve weeks and one day, Marella lost the title to William Regal.[41]

In January 2009, Marella entered the

drag as Santina Marella (Santino Marella's self-alleged twin sister), last eliminating Beth Phoenix and Melina.[42] Marella successfully defended the Miss Wrestlemania title against Phoenix at Backlash in three seconds, with help from The Great Khali. On the May 18 Raw, Marella lost the title to Vickie Guerrero, and won it back on June 7, at Extreme Rules, by defeating Vickie and Chavo Guerrero Jr. in a handicap hog pen match.[43][44] On the June 22 Raw, Raw's new owner, Donald Trump, fired Santina and the Miss WrestleMania title was abandoned.[45]

Teaming with Vladimir Kozlov (2010–2011)

Marella and Kozlov in November 2010 on Raw in Manchester, England

At

Drew McIntyre.[49]

On the October 11 Raw, he defeated Zack Ryder to qualify for Team Raw at

WWE Champion. They wrestled twice more, both matches ending with John Morrison saving Marella from Sheamus' post-match assault.[51]

Marella at Tribute to the Troops 2010

On the November 15 Raw, Marella and Kozlov became number one contenders for the WWE Tag Team Championship by defeating

Maryse in a mixed-tag match. On January 30, 2011, Marella entered the Royal Rumble at number 37. He was one of the final two wrestlers, before being eliminated by Alberto Del Rio.[55] At Elimination Chamber, Marella and Kozlov lost the Tag Team title to Gabriel and Slater.[56] At WrestleMania XXVII, Marella teamed with Big Show, Kane, and Kofi Kingston (replacing the injured Kozlov) to defeat The Corre (Slater, Gabriel, Ezekiel Jackson and Wade Barrett) in an eight-man tag match.[57] Marella's relationship with Tamina ended when she was drafted to SmackDown.[58] On August 5, Kozlov was released from WWE, ending the team.[59]

United States Champion (2011–2012)

Santino Marella with the WWE United States Championship belt

Marella began teaming with Zack Ryder on the July 21 Superstars, beating Tag Team Champions David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty in a non-title match. On the August 1 Raw, Otunga and McGillicutty won the rematch.

On September 1, Carelli injured his left shoulder in a car accident before a

Primo & Epico, losing both times.[65][66] On the February 17 SmackDown, Marella won a battle royal to replace Randy Orton in the Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship at Elimination Chamber.[67] At the pay-per-view, he was the last man eliminated by Daniel Bryan.[68]

On the March 5 Raw, Marella defeated Jack Swagger to win the

Antonio Cesaro in non-title matches.[85][86] On August 19, on the SummerSlam pre-show, Marella lost the United States Championship to Cesaro.[87] Marella lost his rematch for the title on the September 3 episode of Raw.[88] On the September 21 episode of SmackDown, Marella defeated Cesaro in a non-title match to earn another shot at the United States Championship.[89] The title rematch took place the following week on SmackDown, where Marella failed in his title challenge.[90]

On the debut episode of

Zack Ryder, when eliminated him. Successively Marella was eliminated by Wade Barrett from the battle-royal. Marella then took a leave of absence due to a neck injury.[94]

Final storylines (2013–2016)

Marella returned on January 27, 2013, at the Royal Rumble, entering the Royal Rumble match at number 5 before being the first man eliminated by Cody Rhodes.[95] After a two-month absence, Marella returned to Raw on the April 1 episode, losing to Mark Henry.[96] Marella returned on the September 9 episode of Raw, defeating Antonio Cesaro.[97] Marella then began a feud with The Real Americans (Cesaro and Jack Swagger), then Marella began to align himself with The Great Khali and Hornswoggle in this feud. He defeated Swagger on the September 20 episode of SmackDown and he defeated Cesaro on the September 30 episode of Raw.[98][99] On October 6 at Battleground, Marella and Khali were defeated by Cesaro and Swagger in a tag team match.[100] They were defeated again by The Real Americans on the following episode of Raw, ending their feud.

Emma
before a match on Raw in April 2014

On the February 3, 2014 episode of Raw, Marella returned to television and invited

Rusev
in what would be his final match in WWE until 2020.

