Scott Colton
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Scott Colton is an American
professional wrestler
better known by his ring name
Colt Cabana. A former NWA
World Heavyweight Champion
, Colton is most notably known from his time in Ring of Honor
. Colton also wrestled as Scotty Goldman in World Wrestling Entertainment
and as old school masked wrestler "Matt Classic" in MTV
's Wrestling Society X
.
He began his professional wrestling career in ROH, where he was placed in a rivalry with CM Punk
before uniting with Punk and Ace Steel
to form the Second City Saints
alliance. He later formed a tag team
with Punk to win the World Tag Team Championship
twice. He also had rivalries with Homicide and then-World Champion
Bryan Danielson
. He has also toured in countries outside of the United States, and he was a part of the short lived Wrestling Society X on MTV in late 2006, where he portrayed an "old school" wrestling persona. In 2007, he left ROH to wrestle in Ohio Valley Wrestling
, a developmental territory of World Wrestling Entertainment, where he won the Television Championship
once and the Southern Tag Team Championship
once with Charles Evans and once with Shawn Spears
. He made several appearances, as Scotty Goldman, with WWE on its SmackDown brand before being released from his contract in February 2009.
) and Danny Dominion, alongside Phil Brooks (CM Punk
). He broke into Ring of Honor
with the name Colt Cabana as CM Punk's rival before joining Punk's alliance, the Second City Saints
. Cabana and Punk later became two–time ROH Tag Team Champions
. With Punk becoming a singles star, Cabana feuded with Austin Aries
and Nigel McGuinness
. On August 13, 2005 Cabana defeated Punk in a two out of three falls match in their hometown of Chicago in what was supposed to be Punk's last ROH match before going to World Wrestling Entertainment
.
Between August 2005 and April 2006, Cabana was involved in a feud with Homicide, which featured Cabana being strangled with a metal coat hanger, bleeding from numerous chair shots, having Drāno
poured down his throat, being piledriven off the ring apron through a table, and getting his head crushed between a ladder. On April 1, 2006 in Chicago, Cabana finally got his revenge and earned the respect of Homicide after a Chicago Street Fight
, which saw the feud settled with a handshake and an embrace.
After his decisive victory against Homicide, Colt Cabana challenged the ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson for the World Championship at Ring of Honor's 100th show on April 22, 2006 in Philadelphia. Danielson defeated him in less than five minutes. Feeling he lost the match because he had spent the past eight months "brawling" as opposed to wrestling, Cabana rededicated himself. He eventually earned a rematch against Danielson at Chi-Town Struggle on June 24, though he once again lost. Cabana received one last shot against Danielson for the ROH World Championship on August 26. The two fought to a 60-minute time limit draw in a two out of three falls match, with each wrestler earning one fall.
In October 2006, Cabana was involved in an auto accident with fellow Ring of Honor stars Adam Pearce
and Dave Prazak
. Cabana was driving from a Ring of Honor event in Dayton, Ohio
when he lost control of their car due to the weather conditions. The car was totaled but everyone was wearing seat belts, which saved their lives. It was initially reported that Cabana had to have a toe amputated, though in reality he had only bruised it. Despite the injury, Cabana wrestled the next night in Chicago Ridge, Illinois. Pearce and Prazak also walked away with bruises but were otherwise fine.
On April 3, 2007 it was revealed by the Ring of Honor website that Colton had signed a WWE developmental contract and would soon leave to begin working for their developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling
. At Good Times, Great Memories (named in his honor), held on April 28 in Chicago, Cabana defeated long-time friend and fellow Chicago wrestler Adam Pearce.
journeyman, Johnny Kidd
. Cabana also did a short tour of Puerto Rico
for IWA PR
in early 2005. During 2006, Cabana would become a popular wrestler in the British
promotion 1 Pro Wrestling
(1PW) often tag teaming with Darren Burridge
as Team SHAG (Street Hooligans Adventure Gang). During 1PW's first anniversary show Team SHAG won the 1PW Tag Team Championship during a three way ladder match against the defending champions Jonny Storm
and Jody Fleisch
, and the Southern Comfort team of Tracey Smothers
and Chris Hamrick
.
Cabana also made his Japanese debut for Zero 1 Max in 2006. In a later tour, he formed an alliance with Steve Corino
and Yoshi known as the P Force Men, which wore all pink outfits. Colt's also appeared and wrestled for Ireland's Irish Whip Wrestling, Austria's Rings of Europe and various Montreal & Toronto Canadian independents. Colton's final European appearance as an independent wrestler took place at UK promotion 1PW on April 6, 2007 where he, along with fellow Team SHAG member Darren Burridge, successfully defended the 1PW Tag Team Championship against Doug Williams
and Nigel McGuinness
, before formally retiring his half of the title.
On April 30, 2010 Cabana made his Australian debut. Cabana won a two day tournament to become the winner of the NHPW Global Conflict Shield. The tournament was held in Perth, Australia. Cabana beat Balls Mahoney in the finals.
September 4, 2010 saw Colt debut in Mexico City, Mexico for the IWL promotion. He defeated NWA Heavyweight Champion, 'Scrap Iron' Adam Pearce.
On August 26, 2011, Colt headlined the inaugural show for PCW - Preston City Wrestling, joining once again with Darren Burridge
as Team SHAG.
(WSX), a new wrestling series on MTV. He competed under the name Matt Classic, who is a throwback to the wrestlers of the 1950s and 1960s. His gimmick used "old school" moves such as the skull vice and the abdominal stretch as finishers. To further enhance his gimmick as an old school wrestler, his WSX profile listed him as having won the Heavyweight Championship in 1952 (28 years before he was born). According to Kevin Kleinrock
, the plan was for Cabana to appear in season two as "Letterman" Colt Cabana, the frat brother of Matt Sydal and Sydal's girlfriend Lizzy Valentine would be cheating on Sydal with Cabana. The Matt Classic gimmick was created as a way to "bring Colt into the WSX family" in the first season, and Kleinrock said they did not expect the character to catch on.
(WWE) on its Heat
and Velocity
shows. On one occasion, he competed under the name Chris Guy, the real name of his trainer Ace Steel
. The real Chris Guy wrestled in a match for WWE in 2004 under the name of Scott Colton, Colton's real name.
On April 3, 2007 it was announced that Colton had signed a contract with WWE. He was assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling
, their developmental territory, and made his debut at a TV taping on May 30. Wrestling as Colt "Boom Boom" Cabana, he lost to Michael W. Kruel
in the first round of a tournament to determine who would face The Miz
at an OVW live event on June 8. He won his first match in OVW when he forced the Belgium Brawler to submit with the Chicago Crab on June 23. After helping Al Snow
regain the role of OVW Troubleshooter from Kruel, Cabana became involved in the OVW Television Championship
picture, defeating champion Shawn Spears
by countout on August 11. Cabana twice came close to winning the title only to be denied by the TV time-limit expiring. Cabana defeated Spears on October 31, 2007 to win the OVW Television title. When OVW was replaced by Florida Championship Wrestling
(FCW) as the WWE developmental territory, Cabana was moved down to FCW.
