Maria Kanellis: WWE Divas Era, Wrestling Kurt Angle & Umaga, Pregnancy Storyline, 24/7 Champ, Santino Marella

Maria Kanellis (@mariakanellis) is a professional wrestler best known for her time in WWE. She sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Nashville, TN to discuss her journey from the Diva Search to wrestling in WWE, how the ditsy interviewer character was pitched to her, having matches with Umaga and Kurt Angle, posing for Playboy Magazine, her return with her husband Mike Kanellis, her pregnancy being used in a storyline, her new career after wrestling, if she is open to one more match, and more!

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