Credit: Chill Magazine
Santino Marella recently spoke about a possible WWE comeback and
more. Here are the highlights…
On the procedures he’s had done on his neck:
“There’s multiple things wrong with my neck. I had some success with that, but
the stenosis has increased to the point where it has to be fixed. I’m not
cleared for physical contact due to the severity of my stenosis, but apparently
with a double fusion you actually can return to the ring with four to six months
of recovery time.”
Making a comeback: “I’m looking forward to
getting my surgery within a month and then I will have a four- to six-month
recovery in which I will actually attempt to come back in the ring and wrestle
again and make one of the greatest, most memorable comebacks of all time. It
will be a long comeback, plus I’m going to be 41 years old. I’m just hoping the
surgery and the rehab goes perfect and you’ll see me back in the ring sooner
than later. SummerSlam is a few months after Wrestlemania, and for us it’s kind
of like the halfway point of the season because it’s the second biggest event of
the year. I won’t be there. I’m taking care of the neck. But I’ll be there next
year.”
Why he wants to return: “I want to come back
because of some unfinished business. I believe being the Milan Miracle I have
one miracle left. There’s one belt that I haven’t captured—the WWE
Championship—and it’s going to require that miracle to do it. On the right day
at the right time I can definitely experience capturing that championship.
There’s still some good wrestling left in this guy, so that’s what we’re going
to try to do.”
