Santino is currently married to fitness competitor Anna Babij. The two got married in November 2015. Together they have two kids.
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Anthony Carelli (born March 14, 1974, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his in-ring name Santino Marella who is known for his time with WWE. He is the founder of the Canadian martial arts and professional wrestling training facility Battle Arts Academy. Santino was signed by WWE in 2005, being sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling. He is known for his humorous gimmick as Santino Marella, an Italian stereotype, often being involved in comedic segments, having several relationships with fellow wrestlers, as well as being crowned “Miss WrestleMania” at WrestleMania XXV disguised as “Santina Marella”. His character won Carelli Wrestling Observer Newsletter’s award for Best Gimmick in 2007 and 2008.
Santino made his WWE debut in 2007 in an episode of Monday Night RAW. He was presented as a fan that Vince McMahon selected as an opponent for Umaga and was billed from Milan, Italy. He made an instant impact by winning the WWE Intercontinental Championship from Umaga with an assist from Bobby Lashley. After winning the Intercontinental title, Marella feuded with Chris Masters, narrowly retaining the title in his first defences. On July 2, he dropped the title to Umaga after defeating him at Vengeance Night of Champions, by disqualification.
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Marella and Kozlov became number one contenders for the WWE tag team titles by defeating The Usos. They unsuccessfully challenged Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater for the titles at Survivor Series. They won the tag team championship in a four-way elimination tag match on RAW beating The Nexus, The Usos and Mark Henry and Yoshi Tatsu. Marella and Kozlov retained the titles at TLC when Gabriel and Slater were disqualified after interference from Nexus member Michael McGillicutty. At Elimination Chamber, Marella and Kozlov lost the tag team titles to Gabriel and Slater.
Santino is currently married to fitness competitor Anna Babij. The two got married in November 2015. Together they have two kids. This is his second marriage. He was previously married to a woman named Petrina with whom he has a daughter named Bianca. Bianca won the Miss Teen Ontario-World pageant in 2013. Like her father, Bianca is also a wrestler. She previously wrestled for NWA and is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name “Arianna Grace”.
