History Of Santino Marella

Anthony Carelli, best known by the ring name Santino Marella  is an Italian-Canadian professional wrestler,mixed material artist and judoka,signed to WWE and appearing on both it's RAW and Smack Down.

Born:March 14,1979(age 33),Mississauga

Height:1.78m

Weight:103 kg

Anthony Carelli is reigning United States Champion. In addition to this he is a two time Intercontinental Champion and former Tag Team Champion with Vladimir Kozlov.

In the United States, Carelli took wrestling classes and worked for the Ohio Valley Wrestling(OVW) a development territory for the national World Wrestling Entertainment(WWE) upon joining(OVW, Carelli was given the ring name Johnny Geo Basco.While there,he was involved in an infamous incident with Jim Cornette the company's head booker and part-owner.After a storyline where he was supposed to act afraid of the Boogeyman but instead laughed,Cornette yelled at and slapped Carelli leading to Cornette being removed from his position as booker of OVW by WWE.

Paul was appionted OVW booker to replace Cornette and changed Carelli's ring name from Johnny Geo Basco to Boris Alexiey, giving him a Russian shoot fighter gimmick. As Alexiey he made his debut on April 12,2006 along with manager and comrade,Mr Stroneko. With his mew gimmick as 10-second win over wrestler named Deway.He was called up to the active roster a month later.

On march 5 episode of RAW,Marella defeated Jack Swagger to win the United States Championship. On he following Smack down ,Marella successfully defended his title against Swagger in a steel cage match,after he managed to escape through the cage door. At Wrestle Mania XXVIII Santino served as the team captain of team Teddy. However his team was defeated by team Johnny,following interference from Eva. On the following edition of Raw,Marella successfully defended his title against Swagger and Dolph Ziggler in a triple threat match.On April 16 edition of Raw Super Show ,Marella successfully defended his title against David Otunga. In the pre show of Extreme Rules , Marella defeated the miz to remain the United States Champion. The following night on Raw Marella competed in Beat the clock-against The Miz to earn WWE Champion but was unsuccessful at Over The Limit. Marella then started rivalry with Alberto Del Rio's personal ring announcer Ricardo Rodriguez which led to a non title Tuxedo match which he won successful. At money in the bank he was unsuccessful and the match was won by Dolph Ziggler.