Santino Marella
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What is the opening banter and introduction to the episode?
Hello, everybody. This is American Nightmare Cody Rhodes. Welcome to What Do You Wanna Talk About? A Fanatics and WWE Original Production today. Very, very special guest. I'd like to get to the bottom of a certain story with this guest. Uh we have a great history together. We uh we're in the same developmental together. Came up right through the same era together. This is a former intercontinental champion uh multiple times. This is also somehow Miss WrestleMania. And in addition to that, and a myriad of other titles, the TNA, director of authority, also we could classify and qualify him as a shooter with his judo experience, which we are gonna get into, and we love a shooter. On this show, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the podcast Santino Morella.
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Nice, nice, nice.
I'll start by saying I often refer to you as Mardell. Yes. Because uh Umaga Who when we were coming up on the road There was probably not a better match on the live event than Jeff Hardy versus Umaga. Cena Randy, Jeff Umaga, those. I uh those two matches made it so that the rest of us could play around. We could try th try stuff, experiment, and arn as a producer, fit as a producer, whatever it may be. But he, Umaga, would refer to you as Mardell. And there's a fly out here. What do we do? We let it go? It landed on me. Yeah. That's good luck. I don't think that's good luck. I don't know. Anyways, but he would refer to you as Mardell and I never uh I never forgot it. So in my phone And you've changed your number a lot of times.
I got a lot of Mardells. So I have to confirm the Mardell. You uh you got a Wheatley American Nabaka cocktail. What is that?
This is the Cobra Strike. I'm gonna take my first sip of this bad boy right now. I saw him making it, it looks pretty strong.
It is Wheatley American vodka. I have the American Mule.
Oddly smooth for how strong it is.
Okay.
God damn, that is good. I tell you, the the more I have of these the um more fun we're gonna have.
Feel free. We've had a as we mentioned, you're a bit of a shooter. We're referring to your judo experience, but also I've uh been in a mini a car with you. I've been in uh many a bar with you. I've been in a many a catering setting with you.
Yeah.
Uh you you do know how to get the party started.
Yeah, yeah. I uh transform into somebody called Funtime Tony.
Yes.
And uh we'll we'll keep him I got I can't miss this flight, so I will
Tell me tell me a little bit about what what do you love about Funtime Tony and what don't you love? What's the problem with Funtime Tony?
The problem is, yeah, h fun time Tony forgets about Anthony and and any responsibilities he has. But he definitely lives in the moment.
Yeah.
And he uh all all the barriers and all the, you know The obstacles are just removed and it it's it's it's free. It it's pure.
Mm. Funtime Tony. Was Funtime Tony there the night that the s the plate Got broken. And DB Assy lost his shoe and someone got cut by the plate.
I got cut by the plate.
Yes. In catering. Was that fun time totally? No,
no, no. Yeah, that that would have been fun time totally. So so Cena, and he knows exactly what he's doing. We were we're we're on a European tour, we had the room blocked off, we're we're drinking, and he just leans over and it was Percy Watson. Nick McNeil. goes uh did he just order food for himself? And nobody else. And you know, I'm like, What so he he took one French fry the plate just came, one fry and I took the plate and I smashed the plate and he was just left with one French fry. Like like he looked forward to that meal so bad. So Cena, not realizing how how sharp the shards were of the plate, took one and went ting to my head. And all of a sudden it's just drip, drip, drip, drip. And he's like, oops.
And he goes, Oh well. And he he did it himself too. So we have to call Doc Eamon to come down, a little crazy glue. And uh I was wearing a white tank top. Which by the end of the night w looked like I'd been involved in, you know, a murder. It was just it was horrible. It was very, very bloody. But um we shut down that bar around six, seven in the morning.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the opening banter and introduction to the episode?
0:06–8:48
2
How does the conversation shift to the wild stories about Funtime Tony?
8:48–30:22
3
When do they start recounting the Muscle Mania event and its backstage drama?
30:22–46:15
4
What coaching, training, and behind‑the‑scenes lessons does Santino share later in the episode?
46:15–59:43
5
What crazy in‑ring moments (head‑butts, cobras, Japan match) are being recounted?
59:43–1:13:33
6
How did the mysterious “Maserati clutch” move originate and become a fan legend?
1:13:33–1:27:51
7
Why does Santino talk about the challenges of being a dad while traveling the wrestling road?
1:27:51–1:40:49
8
What happened during the bus crash on the road trip and how did it affect the crew?
1:40:49–1:54:41