On the August 15, 2008 episode of SmackDown, Colton made his debut as Scotty Goldman, losing to The Brian Kendrick
. On the August 22 episode of SmackDown, Goldman was a participant in the 10-man battle royal
match to determine a qualifier for the WWE Championship
scramble match at Unforgiven
. Goldman lost after being eliminated by Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder
. His last singles match on SmackDown! was a quick loss against The Great Khali. He appeared in an Elimination Chamber
qualifying battle royal on the February 6, 2009 edition but was eliminated first. This was his first appearance on TV in almost five months. Colton had a show on WWE.com, called Good as Goldman, formerly known as What's Crackin'?, which premiered on January 14, 2009. He, however, was released from his WWE contract on February 20, 2009. His final match for WWE was a defeat by Umaga
and was aired on the February 20 episode of SmackDown.
at Express Written Consent where he, as Colt Cabana, challenged Chris Hero
for the PWG World Championship
in a 3-way match which also included Human Tornado
. Hero was able to retain his belt by pinning Tornado and afterwards promised Cabana a 1-on-1 shot at the belt. That match took place on April 12 at PWG's hundredth show, where Hero was able to retain his title. On March 14, 2009, he was defeated by Loca Vida at 2CW in Binghamton, NY in a classic comedy match. On March 20, 2009, he wrestled for Firestorm Pro Wrestling in Cleveland at Rise of the Real Underground 2009 in a match up against J-rocc which he had won.
On March 21, 2009, he made his surprise return to ROH. In a tag team match at the 7th Anniversary Show, he teamed with Bryan Danielson to defeat Bison Smith
and Jimmy Rave, who was also returning to ROH. On April 25, Cabana received an ROH World Title shot against Jerry Lynn but lost. On June 6, Cabana debuted on Ring of Honor Wrestling, ROH's television program, teaming with Brent Albright
. On December 5 in Chicago Austin Aries successfully defended his ROH World Title against Cabana in a steel cage match and as a result Cabana can never again challenge for the title in his hometown. He has since been teaming with El Generico
in his feud with Kevin Steen
and Steve Corino. On October 16, 2010, Cabana defeated Corino in an "I Quit" match in Chicago Ridge to end their feud.
At the September 22 tapings of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
's weekly television program Impact!
, Colton, under his Colt Cabana persona, wrestled in a dark match, where he defeated Puma
.
On February 25, 2010, Chikara announced that Colton would take part in the 2010 King of Trios tournament in late April, under his Matt Classic persona, teaming up with Dasher Hatfield and Sugar Dunkerton as the Throwbacks. On April 23, the trio of Classic, Hatfield and Dunkerton were defeated in the first round of the tournament by the reigning King of Trios winners F.I.S.T. (Chuck Taylor
, Icarus
and Gran Akuma
).
On October 23, 2010, Colton won the RCW World Heavyweight Championship from Hank Calhoun.
On March 6, 2011, Colton (as Cabana) won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
from Adam Pearce
at the NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
television tapings. He lost the title to The Sheik
on April 23, 2011 in Jacksonville, Florida.
On March 19 Cabana debuted for NWA Rampage in a world heavy-weight title defense against NWA RPW heavy-weight champion J-Rod. The match ended in a no contest after interference from Hot Like Lava. Cabana & J-Rod teamed up to defeat Hot Like Lava afterwards.
On April 2 during the second night of ROH's Honor Takes Center Stage
pay-per-view, Cabana started a new feud with House of Truth members Christopher Daniels
, Michael Elgin, Roderick Strong
and Truth Martini.
Colton, as Matt Classic, returned to Chikara on April 15 for the 2011 King of Trios, once again teaming with Dasher Hatfield and Sugar Dunkerton as the Throwbacks. The team was eliminated in the first round by Team Osaka Pro
(Atsushi Kotoge
, Daisuke Harada
and Ultimate Spider Jr.).
On June 17, Cabana returned to Firestorm Pro Wrestling at Rise of the Real Underground 4 to wrestle with Shiima Xion
, who had just recently signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
. Cabana lost to Xion. It should also be noted that Cabana had worked heel which is unusual to how he normally works.
On July 20, Cabana (as Officer Colt Cabana) deafeated 2 Tuff Tony
to win the JCW Heavyweight Championship
at Juggalo Championship Wrestling's event Above the Law. He lost the championship to Corporal Robinson
at the following event. On August 2, Cabana wrestled a dark match for WWE at a SmackDown taping, losing against Wade Barrett
.
On August 20, Cabana wrestled in Aberdeen
, Scotland
for Wrestlezone
, losing a tag team title match.
On October 15, 2011, Cabana made a surprise appearance at All Pro Wrestling's
Halloween Hell XIV event in Hayward, California
, defeating "Wrestling Personified" Rik Luxury for his APW Worldwide Internet Championship
after answering Luxury's open challenge.
and played on their football team
until graduating in 2002 with a degree in Business marketing
. While there he became friends with Matt Cappotelli
, who went on to participate in WWE Tough Enough.
Colton is Jewish
. He has a brother named Greg Colton
, who works on Fox Network's Family Guy
. As well as his well documented friendship with CM Punk
, Colton is also good friends with current WWE wrestlers Daniel Bryan
, Johnny Curtis
, Zack Ryder
, Curt Hawkins
& Evan Bourne.
" remix that Colton used as entrance music with his Colt Cabana persona.
On WWE Raw, in November 2010, Punk wore one of Colton's signature shirts that says "I * Colt". The star being The Star of David. On June 27, 2011, during a worked shoot promo, CM Punk raised the possibility of bringing the WWE title to Ring of Honor, before looking directly at the camera, waving, and asking "Hey Colt Cabana, how you doing?" Two weeks later Punk once again mentioned Colton's Colt Cabana character and his tenure in WWE, causing a "Colt Cabana" chant from the crowd.
In December 2010, Colt appeared as "The Bomb" opposite Glenn Gilbertti's character "Joey Mayhem" collectively known as "The Goon Squad" on a spec TV pilot written by Michael Plumides entitled, GHOST TREK: THE KINSEY REPORT. The 22 minute program was shot on location in Charlotte, NC. GHOST TREK also stars Jonny Fairplay and Michael Bortone(CBS' Survivor), Gia Allemand (ABC's Bachelor Pad), and Addy Miller (The Walking Dead). GHOST TREK: THE KINSEY REPORT won "Best Comedy" at the Fright Night Film Fest on July 24, 2011.
As Colt Cabana, Colton is currently touring the United States doing a standup comedy act with fellow wrestler Mick Foley
. He also performs improvisational sketches in Chicago with his comedy troupe Keyfabe (a play on the term "kayfabe
").
He is the host of a podcast radio show called The Art of Wrestling that is available every Thursday on WeLoveColt.com and iTunes
.
Since June 2011, he and comedian Marty DeRosa have been writing and starring in a YouTube show called Creative Has Nothing For You. The show is directed and edited by Michael Sanchez of lifejazzfilms.com.
Colton briefly appeared on Zack Ryder
's YouTube show, Z! True Long Island Story.
