One of the popular comedic wrestlers in the business is former WWE Intercontinental Champion Santino Marella. He is currently the Director of Authority in TNA Wrestling. While the Italian star has not officially retired from in-ring competition, he has not competed in TNA Wrestling for over a year. Recently, Marella revealed that the promotion had approached him with an idea for him to have one more in-ring run.
While speaking on the Johnny I Pro Show, Santino Marella shared that TNA had asked him if he wanted to wrestle. The Italian Stallion mentioned that he liked the idea but he only wanted to do a program with her daughter, NXT Superstar Arianna Grace.
“I feel really good so, I never intended on ever kind of considering having a wrestling career again. Like, the actual wrestling side. But after speaking with management last week at TNA and they’re like, ‘Man, you’re moving really good. You’re having these matches. You wanna wrestle?’ And I was like, ‘I wanna wrestle with my daughter.’ Not against her. But with her, and they go, ‘Yeah, we’re thinking that at the very least. But also, feel like a little run?’ And I was like, ‘Sh*t, alright. Let’s do it man.’
“I rode it until the wheels fell off and then I found out they can put the wheels back on so let’s do it again. So, yeah, we’ll see. This is gonna be an interesting year. I’ll get back in the ring at some point and every time I do get in the ring, everyone’s like, ‘Man, you haven’t lost a step’ so, we’ll see. We’ll see if I can get in there and teach these young kids a thing or two.” [H/T POST Wrestling]
Santino Marella would love to team with his daughter at WrestleMania
During the same interview, Marella mentioned that he would love to team with his daughter in a Mixed Tag Team match at the grandest stage of them all WrestleMania.
“Oh God, I’ll put it out there in the universe. If we can ever do a mixed tag at WrestleMania, father and daughter… TNA, I think we’re planning to do something like that but, of course, you know, WWE, they built the character and they actually own the rights to it again so…,” Marella said.
Santino’s comments are particularly interesting since TNA (through Anthem) applied to trademark his ring name in 2022. However, an update shows that the company abandoned its trademark application in October 2024.
Would you like to see this father-daughter duo team up at WrestleMania?
