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Although the Wrestler of the Week is generally reserved for wrestlers from previous generations, Wrestlemania 25 is only days away and I wanted to take this opportunity to show support for the most hysterical man on the WWE roster; the man who hopes to be crowned Miss Wrestlemania...Santino Marella!

You read that right, the WOW Santino Marella has his sights set on becoming Miss Wrestlemania by outperforming 25 divas of past and present fame. This past week on Raw, Santino showed once again why it is still worth it to click on USA on Monday nights. This past week, Santino whipped out the Mankini!


Tremendous. And there will be plenty of hilarious clips to follow, but let me first take you on the brief ride that has been Santino's career.

Santino Marella debuted in the WWE in April, 2007 and won the Intercontinental Championship in his first match, defeating Umaga with help from Bobby Lashley. Santino was initially pushed as a weak face, an alleged "fan" who was pulled from the crowd and capitalized on his chance by winning the IC title. Fortunately for all of us, Santino's potential quickly became obvious and the WWE allowed him to develop his identity. Gone was the boring face persona. In it's place was the possessive, egotistical, can't get an English catch phrase right, down right hysterical Santino Marella; the one we have come to love.

Santino quickly began to make his mark, running down everyone from his own "girlfriend" Maria to Stone Cold Steve Austin. Every time he got his hands on a microphone, Santino would trash someone else. Sure he would also destroy the English language, purposely ruin catch phrases quicker than Biff Tannen and would generally get his ass kicked every time he did it; but damn it got funnier every time out. Here's him and Stone Cold.


Following his time with Maria, Santino briefly feuded with Roddy Piper before first wrestling, then dating, the Glamazon, Beth Phoenix. The duo would form "Glamerella." The formation of Glamerella would lead Santino to his second reign as IC champion. But that wasn't enough for him. Santino set his goals high and wanted to become the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time, surpassing the 64-week title reign of The Honky Tonk Man. The next video clip has a 5-part playlist, showing the hilarious 6-week stretch that Santino held the title and used the "Honk-a-Meter" to measure his success. The "Honk-a-Meter" is priceless.


Needless to say, Santino didn't quite pull off the 64-week streak and lost the title shortly after the last clip. But that didn't stop him and the Glamazon from taking care of business. As you can tell from this next clip, Santino did a helluva job taking care of Batista. Santino does a great Batista impersonation.



Despite only being in the WWE for two years, Santino has held the Intercontinental Title twice and has grabbed the distinction of having the shortest Royal Rumble appearance; he was eliminated within one second of entering the 2009 Royal Rumble. Pretty funny when he screams that he wasn't ready after he gets eliminated.



Santino has been able to get over with nothing more than a unibrow and a microphone. Despite coming out on the short end of the stick time and again, Santino continues to amuse us. Here's to Santino...hoping that he'll be crowned this year's Miss Wrestlemania! Now let's end this week with one last clip, one of the most amusing, it's Santino rapping and calling Akon, who's in the crowd, Acorn.