On July 17, 2011 Colton appeared in the crowd at the WWE's Money In the Bank PPV. He was there to support long time friend CM Punk. During the match, Punk performed a suicide dive onto John Cena in front of Cabana and the two slapped hands afterward. Commentators Booker T and Jerry Lawler
referred to Cabana as "a fan" not mentioning that he is also a former WWE Superstar and friend of Punk.
"I went to WWE, and now I'm back [...]but this is what I know well, and it's very familiar, so in that aspect, being back on the indies is okay, and it's fun, and it's familiar, so it's what I know best. Even though there's world-class wrestlers up there, I wasn't having world class matches. When I was in developmental, of course, a lot of my matches were against guys who had been playing football and didn't even know how to wrestle. And then when I was in WWE, my game wasn't rising. By going back to the independents,it's almost as if I'm allowed to use what i've learned in the WWE. I'm allowed to use that now in a wrestling ring [because] I really wasn't given an opportunity to." (Wrestling Road Diaries. Dir. Eric Santamaria. Perf. Colt Cabana, Bryan Danielson, Sal Rinauro. DVD. Roundtable Creations, 2011.)
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professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
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better known by his ring name
Stage name
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Colt Cabana. A former NWA
National Wrestling Alliance
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World Heavyweight Champion
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
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, Colton is most notably known from his time in Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor ' is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in May 2011...
. Colton also wrestled as Scotty Goldman in World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
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and as old school masked wrestler "Matt Classic" in MTV
MTV
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's Wrestling Society X
Wrestling Society X
Wrestling Society X was a short-lived professional wrestling-based television series produced in 2006 by Big Vision Entertainment. The weekly television series formerly aired on MTV, MTV2, MTV Tr3s, and over a dozen other MTV outlets throughout the world...
.
He began his professional wrestling career in ROH, where he was placed in a rivalry with CM Punk
CM Punk
Phillip Jack "Phil" Brooks , better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE and working on its Raw brand currently serving his second title reign as WWE Champion....
before uniting with Punk and Ace Steel
Ace Steel
Chris Guy is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Ace Steel. He is perhaps best known for his time with Ring of Honor and occasional appearances for World Wrestling Entertainment, as well as his stint with its Ohio Valley Wrestling developmental territory...
to form the Second City Saints
Second City Saints
The Second City Saints was an American professional wrestling stable in Ring of Honor, consisting of CM Punk, Colt Cabana and Ace Steel. They were also managed sporadically by Lucy and Traci Brooks....
alliance. He later formed a tag team
Tag team
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with Punk to win the World Tag Team Championship
ROH World Tag Team Championship
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twice. He also had rivalries with Homicide and then-World Champion
ROH World Championship
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Bryan Danielson
Bryan Danielson
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. He has also toured in countries outside of the United States, and he was a part of the short lived Wrestling Society X on MTV in late 2006, where he portrayed an "old school" wrestling persona. In 2007, he left ROH to wrestle in Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. OVW is run by owner Danny Davis and was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance from 1997 until 2000...
, a developmental territory of World Wrestling Entertainment, where he won the Television Championship
OVW Television Championship
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once and the Southern Tag Team Championship
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship
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once with Charles Evans and once with Shawn Spears
Ronnie Arniell
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. He made several appearances, as Scotty Goldman, with WWE on its SmackDown brand before being released from his contract in February 2009.
Ring of Honor (2002–2007)
Scott Colton was trained by Chris Guy (Ace SteelAce Steel
Chris Guy is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Ace Steel. He is perhaps best known for his time with Ring of Honor and occasional appearances for World Wrestling Entertainment, as well as his stint with its Ohio Valley Wrestling developmental territory...
) and Danny Dominion, alongside Phil Brooks (CM Punk
CM Punk
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). He broke into Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor
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with the name Colt Cabana as CM Punk's rival before joining Punk's alliance, the Second City Saints
Second City Saints
The Second City Saints was an American professional wrestling stable in Ring of Honor, consisting of CM Punk, Colt Cabana and Ace Steel. They were also managed sporadically by Lucy and Traci Brooks....
. Cabana and Punk later became two–time ROH Tag Team Champions
ROH World Tag Team Championship
The Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants usually execute...
. With Punk becoming a singles star, Cabana feuded with Austin Aries
Austin Aries
Daniel Healy "Dan" Solwold, Jr. better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is the current X Division Champion...
and Nigel McGuinness
Nigel McGuinness
Steven Haworth is an English professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Desmond Wolfe and Nigel McGuinness. As McGuinness he first gained notoriety working for Ring of Honor in the United States and Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan...
. On August 13, 2005 Cabana defeated Punk in a two out of three falls match in their hometown of Chicago in what was supposed to be Punk's last ROH match before going to World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
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.
Between August 2005 and April 2006, Cabana was involved in a feud with Homicide, which featured Cabana being strangled with a metal coat hanger, bleeding from numerous chair shots, having Drāno
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poured down his throat, being piledriven off the ring apron through a table, and getting his head crushed between a ladder. On April 1, 2006 in Chicago, Cabana finally got his revenge and earned the respect of Homicide after a Chicago Street Fight
Hardcore wrestling
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, which saw the feud settled with a handshake and an embrace.
After his decisive victory against Homicide, Colt Cabana challenged the ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson for the World Championship at Ring of Honor's 100th show on April 22, 2006 in Philadelphia. Danielson defeated him in less than five minutes. Feeling he lost the match because he had spent the past eight months "brawling" as opposed to wrestling, Cabana rededicated himself. He eventually earned a rematch against Danielson at Chi-Town Struggle on June 24, though he once again lost. Cabana received one last shot against Danielson for the ROH World Championship on August 26. The two fought to a 60-minute time limit draw in a two out of three falls match, with each wrestler earning one fall.
In October 2006, Cabana was involved in an auto accident with fellow Ring of Honor stars Adam Pearce
Adam Pearce
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and Dave Prazak
Dave Prazak
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. Cabana was driving from a Ring of Honor event in Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
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when he lost control of their car due to the weather conditions. The car was totaled but everyone was wearing seat belts, which saved their lives. It was initially reported that Cabana had to have a toe amputated, though in reality he had only bruised it. Despite the injury, Cabana wrestled the next night in Chicago Ridge, Illinois. Pearce and Prazak also walked away with bruises but were otherwise fine.
On April 3, 2007 it was revealed by the Ring of Honor website that Colton had signed a WWE developmental contract and would soon leave to begin working for their developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling
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. At Good Times, Great Memories (named in his honor), held on April 28 in Chicago, Cabana defeated long-time friend and fellow Chicago wrestler Adam Pearce.
