The WWE is in the process of making Santino his own Sit Com.
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/wrestling/blog/2010/01/a_santino_marella_sitcom.html
It will star Kozlov and Beth Phoenix on WWE.com, then it will be shopped to networks. What are your thoughts?
With the success of Santino as an actor in the WWE, it could be good, but with the downfall that Kozlov would show, it could be hurtful to the WWE. As a fan of Santino, I would love to see him used a lot more, as I appreciate a lot of his comedic storylines, so I won't judge this while its on WWE.com too hard.
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/wrestling/blog/2010/01/a_santino_marella_sitcom.html
It will star Kozlov and Beth Phoenix on WWE.com, then it will be shopped to networks. What are your thoughts?
With the success of Santino as an actor in the WWE, it could be good, but with the downfall that Kozlov would show, it could be hurtful to the WWE. As a fan of Santino, I would love to see him used a lot more, as I appreciate a lot of his comedic storylines, so I won't judge this while its on WWE.com too hard.
WWE is developing a sitcom starring Santino Marella and co-starring Vladimir Kozlov as his best friend and Beth Phoenix as his girlfriend, according to a report by AOL. The Web site also said that the show will air initially on wwe.com and then WWE will try and shop it to networks.
Is this a joke?
It very well could be. I don’t doubt that a scripted comedy show could be in the works for WWE’s Web site, but I have to question whether there’s anything more to it than that. Marella, who rarely breaks character in media interviews, is quoted in the story and he sounds as if he might have been working the reporter.
“They call me the next one to cross over, the next Hollywood star. ... It will air at first on the dot com, then after that we will get it to a network television,” he said.
One would think that USA Network would be the logical destination for such a project, but an executive from the network told AOL that he knows nothing about it and the company is not actively looking for sitcoms.
Marella is a talented guy for sure, but if his appearance with Kozlov last week on ECW is an indication of what the show will be like, I would suggest that WWE use a laugh track instead of filming before a live studio audience.