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Santino thinks of how to start things off and Mark wants to know if Santino is serious. Santino with kicks and Henry does not move. Henry grabs Santino and Santino grabs the cobra. Henry with a shoulder tackle and then he picks up Santino and hits the World’s Strongest Slam and gets the three count.

Winner: Mark Henry

After the match, Ryback makes his way to the ring.

Mark tells Ryback that he is mad that he didn’t break his bench press record, but that does not give Ryback the right to so call threaten him. Mark reminds Ryback about the No Contact Clause going into Wrestlemania. Mark says that nobody wants to get their hands on Ryback like he wants to. Mark says that he knows that Ryback wants to get his hands on him. There is only one thing that is going to happen tonight and that is smile.

Mark smiles and he leaves the ring but Ryback picks up Santino and uses Santino to knock Mark out of the ring. Ryback tosses Santino onto Henry.

(Photo: Santino’s Twitter)
All of us here at Santino-Marella.net would like to wish Santino a very Happy Birthday! Going on your sixth-consecutive year with the World Wrestling Entertainment, your goals deserve to be showcased.

With Ohio Valley Wrestling –
• OVW Television Championship (2 times)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated —
• PWI ranked him #60 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2012

World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE —
• WWE Intercontinental Championship (2 times)
• WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Vladimir Kozlov
• WWE United States Championship (1 time)
• Miss WrestleMania (2 times)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter —
• Best Gimmick (2007, 2008)

(Photo: WWE)
WWE has officially sent Santino overseas to Italy to do some promoting for WWE and it’s programming, along with promoting the Italian BE A STAR*© program that helps stop bullying. Santino noted that while overseas, he witnessed the new Pope being sworn in, meeting some students, and exploring Italy. He was quoted in a Tweet saying: “Vieni a conoscere me domani a “Casa Mia” located at Via Appia Nuova 146 in Rome! 4pm. Non vedo l’ora !” Which translates in English to “Come and meet me tomorrow at “My House” located at Via Appia Nuova 146 in Rome! 4pm. I can not wait!”

Also while in Italy, Santino was in Rome to meet with some local students, and he even got the chance to hear the bells that rang in the new Pope Francis. Overall, it sounded like a fun trip, and he must be excited to return home and compete in the ring, representing Italy everytime he walks to the ring. “What a great day in Roma! met with local students with the Be A Star program, had a signing, and heard the bells ring for the new pope!” Santino has also been medically cleared to compete in the ring this Monday.

Santino Marella has been officially cleared to return to the ring as of March 14th, 2013. He noted via Twitter that he is officially able to return Monday to RAW and other WWE programming. It is noted that 2013 has been rough for Santino and injuries, but don’t count him out, he will be in action, and will hopefully be going to Wrestlemania. The tweet he sent out can be seen below –

BTW next Monday I'm cleared to wrestle again, fingers crossed, but so much stuff going on with #WrestleMania29 so we'll see

— Santino Marella (@milanmiracle) March 12, 2013

Welcome back Santino!