Okay, honestly. What is it with Santino?
He's not amusing. He does an Italian impersonation, playing off a stereotype that's been done before many times, mispronounces English, struts around the ring, and pretends to play a trumpet? THAT'S amusing to you? I can't see how Santino's "humor" appeals to anyone not 10 years old.
Well, when you're drawn to the shows for the entertainment factor and the stories more than just in-ring competition, you typically have a more open mind to these things. Some of the things Santino says are hilarious, and if you took a moment to step back and stop bashing everything to do with comedy in the WWE (not you particular, Harthan), then you may be able to enjoy what you're given. It's never good to be pessimistic, cynical, or critical.
He's not a good wrestler. No, don't show me his FCW work, I couldn't care less. Yes, I know he was an MMA fighter. Still, not caring.
You can't tell me he's not a good wrestler and then tell me I can't show you videos that prove you wrong. This isn't a one-way street, Harthan. If you don't want FCW work, fine.
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In this match on last week's edition of Superstars, Santino wins clean over The Brian Kendrick. That's not the point I'm trying to make, though. If you watch the video, though I'm sure you won't, you'll see that Santino is quite good in the ring. His moves are sharp, make an impact, and believable. He's better
in the ring than most of the roster, and certainly better than IWC darling, The Brian Kendrick.
What he puts out in the ring every week screams jobber in every sense of the word, and thank God the WWE has put him there where he belongs.
You're really criticizing him for acting like a jobber? That's his role, Harthan. I thought you were smarter than that.
Did you even see what this guy did to the IC title? He didn't just kill it - he raped it, than took a giant dump on it before throwing it in an incinerator. He put it into a hole that it took near a year to come out of, and it took 5 (soon to be 6) wrestling classics worthy of a world title from Jericho and Mysterio to do that. There should be a monument built to him in the wing of stupendous championship failures.
As if the title was prestigious
before he got it. Chris Jericho held it for the better part of 2008, and for half the year, he didn't even carry it around. He wasn't even announced as champion. Then he dropped the belt to Kofi Kingston who did what, exactly, to add to the title's prestige? He defended it
one time that I can remember. The title had been dead for
years before it fell into Santino's lap, and what did he do with it? He started a program centered around the belt because finally, we had a champion who was proud to be champion. He got the IC title on TV every week and made it a regular part of the show again, for the first time since early this decade.
There's three things you need to be a great wrestler - some modicum of good in ring work, good charisma, and the "it" factor. Santino couldn't wrestle his way out of a paper bag, his charisma extends to a lame Italian stereotype. Sure, he's got the "it" factor - if you spell "it" with an "sh" in front.
1.) Santino is a great in-ring worker. He can wrestle or he can job and make the crowd believe it either way.
2.) He has more charisma in his left arm than Bryan Danielson has in his whole body. He's more over with the crowd than anyone, save for the main event faces. That says a lot. If a person who is told to job every week can get that kind of fan support, I'd say he has a good deal of charisma.
3.) What's this "it" factor you're talking about? The look? Because he's got that. And no, I don't mean the look of a jobber.
You want to put this guy over Orton?
No.
Orton might not be the most terribly exciting (hint hint - he's a heel, it's not his job to excite you), but the Gobbledy Gooker doesn't deserve to job to Santino like that.
Santino is vastly superior in every facet of wrestling than the Gobbledy Gooker.
Was it really just suggested that Santino should be WWE Champion and lead the WWE to "Glory Days"? Did the definition of "Glory Days" become "The Actually Not Glorious At All But In Fact Rather Horrible Days"?
It was, but it shouldn't have been. That's what drove me from the Fan-a-Club. I like the guy, but I know his place in the WWE.
Goodness. I can only say one good thing about Santino, and that's that he's a fantastic jobber - he takes an ass kicking really well. The notion that he should actually go over Orton - the notion that he should go over anyone - is ludicrous. I'd rather see the world title on Hornswoggle.
He does his job perfectly, you're saying. So that tells me, if given proper chance, he could do a perfect job in a mid-card role or something else. He's a great worker, does what is asked of him, and has the support of the fans. I don't know what else you want out of him.
