Sports · Combat Sports · 4 hrs ago
Cody Rhodes Recalls Santino Marella Slamming Him During Locker-Room Horseplay
Cody Rhodes recalled a backstage scuffle with Santino Marella on the Double Coverage podcast.
Rhodes said the incident happened while they were travelling together and joking around in a WWE locker room.
Marella had experience in judo and mixed martial arts, though Rhodes said fans mostly knew him for his comedy character.
The two began play-wrestling, and Rhodes said he briefly took Marella down.
Marella then lifted Rhodes and slammed him onto a hard case beside a four-wheeler.
Rhodes said the case stopped him from hitting the concrete floor.
The incident ended Rhodes’s locker-room horseplay with Marella, and he said he has not had a similar situation in the ring.
Cody Rhodes recalled that Santino Marella slammed him onto a four-wheeler hard case during locker-room horseplay.
Rhodes said Marella had a background in judo and mixed martial arts, despite being known to fans for a comedic WWE character.
The two had been joking around and began pushing and wrestling in the locker room.
Rhodes said Marella became angry after Rhodes took him down, then lifted Rhodes and slammed him.
Rhodes said Arn Anderson and Marella were in the room and saw the incident.
- Who
- Cody Rhodes and Santino Marella. Arn Anderson was also in the room.
- What
- Marella slammed Rhodes onto a four-wheeler hard case during horseplay.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- In a locker room.
- Why
- The two were joking and wrestling; Rhodes said Marella became angry after Rhodes took him down.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Rhodes and Marella joked around and began pushing and wrestling in a locker room.
Rhodes said he took Marella down, after which Marella lifted him and slammed him onto a four-wheeler hard case.
Rhodes recounted the incident and Marella’s martial arts background.
- People in the room
- Cody Rhodes, Santino Marella and Arn Anderson
- Place of the slam
- A four-wheeler hard case in a locker room
- Marella’s background
- Judo and mixed martial arts
- Marella’s OVW character
- Boris
What people are saying
Santino Marella is a judo star.
But he was so angry that he picked me up over his head right as we came up, and he slammed me on a four-wheeler hard case in the back.
I understood. I will not be engaging in any of this horseplay any further.