Outside the US (2004–present)
In 2004 and 2005, Colton went on extensive tours of Europe, competing in Scotland, Germany and France, but mainly England. He received the 2004 Match of the Year in a European rounds style bout with World of SportWorld of Sport (UK TV series)
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journeyman, Johnny Kidd
Johnny Kidd (wrestler)
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. Cabana also did a short tour of Puerto Rico
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for IWA PR
International Wrestling Association
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in early 2005. During 2006, Cabana would become a popular wrestler in the British
United Kingdom
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promotion 1 Pro Wrestling
1 Pro Wrestling
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(1PW) often tag teaming with Darren Burridge
Darren Burridge
Greg Burridge is a semi-retired British professional wrestler. He is best known for his work on the independent circuit throughout the United Kingdom.-Professional wrestling career:...
as Team SHAG (Street Hooligans Adventure Gang). During 1PW's first anniversary show Team SHAG won the 1PW Tag Team Championship during a three way ladder match against the defending champions Jonny Storm
Jonny Storm
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and Jody Fleisch
Jody Fleisch
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, and the Southern Comfort team of Tracey Smothers
Tracy Smothers
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and Chris Hamrick
Chris Hamrick
Chris Hamrick is an American professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling throughout the early 2000s...
.
Cabana also made his Japanese debut for Zero 1 Max in 2006. In a later tour, he formed an alliance with Steve Corino
Steve Corino
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and Yoshi known as the P Force Men, which wore all pink outfits. Colt's also appeared and wrestled for Ireland's Irish Whip Wrestling, Austria's Rings of Europe and various Montreal & Toronto Canadian independents. Colton's final European appearance as an independent wrestler took place at UK promotion 1PW on April 6, 2007 where he, along with fellow Team SHAG member Darren Burridge, successfully defended the 1PW Tag Team Championship against Doug Williams
Doug Williams (wrestler)
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and Nigel McGuinness
Nigel McGuinness
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, before formally retiring his half of the title.
On April 30, 2010 Cabana made his Australian debut. Cabana won a two day tournament to become the winner of the NHPW Global Conflict Shield. The tournament was held in Perth, Australia. Cabana beat Balls Mahoney in the finals.
September 4, 2010 saw Colt debut in Mexico City, Mexico for the IWL promotion. He defeated NWA Heavyweight Champion, 'Scrap Iron' Adam Pearce.
On August 26, 2011, Colt headlined the inaugural show for PCW - Preston City Wrestling, joining once again with Darren Burridge
Darren Burridge
Greg Burridge is a semi-retired British professional wrestler. He is best known for his work on the independent circuit throughout the United Kingdom.-Professional wrestling career:...
as Team SHAG.
Wrestling Society X (2006)
In November 2006, Colton taped several matches for Wrestling Society XWrestling Society X
Wrestling Society X was a short-lived professional wrestling-based television series produced in 2006 by Big Vision Entertainment. The weekly television series formerly aired on MTV, MTV2, MTV Tr3s, and over a dozen other MTV outlets throughout the world...
(WSX), a new wrestling series on MTV. He competed under the name Matt Classic, who is a throwback to the wrestlers of the 1950s and 1960s. His gimmick used "old school" moves such as the skull vice and the abdominal stretch as finishers. To further enhance his gimmick as an old school wrestler, his WSX profile listed him as having won the Heavyweight Championship in 1952 (28 years before he was born). According to Kevin Kleinrock
Kevin Kleinrock
Kevin Kleinrock is an Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Consultant, and Business Developer. He is the former producer of Xtreme Pro Wrestling. He is also the co-creator, producer and head booker of Wrestling Society X which aired on MTV and additional networks worldwide. In the wake of WSX,...
, the plan was for Cabana to appear in season two as "Letterman" Colt Cabana, the frat brother of Matt Sydal and Sydal's girlfriend Lizzy Valentine would be cheating on Sydal with Cabana. The Matt Classic gimmick was created as a way to "bring Colt into the WSX family" in the first season, and Kleinrock said they did not expect the character to catch on.
World Wrestling Entertainment (2007–2009)
Colton has also worked a number of preliminary matches in World Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(WWE) on its Heat
WWE HEAT
WWE Heat was a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling Entertainment...
and Velocity
WWE Velocity
WWE Velocity was a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It replaced two syndicated WWE shows, Jakked/Metal. Once a weekly Saturday night show on Spike TV and on Sky Sports 2 in the UK on Sunday mornings, Velocity became a webcast from 2005 to 2006...
shows. On one occasion, he competed under the name Chris Guy, the real name of his trainer Ace Steel
Ace Steel
Chris Guy is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Ace Steel. He is perhaps best known for his time with Ring of Honor and occasional appearances for World Wrestling Entertainment, as well as his stint with its Ohio Valley Wrestling developmental territory...
. The real Chris Guy wrestled in a match for WWE in 2004 under the name of Scott Colton, Colton's real name.
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. OVW is run by owner Danny Davis and was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance from 1997 until 2000...
, their developmental territory, and made his debut at a TV taping on May 30. Wrestling as Colt "Boom Boom" Cabana, he lost to Michael W. Kruel
Mike Kruel
Michael "Mike" Mayo, Jr. is an American professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Mike Kruel. He began his career in the independent circuit, wrestling in Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling, Ring of Honor, East Coast Wrestling Association and USA Pro Wrestling, while occasionally making...
in the first round of a tournament to determine who would face The Miz
Mike Mizanin
Michael "Mike" Gregory Mizanin is an American professional wrestler and reality television personality better known by his nickname and ring name The Miz. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its Raw brand...
at an OVW live event on June 8. He won his first match in OVW when he forced the Belgium Brawler to submit with the Chicago Crab on June 23. After helping Al Snow
Al Snow
Allen Ray Sarven is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name of Al Snow. He is best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment and currently works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a road agent.-Early career:Sarven...
regain the role of OVW Troubleshooter from Kruel, Cabana became involved in the OVW Television Championship
OVW Television Championship
The OVW Television Championship is the secondary championship of Ohio Valley Wrestling started on January 5, 2005. When the title was originally conceived, the champion defended against randomly selected opponents, with the winner receiving a check for $1000...
picture, defeating champion Shawn Spears
Ronnie Arniell
Ronnie William Arneill is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name as Shawn Spears. He is perhaps best known for his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment on its ECW brand, where he briefly performed under the ring name Gavin Spears.-Early life:Born and raised in St...
by countout on August 11. Cabana twice came close to winning the title only to be denied by the TV time-limit expiring. Cabana defeated Spears on October 31, 2007 to win the OVW Television title. When OVW was replaced by Florida Championship Wrestling
Florida Championship Wrestling
Championship Wrestling from Florida was the corporate and brand name of the Tampa, Florida wrestling office existing from 1961, when Eddie Graham first bought into the promotion, until 1987, when it closed down. It is also referred to as Florida Championship Wrestling...
(FCW) as the WWE developmental territory, Cabana was moved down to FCW.
On the August 15, 2008 episode of SmackDown, Colton made his debut as Scotty Goldman, losing to The Brian Kendrick
Brian Kendrick
Brian David Kendrick is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under his real name. Before joining TNA he spent several years wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment, where he wrestled under his name, as Spanky, and finally as "The" Brian Kendrick...
