Santino Marella Discusses James Ellsworth and His Impact on the Next Generation of Wrestlers

Former WWE superstar Santino Marella was recently a guest on The Steve Austin Show, and he had some interesting comments about the future of professional wrestling and the effect that James Ellsworth is having.

Marella is now a wrestling trainer at the Battle Arts Academy in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. He commented on what he tells students who want be professional wrestlers for a living, but don’t quite meet the physical requirements of a typical performer:

“I have a couple of kids who are great, talented, 5’11”, 6’0″. You can’t walk around and show up at 160; you can’t show up at 138 lbs. You’re going to get hurt and I’d be doing you a disservice if I said you wouldn’t.”

However, there are guys like James Ellsworth who are currently on the main roster that are getting these opportunities. How does Marella feel about him?

“Then there are guys like, right now, James Ellsworth or Spike Dudley, and just having them kept that hope alive. So there is a chance because those guys have been there and from time to time they get these little, scrawny guys and it sets up a lot of young kids for disappointment.”

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Editor’s Note:

I see both sides of the argument here. While you never want to dash someone’s hopes and dreams, you have to be realistic when they just aren’t physically capable of making it in the business. But then you see a guy like Ellsworth, and he is living out his dreams. It’s a fine line for sure.

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