For a WWE Superstar there’s no greater honor than winning the WWE World Championship and in 2012 Daniel Bryan defended his title against Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Big Show, The Great Khali and Santino Marella. The match came down to Bryan and Marella, and the fans in attendance went crazy as it seemed that Santino was inching closer to winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Ultimately Bryan retained his title, but during a recent appearance on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Santino Marella noted that he thought an audible was going to be called with him picking up the win in the Elimination Chamber match.
“I didn’t really realize the magnitude of the crowd reaction. But when I watch it back, even when I came back, [John] Cena’s like, ‘I know what I’m capable of and I could not get that crowd that hot tonight. That was insane.’ I’ve had a handful of standing ovations in my career, and that was one of them when I came to the back. I honestly thought there was going to be an audible called and I was gonna win the title. Mike Chioda, he was watching Vince, and he also thought Vince was about to call an audible.”
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