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#2 Santino Marella
Santino Marella's WWE debut was one of the most memorable, to say in the least. Having a nice run in Ohio Valley Wrestling (WWE's then developmental territory), Vince McMahon chose Marella from the crowd as a challenger to Umanga's Intercontinental Championship. An assist from Bobby Lashley, who was feuding with Mr. McMahon then, led to Marella winning the Intercontinental Championship in his debut match on the RAW emanating from Milan, Italy.
Santino Marella went on to become one of the most successful comic characters of the WWE, before officially retiring in 2014. That has not kept him away from WWE programming though, appearing at the RAW Reunion, and becoming the first male to enter the Women's Royal Rumble match in his Santina Marella monicker.
Marella has, since retiring, focused a lot on his MMA career and training aspiring MMA and pro-wrestling candidates in his Battle Arts Academy. His body transformation and success out of the WWE world will allow him to return to pro-wrestling as a bigger star if he ever chooses to do so.
Who knows, the yesteryear comic tag team of Vladimir Kozlov and Santino Marella may come back as a dominant tag-team and start the much-needed tag team revolution in WWE.
As the saying goes, never say never!
