Santino!

[Morpheus101]

For the love of god WWE, please give this guy a MAJOR push. Turn him heel, if necessary. As Jericho is gone, Santino could fill the "annoying but seriously funny" heel boots perfectly, as he proved tonight during his hilarious interactions with Sheamus. Why Santino has been a jobber for so long is simply beyond me - the guy cracks me up and on a serious note, he's great in the ring.

Join the "push Santino now movement" - he is main event material!

 

[hurmon7]

For the love of god WWE, please give this guy a MAJOR push. Turn him heel, if necessary. As Jericho is gone, Santino could fill the "annoying but seriously funny" heel boots perfectly, as he proved tonight during his hilarious interactions with Sheamus. Why Santino has been a jobber for so long is simply beyond me - the guy cracks me up and on a serious note, he's great in the ring.

Join the "push Santino now movement" - he is main event material!

Santino has been pushed in the audiences' faces as a tool for too long. Do you honestly believe that he could be a main eventer? Would you buy that PPV? I don't think so.

 

[FPSRussia]

Santino has been pushed in the audiences' faces as a tool for too long. Do you honestly believe that he could be a main eventer? Would you buy that PPV? I don't think so.

Actually, he could be a main eventer, if you go back and look at his OVW matches, you'd realize he's actually a pretty good worker in the ring, not to mention he has some of the best mic skills in the WWE at the moment.

I'd like to see him start getting angry, and start going back to his Russian fighter type gimmick he had in OVW.

 

[Xemmy]

Santino has been pushed in the audiences' faces as a tool for too long. Do you honestly believe that he could be a main eventer? Would you buy that PPV? I don't think so.

I would if they built him right. Just because someone is a jobber doesn't mean they'll always be one. Santino is funny, and over. If his actual matches were shifted from comedic to competitive, it wouldn't be long before he rose to the upper-midcard. He's the funniest act of the PG era, and by rule of thumb that should put him higher up on the card. It is entertainment after-all. Ofcourse if he was just funny, then I'd be all for keeping him a jobber, but the fact is- The guy can wrestle. I think if done properly he could rise.

 

[holdingholder]

I agree, the guy is super over almost wherever they go, granted, they have been comedy-jobbing him out for the longest, but given the right storyline, nothings out of the question. He would probably need a better finisher than the cobra, (good signature move though), and a push where he starts picking up some clean wins without them being accidents and I'm sure the fans could rally behind him. I don't think he'll work as a heel though because he is just too damn funny. The greatest Intercontinental champ of all the times! PS bring back the Honkameter LOL

 

[FPSRussia]

I agree, the guy is super over almost wherever they go, granted, they have been comedy-jobbing him out for the longest, but given the right storyline, nothings out of the question. He would probably need a better finisher than the cobra, (good signature move though), and a push where he starts picking up some clean wins without them being accidents and I'm sure the fans could rally behind him. I don't think he'll work as a heel though because he is just too damn funny. The greatest Intercontinental champ of all the times! PS bring back the Honkameter LOL

Santino should go back to using the triangle choke and that armbar type submission he did in OVW, that shit looked legit painful.

 

[Navi]

For the love of god WWE, please give this guy a MAJOR push. Turn him heel, if necessary. As Jericho is gone, Santino could fill the "annoying but seriously funny" heel boots perfectly, as he proved tonight during his hilarious interactions with Sheamus. Why Santino has been a jobber for so long is simply beyond me - the guy cracks me up and on a serious note, he's great in the ring.

Join the "push Santino now movement" - he is main event material!

He's a comedy jobber because that's the part that he plays the best. Santino has been doing it for so long now that the fans wouldn't support it if all of a sudden he changed and started wrestling seriously.

The WWE doesn't have the greatest reputation for putting people in the correct positions at time, Swagger and Khali as champion's, proved that. But in Santino's case, they did get it right.

In a company where most of the bigger names look like they're cookie cutter wrestlers that just walked off an assembly line, he is at least original. The last thing I want to see is him become like one of those.

