Effectively an homage to The Socko Claw (more on that later), Santino Marellas finisher is, quite simply, batsh*t crazy. By pulling a sock puppet snake over his fist and carefully preparing it to strike, Santino is able to knock almost any opponent out with one punch. Going for the throat, or face, The Cobra appears to have an amazing success rate. Whats the secret? Are there William Regal style brass knucks in there? Nope. Not as far as we can see... Oddly, Santino, who is actually a very talented wrestler, punches opponents all the way through his matches, but is never able to deliver a knockout blow. However, as soon as The Cobra is in action, hell knock em the f*ck out, every single time...Wow!
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