After a third neck injury, Marella declared his retirement on July 6 at a

Slammy Awards. The next night, on Super SmackDown, Marella appeared in a backstage segment. On May 6, 2016, Carelli was released from WWE along with seven other superstars; the reason was due to an injury.[104][105]

Sporadic appearances (2019–2020)

On July 22, 2019, Marella appeared at the Raw Reunion show in a backstage skit. Carelli would make a surprise appearance during the 2020 women's Royal Rumble match under his character of Santina Marella, where he entered at 29, becoming the first male to enter a Women's Royal Rumble match before he eliminated himself via "The Cobra" after being startled and intimidated by Natalya and Beth Phoenix.

Return to independent circuit (2017–present)

On June 17, 2017, Marella announced that he would come out of retirement for one last match for Destiny World Wrestling, which operates out of his Battle Arts Academy facilities, on August 27. Marella had announced that he would be teaming up with Alberto El Patrón against RJ City and Stone Rockwell. In light of El Patron's legal troubles, he was announced to be replaced in the match by Chavo Guerrero Jr. After the match, Marella formally announced the end of his in-ring career.[106]

In July 2019, Marella returned to the ring at a Battle Arts Academy show, wrestling in an MMA inspired gimmick.[107] On September 14, 2019, he appeared live in Josh Barnett's Bloodsport II as himself, Anthony Carelli.[108]

Impact Wrestling / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2017–present)

On November 5, 2017, Carelli appeared in the audience for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Bound for Glory event. Carelli still collaborating with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, co-hosting the program Behind the Lights on Twitch.[109] On July 23, 2018, he appeared at an Impact Wrestling TV taping, in the corner of Dustin Quicksilver (representing his Battle Arts Academy). Quicksilver lost to Austin Aries after Carelli threw in the towel on his behalf. Following this he got in a confrontation with Aries, resulting in Carelli hitting Aries with a low blow.[110]

On March 5, 2022, Carelli returned to Impact Wrestling for their

Dirty Dango and the TNA Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry on April 16, at Rebellion, to face and ultimately defeat the Design.[115][116] On the May 18 episode of Impact!, it was revealed that Dango was Marella's assailant.[117][118]

Other endeavors

Early in his professional wrestling career, Carelli trained and wrestled at the original

Mississauga, Ontario called ‘Battle Arts Academy‘ in September 2013. It is for general strength and conditioning, as well as for training in mixed martial arts and professional wrestling taught by the original Battlarts founder, Yuki Ishikawa.[119] In 2015, Carelli trained athletes from Venezuela for the Panamerican Games 2015.[120]

In 2014, Carelli and his partner Dan Garneau founded and sponsored Canadian junior ice hockey team, Milton Battle Arts Cobras.[121][122][123] The team was part of World United Hockey League.

In November 2016, Carelli joined the Sportsnet 360 Aftermath panel as an analyst.[124] On May 2, 2018, Carelli debuted the weekly show Behind the Lights, alongside co-host, Destiny World Wrestling owner George Iceman on the official Impact Wrestling Twitch channel.[125]

Being a Shodan for more than 30 years, Carelli is the judo instructor in Battle Arts Academy. Aside from being a commentator for the International Judo Federation,[108] he was named Judo Canada's first official ambassador in November 2019.[126]

Personal life

Carelli and his former wife Petrina have a daughter, Bianca Carelli, who won the Miss Teen Ontario-World pageant in 2013.[127][128] Carelli married bikini fitness competitor Anna Babij, in November 2015.[129] His daughter Bianca previously wrestled for the NWA and is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name "Arianna Grace."

Carelli is a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario.[8]

Championships and accomplishments

Santino is a two-time Intercontinental Champion
Marella is a one-time United States Champion

Judo

  • Ashai Annual Tournament (2017) - Bronze[130]

Professional wrestling

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
1 match 0 wins 1 loss
By knockout 0 1
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 0–1 Takashi Ishino KO (punch) GCM CanD October 24, 2004 1 0:26 Tokyo, Japan [13]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery Santino Marella
2014 Jingle All the Way 2 Claude
2016 Countdown Himself [140]
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2016–present Aftermath Himself Panelist
2020–present Miss Persona Alfredo

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