 

[Rammsteinerteen]

He's a comedy jobber because that's the part that he plays the best. Santino has been doing it for so long now that the fans wouldn't support it if all of a sudden he changed and started wrestling seriously.

The WWE doesn't have the greatest reputation for putting people in the correct positions at time, Swagger and Khali as champion's, proved that. But in Santino's case, they did get it right.

In a company where most of the bigger names look like they're cookie cutter wrestlers that just walked off an assembly line, he is at least original. The last thing I want to see is him become like one of those.

Don't compare Khali's reign with Swaggers reign. Jack Swagger, though new, has potential. He's really great in the ring and the mic. Khali is terrible at both. Swagger can cut promos.

As for the topic, I like Santino the way he is. Sure he's a bit of a jobber, but he's pretty much in a good place right now. He won gimmick of the year two years in the row 2007 to 2008. Even then he didn't have much of a big run. I find him very funny, but if I want a world champion, I want someone who's belivable. Chris Jericho has been one of the most serious contenders for a long time. He was spectacular in the ring and on the mic. He feuded with names like The Rock, Stone Cold, Triple H, Chris Benoit, HBK, Undertaker, and Kurt Angle. He beat most of them too. Santino is funny, but he shouldn`t be a world champion.

 

[zman21]

if santino does win wwe championship its gonna be the same way he won the i.c. tittle. out of no where and a huge shock.

i can see santino being a main eventer similar to mick foley. foley was pure comedy and no one took him serious but he was way over with the crowd and wwe gave him the tittle for a short while. i think his longest reign was 2 months

 

[hitbatista]

Really!Santino a world champ?Never in a 1000 lightyears.Santino's great in cutting comedy promos. That's it.He can stick around with midcarder doing comedy but as a WWE or World champ,pathetic.Leave him the way he is,a comedy jobber.

 

[#hamler]

Really!Santino a world champ?Never in a 1000 lightyears.Santino's great in cutting comedy promos. That's it.He can stick around with midcarder doing comedy but as a WWE or World champ,pathetic.Leave him the way he is,a comedy jobber.

You use lightyears to measure distance not time. Just had to point that out.

Santino could've been something huge. His time in OVW he was a Russian beast and that gimmick would've worked good with Vladimir Koslov. But now, he's a comedy jobber. That ruined his character and probably his legacy. I like the dude, he's doing fine where he is currently. Maybe we'll see a IC or US title reign sometime soon but not World Title. Even if they tried people will always see the comedy in him. Even if he turned heel, it wouldn't work. Maybe if he took a couple years off, returned, and changed his look, it might work. But right now, it wouldn't work.

 

[Kostaki]

If Santino were to somehow win either of the major titles I'd probably tune in every week just to see how he interacts as champ (comedy or not) with some of the other main eventers out there. Would he continue to keep the title out of luck, or would the man that tasted his first major victories with a win over Sheamus and then over the previous champ finally come out of his shell and get serious?

There's a lot of potential there, potential that would make me tune in to see what happens.

 

[Heartbreak_Kid_707]

i think i seen a apost, i love santino...BUT i wuld not spend my hard earned moneyu to buy a a PPV in say a HHH vs. Santino main event..Cena vs Santino...none of it really sounds right..Now i could see him with a a US title push, hes def. better than daniel bryan

 

[hArdyPUNKmArk]

I dunno really. He could be I suppose if they built him really slowly back into a challenging wrestler. But to be honest he doesn't really need it and he's playing the perfect role for him right now. I would personally prefer to see some of the other guys given a chance at main eventing because they make more sense, guys like Morrison, Kofi and Miz are more deserving.

Santino certainly has talent and he's featured pretty much every week. I don't think he needs it but if he were to be pushed as a serious wrestler I wouldn't be against it. I would hate to see his current character win the world title, that would suck balls.

