How to Imitate WWE's Santino Marella
One of the WWE's funniest superstars is Santino Marella. Santino broke onto the WWE scene during a tour of Italy and in his first match he won the Intercontinental Championship. As his character evolved, the Italian persona became more obnoxious. If you want to act like Santino, there are a few key aspects you must learn and practice.
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Instructions
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Dress like Santino to help get into character. Santino does not wear anything special, usually just his own WWE T-shirt. His hair is styled as a faux hawk, but spiking up your hair in the middle will achieve this look easily.
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Add a unibrow to your forehead. The unibrow is a key part of Santino's costume and it helps make his character more comical. Draw in a unibrow using a brown marker or use a small piece of fake hair from a costume or party store.
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Sport an Italian accent. It does not have to be perfect. You merely have to make it a spoof of a real Italian accent. Use YouTube to listen to Italians talking or just simply watch Santino Marella clips on wwenews.today.com for inspiration. You can hear his voice and master the accent.
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Mix up words and phrases. A common Santino joke involves mixing up common words and phrases. For example, instead of calling another wrestler "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Santino refers to him as "Cold Stone." The mixing of words should be used on most proper nouns and other phrases.
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Add a lot of plurals to your words. Santino extends his Italian accent to make him sound dumb and obnoxious. Examples include "championships," "the peoples," "Honky Tonks" and "others." Almost anything that does not have to be plural can be changed into a plural form.
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Learn over-the-top physical actions. Santino Marella rarely wins a match, but when he does he makes sure that the fans know. One of his most popular gags is the "air instrument." Hold your hands out in the air like you are playing a trombone. Move your hand back and forth like you are playing the instrument and march around. This is a typical Marella celebration.
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