Tito Santana Shoot Interview for 2+ Hours (2022) | WSI Episode #56 🎤

[@916bigAl]

His matches with Martel and Henning are classics

[@Massivemonster1234]

Hennig, Junior.

[@TheNaturalPatHarris]

The most underrated WWF legend of all time.

[@danielsalinas6683]

@captain scentsible39 that would’ve interesting to see. Eddie was a legit luchador whereas Tito was trained in the states by Matsuda like Hall and Hogan. In fact, when they wrestled at the Worlds Collide pay per view, Tito got booed.

[@paulcamilleri182]

He was my favourite since I started watching wwf at wrestlemania 1. Hardest worker going around, everyone respected him. The flying forearm, what a finish!

[@JMaxwell85]

It goes to show how good he was that Vince trusted him to go out and have a good match to open WrestleMania 1.

[@markbowman6655]

Tito Santana has always impressed me as being one of the finest gentleman ever in wrestling.

[@hectorlopez1069]

The greatest intercontinental champion of the WWF. Tito Santana, Arriba!!!!

[@Lanefasts]

Tito!! He looks great!! When I started watching wresting at age 12, he was on the Saturday morning wrestling show every week!! I started watching around the time that he was tag partners with Rick Martel in Strike Force just before Martel turned heel, ah the good old days of WWF!

[@kevinkelly1529]

... Funny to me that you asked him about Nailz there at the end. It quickly brought a memory back to me: I saw Tito in the Legion Hall in Steelton, Pennsylvania sometime around 2010. I introduced myself to him and when he heard my name it was off to the races with stories about his "friend Nailz". I was never a fan of the character Nailz, but I always enjoyed his previous stint as Magnificent Kevin Kelly! Good memories. Tito is a good guy. 👍👍

[@johnsawh8459]

Tito and Ivan Putski were the WWF tag team champs when I first started to watch wrestling

[@guru77771]

Thanks!

[@ferocious4561]

Nice interview! Looking forward to parts 2, 3 and 4! ;-)

[@TheEnzyme94]

Amazing worker! Love his matches! Tito Santana's work is in the same conversations as Bret or Steamboat or Tully or Perfect or Martel or Dibiase or Macho, Rude and many others...etc. Thank you for the great interview with this all time great! Really ejoyed his and Barry Windhams! (Another all time great!) Do one with the great Rick Martel PLEASE! Or the Great Muta (He IS a model you know?)

[@tomhood7343]

Tito was one of the best! One of the best in the ring and a great IC Champion always loved his intensity in the ring

[@johnsawh8459]

First 5 years in the business was spent learning to listen to the guy he was wrestling with who had more experience, no wonder he was good by the time I first saw him in the WWF

[@Insert.anger50]

4:15😂😂😂 doggy bonkin

[@HoustonHardHitters01]

You can't beat a good Ole wrestler from the great state of Texas bay bay and great interview as well my dude.

[@johnsawh8459]

Harley Race could match Andre drinking beer, what a compliment

[@rudyrusso711]

What a Class Act...True Legend of Professional Wrestling!

[@brianlogan4243]

Tito was one of the first name talents to help me with tips in the ring. Like Undertaker, no on has a bad word about Tito! A great worker, a great babyface, a class act and a credit to wrestling. A rare person in this business.

[@kkwok9]

A true gentleman. I always felt he deserved a much longer push.

[@toma.4808]

The great tito Santana!. Ecw champ. 2x IC champ 2x tag champ 1989 king of the ring winner. Loved his feuds with rick martel, curt hennig and greg valentine

[@ricardodiaz6254]

This conversation is like a million dollars 😂

[@randyragsdale23]

Tito Santana is one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. He's also a class act outside of the ring and a true gentleman.

[@monte68x]

Tito was on the first wrestling card I saw. I was 12. AWA territory. December, 1980. Tito Santana & Mad Dog Vachon vs 'Big' John Studd & Crusher Blackwell.

[@qthemusicdj]

@46:29 VERY nervous when the topic of Vern Gagne's daughters came up. LOL. Looks like there are stories there that probably should stay buried.

[@icemike874]

That was funny. Tripping all over his words 😂

[@stephengennarelli1808]

Tito obviously had his head on straight and was not a flake. A smart guy. He made a great career for himself and is a happy retired Family man now. He came out of the wrestling game in good mental and reasonably good physical shape. A guy to truly be admired!

[@johnsawh8459]

they told Dibiase and Tito that is was between them and Bret Hart, for the WWF title, lol

[@johnsawh8459]

Junk Yard Dog would give you the shirt off his back, enough said

[@TheRydog61]

James rocks!!

[@johnsawh8459]

Mr. Fuji taught me timing, did not know that, listen to the crowd

[@Griswaldization]

The Honky Tonk Made The Intercontinental Belt!!! His Heat Was Amazing!!!

[@clev1729]

My favorite pro wrestler.. Reverse stepover toehold bridge I always admired his physical built. Tried to lift weights to look like him.