. On the August 22 episode of SmackDown, Goldman was a participant in the 10-man battle royal
Battle royal (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a battle royal is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner...
match to determine a qualifier for the WWE Championship
WWE Championship
The WWE Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It is the world title of the Raw brand and one of two in WWE, complementing the World Heavyweight Championship of the SmackDown brand. It was established under the then WWWF in 1963...
scramble match at Unforgiven
Unforgiven (2008)
Unforgiven was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment , which took place on September 7, 2008 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio...
. Goldman lost after being eliminated by Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder
Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder
Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder were a American professional wrestling tag team who appeared on the independent circuit and WWE under a variety of evolving names....
. His last singles match on SmackDown! was a quick loss against The Great Khali. He appeared in an Elimination Chamber
Elimination Chamber
The Elimination Chamber is a professional wrestling elimination-based match held in the WWE promotion. It features a large chain-linked circular steel structure or "chamber" which encloses the ring. The chamber's floor is platformed over the ringside area which elevates it to ring level and within...
qualifying battle royal on the February 6, 2009 edition but was eliminated first. This was his first appearance on TV in almost five months. Colton had a show on WWE.com, called Good as Goldman, formerly known as What's Crackin'?, which premiered on January 14, 2009. He, however, was released from his WWE contract on February 20, 2009. His final match for WWE was a defeat by Umaga
Eddie Fatu
Edward Smith "Eki" Fatu was a Samoan-American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Umaga...
and was aired on the February 20 episode of SmackDown.
Return to the independent circuit (2009–present)
On February 21, 2009, Colton made his return to Pro Wrestling GuerrillaPro Wrestling Guerrilla
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla is a professional wrestling promotion that is run by wrestlers themselves as it was created by Southern California wrestlers Disco Machine, Excalibur, Joey Ryan, Scott Lost, Super Dragon, and Top Gun Talwar...
at Express Written Consent where he, as Colt Cabana, challenged Chris Hero
Chris Hero
Chris Spradlin is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Hero. He is a mainstay of many independent wrestling promotions, including Ring of Honor, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as well as Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan...
for the PWG World Championship
PWG World Championship
The PWG World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla professional wrestling promotion. It was first introduced in 2003 as the PWG Championship...
in a 3-way match which also included Human Tornado
Human Tornado
Craig Williams , better known by his ring name, Human Tornado, is an American retired professional wrestler. His character was that of a stereotypical 1970s blaxploitation street pimp. He performed primarily on the Californian independent circuit, most prominently for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, the...
. Hero was able to retain his belt by pinning Tornado and afterwards promised Cabana a 1-on-1 shot at the belt. That match took place on April 12 at PWG's hundredth show, where Hero was able to retain his title. On March 14, 2009, he was defeated by Loca Vida at 2CW in Binghamton, NY in a classic comedy match. On March 20, 2009, he wrestled for Firestorm Pro Wrestling in Cleveland at Rise of the Real Underground 2009 in a match up against J-rocc which he had won.
On March 21, 2009, he made his surprise return to ROH. In a tag team match at the 7th Anniversary Show, he teamed with Bryan Danielson to defeat Bison Smith
Bison Smith
Mark Smith was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Bison Smith. He best known for his appearances with Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan and International Wrestling Association in Puerto Rico...
and Jimmy Rave, who was also returning to ROH. On April 25, Cabana received an ROH World Title shot against Jerry Lynn but lost. On June 6, Cabana debuted on Ring of Honor Wrestling, ROH's television program, teaming with Brent Albright
Brent Albright
Brent Alan Albright is an American professional wrestler, perhaps best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment, during which he appeared on Friday Night SmackDown! as Gunner Scott...
. On December 5 in Chicago Austin Aries successfully defended his ROH World Title against Cabana in a steel cage match and as a result Cabana can never again challenge for the title in his hometown. He has since been teaming with El Generico
El Generico
Rami Sebei is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name El Generico. Sebei uses the gimmick of a luchador from Mexico...
in his feud with Kevin Steen
Kevin Steen
Kevin Steen is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently performing for various promotions on the independent circuit, most notably California-based Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Ring of Honor.-Professional wrestling career:...
and Steve Corino. On October 16, 2010, Cabana defeated Corino in an "I Quit" match in Chicago Ridge to end their feud.
At the September 22 tapings of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
's weekly television program Impact!
TNA iMPACT!
Impact Wrestling is a professional wrestling television program for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling that currently airs in the United States and Canada on Spike...
, Colton, under his Colt Cabana persona, wrestled in a dark match, where he defeated Puma
T.J. Perkins
T.J. Perkins is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Ring of Honor , while also working on the independent circuit under his real name, under his initials TJP or under a mask as Puma ....
.
On February 25, 2010, Chikara announced that Colton would take part in the 2010 King of Trios tournament in late April, under his Matt Classic persona, teaming up with Dasher Hatfield and Sugar Dunkerton as the Throwbacks. On April 23, the trio of Classic, Hatfield and Dunkerton were defeated in the first round of the tournament by the reigning King of Trios winners F.I.S.T. (Chuck Taylor
Chuck Taylor (wrestler)
Dustin Howard is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Chuck Taylor. He is currently competing most notably in Chikara, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Evolve Wrestling and Dragon Gate USA...
, Icarus
Icarus (wrestler)
Icarus is a professional wrestler, who performs primarily in the Chikara professional wrestling promotion, where he is a former Campeon de Parejas and King of Trios winner...
and Gran Akuma
Gran Akuma
Gran Akuma is a professional wrestler who currently works for Chikara and Combat Zone Wrestling, where he uses the ring name AKUMA. He has also worked for the Florida based Full Impact Pro. In Chikara, he was a member of the Kings of Wrestling stable, while also being a part of Team F.I.S.T. with...
).
On October 23, 2010, Colton won the RCW World Heavyweight Championship from Hank Calhoun.
On March 6, 2011, Colton (as Cabana) won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
The National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the National Wrestling Alliance. Its lineage has been traced from the first World Heavyweight Championship, which traces its lineage to Georg Hackenschmidt's 1905 title and...
from Adam Pearce
Adam Pearce
Adam Pearce is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is the current NWA World Heavyweight Champion in his fourth reign and the NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion in his first reign. He is also a former PWG Champion....
at the NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood is a professional wrestling television program for the National Wrestling Alliance that currently airs on KDOC-TV Los Angeles in the United States. The series premiere was on September 17, 2010....
television tapings. He lost the title to The Sheik
Joseph Cabibbo
Joseph Cabibbo is an American professional wrestler, who is currently wrestling under the ring name The Sheik. He is a one-time former NWA World Heavyweight Champion and Pro Wrestling Zero1 World Heavyweight Champion....
on April 23, 2011 in Jacksonville, Florida.
On March 19 Cabana debuted for NWA Rampage in a world heavy-weight title defense against NWA RPW heavy-weight champion J-Rod. The match ended in a no contest after interference from Hot Like Lava. Cabana & J-Rod teamed up to defeat Hot Like Lava afterwards.