 

[Tha Wolfpac]

Santino is fulfilling his role perfectly, he is a glorified jobber if you will. No doubt he is the funniest thing in the WWE right now, but main event material as of right now hell no!
Remodelling Santino into a serious competitor will be very hard as he will always be remembered as a goof. Im all for a Santino push but not for the World titles. Want i want to see is Santino have a similar reign to his last intercontinental title reign that was gold. seriously would not miss a second just to see how he would retain and let's not forget the Honk-a-Metre

 

[Sparky3000]

I think he may be quite big if he went 1 of 3 ways two ways.

#1, he goes with the underdog thing, starts winning matches clean. Then gets a few good feuds then gets one where he gets beaten down by a major heel (shaemus?) then go out revenge whilst slowly toning down his gimmick.

#2 Turns major heel and has koslov be his muscle and beat his opponents down whilst he covers them for the win.

#3 Does the chris jericho thing of revealing himself to be an act that he'd been putting on to entertain the fans. From there he could turn into his old ovw gimmick OR a more serious face.

 

[FreezeIzGAWD]

U guys are WAY OFF here.... I don't think he deserves to WIN the BELT!!! He just DESERVES THE PUSH!!! I think he is the BEST CHARACTER IN THE WWE!!! REAL TALK! I love the guy! Now yes I hate that they make him look super weak @ times but I LOVE THAT HE IS NOT AMAZINGLY GREAT EITHER! He is just a funny guy! HIS VICTORY CELEBRATIONS ARE A RIOT! Oh and he could win the BELT FOR A DAY! It worked for VINCE and doon't forget that is how HE WON HIS FIRST IC belt! U can have him get squashed the week after or even the NEXT DAY but I BET U THE REACTION FOR THAT NIGHT WOULD RIVAL MICK FOLEY WINNING THE TITLE THE FIRST TIME WHERE VINCE WAS CRYING!! HILL AIR EE OUS!!!

 

[Negrodamus]

Why does he have to change his gimmick at all to become an intercontinental champion, how about since Morrison has been coming out to save him ( even though they do it to set up Morrison- Sheamus )have morrison give him a pep talk as to he use to be an IC champion chasing honky tonk man and now he lost his nerve in the ring.
Santino then can go through his comedy stuff and during matches at some point he gets mad and becomes his old self and can do some real wrestling to get his finish. after winning he snaps out of it and realizes what happened and he won and goes back into his comedy gimmick
this is just a short quick thought of ways he can be in the mid card title scene so he can be taken seriously. how you build from that and keep it so it doesnt get stale that part gets harder

 

[Dzone]

They could soooo easily start a Santino fued just make him some sort of comedy jobber through out the match and when the opponents back is turned make Santino switch, pull a normal face and TAKE OUT who ever it is. He is actually pretty good in ring compared to some pathetic wrestlers and he is SUPER over so I don't see why not...

SANTINO FTW!

EDIT to poster above me; if he doesn't change his gimmick the older wrestler fans would say (I would too tbh...) that he is making the belt worth... less... in other words he is taking prestige off it just like when someone like Hornswoggle gets the belt EDIT

 

[orbdizzle]

If Santino were turned heel, I could see this working. The thing to remember with Santino is that he is super over. Fans care about him. No one turns the channel when he is on. That being said, this fan interest would not disappear if he were turned heel. In fact, it would probably have the opposite effect. Because he interests everyone so much, I would garner to guess that fans would be even more interested to see how he handles being a heel. I certainly think that this could be done. Personally, I would just love to hear him sing "Try to make me watch the Condemned, but I said no, no, no" one more time.

 

[Ferbian]

Please god no. Santino is entertaining sure. But he's hardly anything worth pushing in any direction other than the continued comedy act. Santino most likely will never be taken serious again, or for that sake has ever been taken serious. He has always been some sort of a comedy act, and most likely won't accomplish anything outside of it.

Santino shouldn't be pushed. Especially not considering there's plenty of other talents, young talents that have a much bigger future in WWE which should be focused on instead of a middle-age comedy act.