[@johnsawh8459]

Ole Anderson was the only guy in the business I don't have anything nice to say about

[@wallyklw5]

He’s a gem of a guy

[@canadiens5]

One of my favourites during the late 80s. Good gosh tho he sure stutters a lot here.

[@MichaelOBrien71]

Tito total class act

[@hectorlopez1069]

A member of strikeforce with Rick Martel.

[@uiu510]

It's funny how Tito is doing so much better than his more famous peers (health, financial and over all happiness, wise).

[@johnsawh8459]

Hiro Matsuda trained Tito, but was not cruel to him, and Tully Blanchard help recruit him into wrestling

[@Daoloth]

I always liked Ric its funny how Terry Funk or others got in. Shame about Koke but I guess Duggan is pretty tough dude. I can't believe he had that Intercontinental Belt all this time as always thought he tossed in trash after a show. Though I guess he had at home gym heh. I was never a fan of Snuka. Could always tell something was wrong about him or off. Hulk Hogan would not let the Union happen. Bundy did not seem happy as I recall him on Moving with Richard Pryor or Married With Children. I think he was one of Peggy's Relatives. I like to hear about all these stories about them fighting. Tito I don't really remember him in Football. Ivan Putsky or so remember rarely saw him. Though he did seem to Win often if I did haha ;).

[@johnsawh8459]

I put Tito in the same Category as Mic Foley, one of the nicest person in wrestling

[@johnsawh8459]

Did not know that Mr. Wonderful was Bipolar, so instead they gave him Greg Valentine to do the angle with, good choice

[@TheRealDannAlexander]

In late 2000 I met Tito and Tony Atlas at a car show in Calgary, Alberta. Lou Albano was supposed to be there with Tito but he could not make it. Got an autograph and had a nice convo with the both of them. Calgary was still talking about Owen Hart's death and I was talking about how I could not watch anything since early 90's because I was tired of Vince and his bullshit with how he was ruining the business with the theatrics. They seemed to understand. Class acts. Both of them.

[@lilborderhop]

He’s a Spanish teacher at my school

[@Serb1973]

Love Tito..His feud w/Greg the Hammer really got me into wrestling…#ARRIBA !!!

[@pbennett13]

good interview, but very big gap not asking any questions about his work with or impressions of Randy Savage for the IC title

[@andyc7525]

“Tito Santana is a Mexican. He is ok, better than nothing” - Iron Sheik

[@C.I.A.Retired]

Legend..El Matador...Ariba

[@demetriusnicolaidis5621]

Chico is like Rain Man, instead of $100, his is $18,000

[@johnliberty3647]

Tito was by far my fav intercontinental champion. Still pissed at the maco man for defeating him

[@demetriusnicolaidis5621]

Very upset that they did not talk about Don much, I was really looking forward to that. No talk about Chico, when they were talking about Jesse. No mention of Strike Force, need another 2 hours.

[@anthonybranco]

When you’re targeted, they purposely make you late. They need reasons why you’re going to be fired. It’s a combination of technology and people they use to make you late

[@icemike874]

Found his match vs Undertaker...he was Over

[@tupacchamberlian8556]

Tito was a fantastic performer it's a Shame that WWF Started to job him out in the late 80's.

[@rogerfausto6256]

Think Tito dyes his hair.

[@mattsharkey8437]

Can we edit out the British fella

[@monte68x]

Man, I wish he would have talked about Blackwell instead of going into that old boring Mad Dog Vachon/plane story that we've heard many times before.

[@cutekanjii]

No way his T shirts were outselling Hogans lol. But its kinda ridiculous the wrestlers didn't get at least 50% of the royalties of their merch. It's only fair as the company can't sell merch without them and the wrestlers can't really get over and sell their likeness without the wrestling company. So it's 50/50 and the royalties should have reflected that but typical Vince, has to screw them and be greedy.

[@undertakerfanz628]

Chico Santana

[@keithbarbaro7590]

I think Tito was hired in May 1983 because WWF was expanding into Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose. This was a big risk and they felt that they needed a Mexican to challenge Muraco in those markets. And that's what happens. Tito is getting IC title shots out there before the main arenas like Madison Square Garden. As for why there is no footage of Tito beating Muraco for the IC title in Boston, it's simple. WWF hired a cameraman to tape the match because Boston Garden matches weren't being televised as of yet. The cameraman used a 30 minute betacam. He taped some footage and pre match interviews. Then the time for each wrestler to walk to the ring, intros, the tape ran out.

[@billywilliams8753]

Didn't like WWF at all. He was a good talent in GCW. Would have been cool to see if he had stuck with the NWA

[@hectorhector4617]

Arriba Hijos de su Madre!

[@Metalic1]

Should have Metal maniac on! Best talker alive. Knows much about Snuka stories

[@rocchistefano4855]

Unico immenso tito l,italia ti ama sempre