Santino Marella (a/k/a Anthony Carelli) said it took some time to get comfortable with fans calling him by his wrestling name. "There’s definitely Anthony with Santino, there’s no doubt about that," he told his hometown newspaper's website Mississauga.com. "Every good character has to have that intimate relationship with a part of you. For example, if one slice of the pie of Anthony is blown up and made up into all of Santino, there’s still many more pieces that’s still Anthony.

"So you just simmer that down. But it’s weird because I’ve been Anthony my whole life and now for the last year I’ve signed how many thousands of autographs as Santino. There were a few weeks when people called me Santino and it took me a second to process and realize they were talking to me. Now I respond to Santino as second nature. It’s crazy, crazy. When you get to your hotel room, I’m still Anthony from Mississauga.” To read the full interview, click here.

Powell’s POV: The article is a nice recap of Santino's pre-WWE career and his debut angle. He's done plenty of interviews lately and most have been tongue-in-cheek, but he broke character for his hometown newspaper. Because he's done so much press, there's not a lot of fresh material in the interview. Nevertheless, it's still a good read.

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