I'm not sure if I'd call him great, but he's certainly better than average, from what I hear. His stuff in OVW as Boris Alexiev reminded people of a (kayfabe) Russian Kurt Angle. He's better in the ring than Vladimir Kozlov, at least. His character in the WWE really doesn't call for him to stretch his legs as a wrestler, which I think is their first mistake.
If they want to rise the prestige of the IC Title, Santino needs to be allowed to work. At Cyber Sunday, he will defeat whoever his opponent is. He needs to then start riding a wave of confidence and improvement, and start using his MMA stuff more, and busting out the dominant win every now and then.
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