On April 2 during the second night of ROH's Honor Takes Center Stage
Honor Takes Center Stage
Honor Takes Center Stage was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor . It took place over two consecutive days, on 1 and 2 April, 2011, at the Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta, with the 1 April show at 8pm ET/5pm PT, and the 2 April show at a special matinee time of 1pm...
pay-per-view, Cabana started a new feud with House of Truth members Christopher Daniels
Christopher Daniels
Daniel Christopher Covell is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. He is also known for performing under the ring name Curry Man. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , while also...
, Michael Elgin, Roderick Strong
Roderick Strong
Chris Lindsey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Roderick Strong. Strong currently competes in several independent promotions, most notably Ring of Honor , Full Impact Pro , and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla .He initially debuted as The Jester on the Floridian...
and Truth Martini.
Colton, as Matt Classic, returned to Chikara on April 15 for the 2011 King of Trios, once again teaming with Dasher Hatfield and Sugar Dunkerton as the Throwbacks. The team was eliminated in the first round by Team Osaka Pro
Osaka Pro Wrestling
Osaka Pro Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 1998 by Super Delfin.-Current champions:-External links:**...
(Atsushi Kotoge
Atsushi Kotoge
is a Japanese professional wrestler, who mainly works for Osaka Pro Wrestling , where he is part of the tag team Momo no Seishun Tag with Daisuke Harada...
, Daisuke Harada
Daisuke Harada
is a Japanese professional wrestler, who mainly works for Osaka Pro Wrestling, where he is part of the tag team Momo no Seishun Tag with Atsushi Kotoge...
and Ultimate Spider Jr.).
On June 17, Cabana returned to Firestorm Pro Wrestling at Rise of the Real Underground 4 to wrestle with Shiima Xion
Shiima Xion
Michael Paris is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Shiima Xion. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he competes as Zema Ion, while also working both on the American independent circuit and in Mexico.-Early career:Michael Paris claims that...
, who had just recently signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
. Cabana lost to Xion. It should also be noted that Cabana had worked heel which is unusual to how he normally works.
On July 20, Cabana (as Officer Colt Cabana) deafeated 2 Tuff Tony
2 Tuff Tony
Tony Borcherding , better known by his ring name 2 Tuff Tony, is an American professional wrestler best known for his hardcore wrestling style...
to win the JCW Heavyweight Championship
JCW Heavyweight Championship
The JCW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Juggalo Championship Wrestling. It was established in 1999 at JCW's first show, the taping for the DVD JCW Volume 1, with Evil Dead winning a 20-man battle royal...
at Juggalo Championship Wrestling's event Above the Law. He lost the championship to Corporal Robinson
Steve Robinson (wrestler)
Steve Robinson, known by the ring name Corporal Robinson, is an American professional wrestler best known for his hardcore wrestling style. Robinson has wrestled for various wrestling promotions, including Combat Zone Wrestling, and Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South...
at the following event. On August 2, Cabana wrestled a dark match for WWE at a SmackDown taping, losing against Wade Barrett
Wade Barrett
Wade Barrett is a retired American soccer player. He is currently an assistant coach at Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo-College:...
.
On August 20, Cabana wrestled in Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
for Wrestlezone
Wrestlezone
Wrestle Zone is a Scottish owned independent professional wrestling promotion established in 2008. Wrestle Zone is largely based in Aberdeen but has run shows in Kirkcaldy, Nairn and Ellon.Wrestle Zone run shows in Scotland and also run a training school...
, losing a tag team title match.
On October 15, 2011, Cabana made a surprise appearance at All Pro Wrestling's
All Pro Wrestling
All Pro Wrestling Gym Wars is a professional wrestling television program produced by APW which originally aired weekly on Saturday mornings on KFTY Channel 50 in the San Francisco Bay Area, beginning December 5, 2009. The series features the professional wrestlers of All Pro Wrestling competing in...
Halloween Hell XIV event in Hayward, California
Hayward, California
Hayward is a city located in the East Bay in Alameda County, California. With a population of 144,186, Hayward is the sixth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area and the third largest in Alameda County. Hayward was ranked as the 37th most populous municipality in California. It is included in...
, defeating "Wrestling Personified" Rik Luxury for his APW Worldwide Internet Championship
APW Worldwide Internet Championship
The APW World Wide Internet Championship is a title contested in All Pro Wrestling. It was introduced on February 27, 1999 when Michael Modest became the first champion...
after answering Luxury's open challenge.
Personal life
Colton went to Western Michigan UniversityWestern Michigan University
Western Michigan University is a public university located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2010 semester, its enrollment is 25,045....
and played on their football team
Western Michigan Broncos
The Western Michigan Broncos are a NCAA Division I FBS team representing Western Michigan University. They compete in the Mid-American Conference in men's baseball, basketball, football, soccer and tennis; and women's basketball, cross-country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, track and field,...
until graduating in 2002 with a degree in Business marketing
Business marketing
Business Marketing is the practice of individuals, or organizations, including commercial businesses, governments and institutions, facilitating the sale of their products or services to other companies or organizations that in turn resell them, use them as components in products or services they...
. While there he became friends with Matt Cappotelli
Matt Cappotelli
Matthew Lee "Matt" Cappotelli is an American professional wrestler, last working in Ohio Valley Wrestling, which was the primary developmental territory for World Wrestling Entertainment until February 7, 2008...
, who went on to participate in WWE Tough Enough.
Colton is Jewish
Jews
The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
. He has a brother named Greg Colton
Greg Colton
Greg Colton is an American animation director. Colton is most notably known for directing several episodes of the animated series Family Guy and Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy....
, who works on Fox Network's Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
. As well as his well documented friendship with CM Punk
CM Punk
Phillip Jack "Phil" Brooks , better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE and working on its Raw brand currently serving his second title reign as WWE Champion....
, Colton is also good friends with current WWE wrestlers Daniel Bryan
Bryan Danielson
Bryan Danielson is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he wrestles on its SmackDown brand as Daniel Bryan, and currently holds the SmackDown Money in the Bank briefcase, which enables him to have a World Heavyweight Championship match at any time of his choosing...
, Johnny Curtis
Johnny Curtis
Jonathan Curtis is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on its SmackDown brand under his ring name Johnny Curtis. He also performs in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling. He was the winner of the fourth season of NXT.- Early Career :Curtis...
, Zack Ryder
Zack Ryder
Matthew Joseph Cardona, Jr. better known by his ring name Zack Ryder, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE and works on the Raw brand as a wrestler and the SmackDown brand as an assistant to SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long.Cardona wrestled mostly with his tag...
, Curt Hawkins
Curt Hawkins
Brian Joseph Myers is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Curt Hawkins. He is currently signed to WWE working on its Raw brand...
& Evan Bourne.
Other media
As previously mentioned, Colton and CM Punk are good friends in real life, and they are both mentioned in Kidd Russell's single "I'll Do One." Russell also performed the "Copa CabanaCopacabana (song)
"Copacabana", also known as "Copacabana ", is a 1978 song which was sung by Barry Manilow and written by Jack Feldman, Barry Manilow, and Bruce Sussman.-Song information:...
" remix that Colton used as entrance music with his Colt Cabana persona.
