Santino Marella recalls how protected The Cobra was in WWE.
The Cobra was a finisher that Santino Marella would use, sometimes with a sleeve that would turn the lower half of his arm into the snake. Over the years, there were very few wrestlers who have kicked out of the move in WWE, despite Santino not being a consistent main event act.
While speaking on Insight With Chris Van Vliet, Santino spoke about The Cobra being protected, pointing out that only two WWE talents have kicked out of the move.
"No, I think it's where it kind of was originally in the roster. It wasn't like super main event guys. The only person ever kicked out of it once with the sleeve was Daniel Bryan, and one person kicked out of it without the sleeve, and that was Sheamus, and that was it. So when you factor in all the live events, yeah, it's like 99.9%. If I've done 1,000 cobras, two guys kicked out. I probably did 2,000 cobras, and two guys kicked out."
Elsewhere in the same interview, Santino spoke about the Santina character and how it was only supposed to last one night. You can read more about that here.
