Santino Marella Gives a Tour of his Academy (without accent)

[543Y2J]

First video I have ever seen with him out of character and without the accent...it feels weird.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV0-cdmofLE#t=48

[Urethra Franklin]

I would be shocked if Santino didn't return on RAW this week since it's in Toronto.

[sdoyle7798]

Has he been out injured, or just working on this project?

EDIT: A quick look at Wikipedia says that he had a neck injury around October of last year, and that he has only wrestled in the Royal Rumble, and then the April 1 RAW since (that may not be accurate, but it's what wiki says).

So, maybe he is resting his neck while working on this other project?

[Deleted]

Wow, he doesn't even come across as the same guy.

It looks like he could EASILY drop the gimmick if he ever needed to.

[lildude8218]

Melina looks AWFUL

[BigBadZ]

Sept 4, 2013 23:55:45 GMT -5 lildude8218 said:

Melina looks AWFUL

That was Melina?? Why the hell did I get a phone call that said "seven days" when the video ended??

[klapaucius]

wow, that place looks awesome!!

[jimmyjames]

The lack of his phony accent didn't throw me off, but the beard did. Looks a lot better like that than as Santino.

[Red]

Holy crap. I actually completely forgot he had an accent. He does it so well and so naturally. Seeing this is rather shocking to me.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Sept 4, 2013 20:00:03 GMT -5 543Y2J said:

First video I have ever seen with him out of character and without the accent...it feels weird.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV0-cdmofLE#t=48

What you feel is the feeling I get when I see Taker doing normal people stuff. In Bret's book he has a photo of Taker at the Berlin Wall or something, and it's so damn strange.

[Deleted]

It's not just that he loses the accent, even the sound of his voice and his mannerisms seem completely different.

[Deleted]

Damn, this video makes me want to train there. Whole place looks so slick and clean. Lots of floor space.

Wow. He's got the original BattleArts flag hanging up in the gym.

Some...odd design choices safety wise though. Like having what looks like their squat rack right next to where guys will be money barring across.

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

I like that they want to appeal to everybody, but ESPECIALLY corporate executives

[543Y2J]

Sept 5, 2013 9:30:55 GMT -5 DrBackflipsHoffman said:

I like that they want to appeal to everybody, but ESPECIALLY corporate executives

I would kill for Santino joining the Corporation just so he can promote his gym to HHH/Orton/Steph/Vince in the most comical way possible, while the leaders of the Corporation get annoyed with him constantly going on about it.

[Young Game]

Triple H is going to throw his damn back out attempting to lift that hammer.

[Deleted]

Sept 4, 2013 22:15:21 GMT -5 sdoyle7798 said:

EDIT: A quick look at Wikipedia says that he had a neck injury around October of last year, and that he has only wrestled in the Royal Rumble, and then the April 1 RAW since (that may not be accurate, but it's what wiki says).

So, maybe he is resting his neck while working on this other project?

Yeah, he was in the Rumble for a bit this year, and I do remember him showing up at one random RAW (a squash vs. Henry I think?) earlier this year.

And I believe he was given time off (or rather, his leave was extended) specifically to work on this project of his...

[Deleted]

That academy looks amazing.

[Caglar13]

For some reason I can imagine Cesaro doing the one handed hammer kiss with ease.

[Bub (BLM)]

I laughed myself stupid at that kid peeking in the door during the locker room tour.

[Pushed to the Moon]

I love these tours of places like this. Just like the ones for the new WWE training centre. Looks great.