On WWE Raw, in November 2010, Punk wore one of Colton's signature shirts that says "I * Colt". The star being The Star of David. On June 27, 2011, during a worked shoot promo, CM Punk raised the possibility of bringing the WWE title to Ring of Honor, before looking directly at the camera, waving, and asking "Hey Colt Cabana, how you doing?" Two weeks later Punk once again mentioned Colton's Colt Cabana character and his tenure in WWE, causing a "Colt Cabana" chant from the crowd.
In December 2010, Colt appeared as "The Bomb" opposite Glenn Gilbertti's character "Joey Mayhem" collectively known as "The Goon Squad" on a spec TV pilot written by Michael Plumides entitled, GHOST TREK: THE KINSEY REPORT. The 22 minute program was shot on location in Charlotte, NC. GHOST TREK also stars Jonny Fairplay and Michael Bortone(CBS' Survivor), Gia Allemand (ABC's Bachelor Pad), and Addy Miller (The Walking Dead). GHOST TREK: THE KINSEY REPORT won "Best Comedy" at the Fright Night Film Fest on July 24, 2011.
As Colt Cabana, Colton is currently touring the United States doing a standup comedy act with fellow wrestler Mick Foley
Mick Foley
Michael Francis "Mick" Foley, Sr. is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, author, comedian, actor, voice actor and former color commentator. He has worked for many wrestling promotions, including WWE, WCW, ECW and TNA. He is often referred to as "The Hardcore Legend", a nickname he...
. He also performs improvisational sketches in Chicago with his comedy troupe Keyfabe (a play on the term "kayfabe
Kayfabe
In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" or "true". Specifically, the portrayal of professional wrestling, in particular the competition and rivalries between participants, as being genuine or not of a worked nature...
").
He is the host of a podcast radio show called The Art of Wrestling that is available every Thursday on WeLoveColt.com and iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
.
Since June 2011, he and comedian Marty DeRosa have been writing and starring in a YouTube show called Creative Has Nothing For You. The show is directed and edited by Michael Sanchez of lifejazzfilms.com.
Colton briefly appeared on Zack Ryder
Zack Ryder
Matthew Joseph Cardona, Jr. better known by his ring name Zack Ryder, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE and works on the Raw brand as a wrestler and the SmackDown brand as an assistant to SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long.Cardona wrestled mostly with his tag...
's YouTube show, Z! True Long Island Story.
On July 17, 2011 Colton appeared in the crowd at the WWE's Money In the Bank PPV. He was there to support long time friend CM Punk. During the match, Punk performed a suicide dive onto John Cena in front of Cabana and the two slapped hands afterward. Commentators Booker T and Jerry Lawler
Jerry Lawler
Jerry O'Neil Lawler is an American professional wrestler, wrestling commentator, musician, businessman, commercial artist and film actor, known throughout the wrestling world as Jerry "The King" Lawler. He is currently signed to WWE, working on its Raw brand as the color commentator and occasional...
referred to Cabana as "a fan" not mentioning that he is also a former WWE Superstar and friend of Punk.
Wrestling Road Diaries
In 2011, Roundtable Creations released The Wrestling Road Diaries, a wrestling documentary that features Cabana, Bryan Danielson, and Sal Rinauro. The film was shot over a period of 10 days in September 2009, and follows the wrestlers as they travel from show to show. It also shows them performing for various wrestling companies and training aspiring wrestlers. (Wrestling Road Diaries. Dir. Eric Santamaria. Perf. Colt Cabana, Bryan Danielson, Sal Rinauro. DVD. Roundtable Creations, 2011.) In the film's first few minutes, Cabana offered a brief assessment of his time with WWE and what it felt like to be back on the independent circuit:"I went to WWE, and now I'm back [...]but this is what I know well, and it's very familiar, so in that aspect, being back on the indies is okay, and it's fun, and it's familiar, so it's what I know best. Even though there's world-class wrestlers up there, I wasn't having world class matches. When I was in developmental, of course, a lot of my matches were against guys who had been playing football and didn't even know how to wrestle. And then when I was in WWE, my game wasn't rising. By going back to the independents,it's almost as if I'm allowed to use what i've learned in the WWE. I'm allowed to use that now in a wrestling ring [because] I really wasn't given an opportunity to." (Wrestling Road Diaries. Dir. Eric Santamaria. Perf. Colt Cabana, Bryan Danielson, Sal Rinauro. DVD. Roundtable Creations, 2011.)
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
-
- As Colt Cabana
- Billy Goat's Curse / Chicago Crab (Reverse Boston crab)
- Colt .45 (Double underhook Canadian backbreaker drop, sometimes from an inverted back to back double underhook position)
- As Matt Classic
- Head vice
- As Colt Cabana
- Signature moves
-
- As Colt Cabana
- Airplane spin
- Bionic elbow
- Cabanarama (Cradle DDT)
- Canadian Bacon Leaf (Inverted cloverleaf)
- Diving leg drop
- Double underhook
- Flying Asshole (Leaping hip attack to an oncoming or a cornered opponent)
- Frankensteiner
- Lake Shore Drive (Rope hung cutter)
- Lariat
- Over the shoulder belly to back piledriver onto the knee
- PowerbombPowerbombA powerbomb is a professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted up and then slammed back-first down to the mat. The standard powerbomb sees an opponent first placed in a standing headscissors position...
- Ram–Man (Missile dropkick)
- Running double high knee
- Sitout scoop slam piledriver
- Snap suplex
- Springboard moonsault
- As Matt Classic
- Abdominal stretch
- Airplane spin
- Bodyslam
- Heart punch
- As Colt Cabana
- ManagersManager (professional wrestling)In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
- Lucy
- Traci BrooksTracy BrookshawTracy Brookshaw is a Canadian professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet and professional wrestling referee, better known by her ring name Traci Brooks. She is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where she has spent most of her career.-Early life:Brookshaw grew up on a...
- Bobby HeenanBobby HeenanRaymond Louis "Ray" Heenan , better known as Bobby "The Brain" Heenan , is a former American professional wrestling manager and color commentator, best known for his time with the American Wrestling Association , World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation...
- LaceyLacey (wrestler)Lacey is an American former professional wrestler, most known for working with numerous promotions throughout Northern America career such as Ring of Honor, Shimmer, IWA-Mid South, Full Impact Pro, and NWA Midwest. She has also wrestled for Chikara, ChickFight, and was part of Wrestling Society X...
- Daizee HazeDaizee HazeDaizee Haze is an American professional wrestler. Whilst wrestling for many companies Daizee Haze is also the head trainer for the Shimmer Women Athletes promotion.-Training and Gateway Championship Wrestling:...
- Dave PrazakDave PrazakDave Prazak is a professional wrestling manager and commentator. He works for many independent wrestling promotions in America. He is the founder of the all female wrestling promotion Shimmer Women Athletes.-Managing:...
- C. Edward Vander PyleMarty LurieMarty Lurie , is in his 8th year as an American professional wrestling manager and commentator better known by his stage name C. Edward Vander Pyle or Mr. Vander Pyle...
- NicknameNicknameA nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
s- "Classic"
- "Boom Boom"
- Entrance themesMusic in professional wrestlingMusic in professional wrestling serves a variety of purposes. The most common uses of music in professional wrestling is that of the entrance theme, a song or piece of instrumental music which plays as a performer approaches the ring...
- "Calling Out" by Presence
- "Bring the NoiseBring the Noise"Bring the Noise" is a song by the hip hop group Public Enemy. It was included on the soundtrack of the 1987 film Less Than Zero and was also released as a single that year. It later became the first song on the group's 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back...
" by Public Enemy and AnthraxAnthrax (band)Anthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1981. Founded by guitarists Scott Ian and Danny Lilker, the band has since released ten studio albums and 20 singles, and an EP featuring Public Enemy. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene... - "CopacabanaCopacabana (song)"Copacabana", also known as "Copacabana ", is a 1978 song which was sung by Barry Manilow and written by Jack Feldman, Barry Manilow, and Bruce Sussman.-Song information:...
" by Barry ManilowBarry ManilowBarry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana ."...
(ROH) - "Super FreakSuper Freak"Super Freak" is a 1981 hit single produced and performed by Rick James. The song, co-written by James and Alonzo Miller, was first released on James' album Street Songs and became one of James' signature songs. It features background vocals from Motown labelmates The Temptations, in which the bass...
" by Rick JamesRick JamesJames Ambrose Johnson, Jr. , better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. James was a popular performer in the late 1970s and 1980s, scoring four number-one hits on the U.S. R&B charts performing in the genres of funk and R&B...
(ROH; Used at Testing the Limit as a tribute to Rick James) - "CopaColtCabana" by Barry Manilow and Kidd Russell (ROH / Independent circuit)
- "Anarchy" by Peter Northcote and Lindsay Jehan
- "Boom Boom" by Kidd Russ and The Girthtones
Championship and accomplishments
- All American Wrestling
- AAW Heritage Championship (1 time)
- All Pro WrestlingAll Pro WrestlingAll Pro Wrestling Gym Wars is a professional wrestling television program produced by APW which originally aired weekly on Saturday mornings on KFTY Channel 50 in the San Francisco Bay Area, beginning December 5, 2009. The series features the professional wrestlers of All Pro Wrestling competing in...
- APW Worldwide Internet ChampionshipAPW Worldwide Internet ChampionshipThe APW World Wide Internet Championship is a title contested in All Pro Wrestling. It was introduced on February 27, 1999 when Michael Modest became the first champion...
(1 time, current)
- APW Worldwide Internet Championship
- All-Star Championship Wrestling / NWA Wisonsin
- ACW/NWA Wisconsin Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- All Star Wrestling
- ASW People's Championship (1 time)
- Christian Wrestling Alliance
- CWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Extreme Wrestling Federation
- EWF Xtreme 8 Tournament (2004)
- Independent Wrestling Association Mid-SouthIndependent Wrestling Association Mid-SouthIndependent Wrestling Association Mid-South is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky.- History :...
- IWA Mid-South Heavyweight ChampionshipIWA Mid-South Heavyweight ChampionshipThe IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship was the major title in the Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South based in Louisville, Kentucky...
(1 time)
- IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship
- Insane Wrestling Federation
- IWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- International Wrestling Cartel
- IWC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- IWC Super Indy Championship (1 time)
- Juggalo Championship Wrestling
- JCW Heavyweight ChampionshipJCW Heavyweight ChampionshipThe JCW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Juggalo Championship Wrestling. It was established in 1999 at JCW's first show, the taping for the DVD JCW Volume 1, with Evil Dead winning a 20-man battle royal...
(1 time)
- JCW Heavyweight Championship
- Landmark Wrestling Federation
- LWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Mid-American Wrestling / NWA Mid-American Wrestling
- MAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- National Wrestling AllianceNational Wrestling AllianceThe National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
- NWA World Heavyweight ChampionshipNWA World Heavyweight ChampionshipThe National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the National Wrestling Alliance. Its lineage has been traced from the first World Heavyweight Championship, which traces its lineage to Georg Hackenschmidt's 1905 title and...
(1 time)
- NWA World Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Midwest
- NWA Illinois Heavyweight ChampionshipNWA Illinois Heavyweight ChampionshipThe NWA Illinois Heavyweight Championship is a championship defended in the NWA Midwest professional wrestling promotion.-Title history:-External links:*...
(1 time)
- NWA Illinois Heavyweight Championship
- Ohio Valley WrestlingOhio Valley WrestlingOhio Valley Wrestling is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. OVW is run by owner Danny Davis and was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance from 1997 until 2000...
- OVW Television ChampionshipOVW Television ChampionshipThe OVW Television Championship is the secondary championship of Ohio Valley Wrestling started on January 5, 2005. When the title was originally conceived, the champion defended against randomly selected opponents, with the winner receiving a check for $1000...
(1 time) - OVW Southern Tag Team ChampionshipOVW Southern Tag Team ChampionshipThe OVW Southern Tag Team Championship is the tag team titles of Ohio Valley Wrestling. Created in 1997, the first champions were Nick Dinsmore and Flash Flanagan. As of 2011, the current champions are Ted McNaler and Adam Revolver, known as The Elite in their fourth reign...
(2 times) – Charles Evans (1) and Shawn SpearsRonnie ArniellRonnie William Arneill is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name as Shawn Spears. He is perhaps best known for his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment on its ECW brand, where he briefly performed under the ring name Gavin Spears.-Early life:Born and raised in St...
(1)
- OVW Television Championship
- One Pro WrestlingOne Pro WrestlingOne Pro Wrestling was a British professional wrestling promotion. 1PW was founded in 2005 by Steven Gauntley until the promotion went into liquidation in 2007; it was restarted within the same year..It ended in August 2011....
- 1PW Tag Team Championship1PW Tag Team ChampionshipThe One Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in One Pro Wrestling. The title was established in 2006. Title reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers, involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and...
(1 time) – with Darren BurridgeDarren BurridgeGreg Burridge is a semi-retired British professional wrestler. He is best known for his work on the independent circuit throughout the United Kingdom.-Professional wrestling career:...
- 1PW Tag Team Championship
- Pro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
- PWI ranked him #67 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2006
- Pro Wrestling WORLD-1 Great Lakes
- WORLD-1 Great Lakes Openweight Championship (1 time)
- Revolution Championship Wrestling
- RCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Revolución Lucha Libre
- RLL Absolute Championship (1 time, current)
- Ring of HonorRing of HonorRing of Honor ' is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in May 2011...
- ROH Tag Team ChampionshipROH World Tag Team ChampionshipThe Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants usually execute...
(2 times) – with CM PunkCM PunkPhillip Jack "Phil" Brooks , better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE and working on its Raw brand currently serving his second title reign as WWE Champion....
- ROH Tag Team Championship
- Steel Domain Wrestling
- SDW Television Championship (1 time)
- UWA Hardcore Wrestling
- UWA Canadian Championship (1 time)
- Other titles
- ICW/ICWA Tex-Arkana Television Championship (4 times)
- MCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Steve Stone
- MMW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- PWF Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- WC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)