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| Born | Scott Colton (1980-05-06)May 6, 1980 (age 45) Deerfield, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Western Michigan University[8] |
| Website | coltcabana |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Chris Guy[1][2] Colt Cabana[1] Colt Nevada[1] Goon #1[1] Matt Classic[1] Masked Fipper #7[3] Officer Colt Cabana[4] Officer Jack Offerson[4] Punchline[5] Scott Colton[1] Scotty Goldman[1] Twinkie the Kid[6] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 233 lb (106 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | Chicago, Illinois[1] Maxwell Street in Chicago, Illinois[7] |
| Trained by | Ace Steel[1] Danny Dominion[1] Kevin Quinn[1] |
| Debut | June 19, 1999[1] |
Scott Colton (born May 6, 1980), better known by thering nameColt Cabana, is an Americanprofessional wrestler,color commentator, and podcaster. He is signed toAll Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a wrestler and as acoach, and he performs the same duties for AEW's sister promotion,Ring of Honor (ROH). He is a two-timeNWA World Heavyweight Champion, two-timeNWA National Heavyweight Championship, one-timeRevPro British Heavyweight Champion, and one-timeJCW World Heavyweight Champion. He worked inWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) asScotty Goldman and wrestled as old-school masked wrestlerMatt Classic inWrestling Society X andChikara.
Cabana began competing routinely for Steel Domain Wrestling throughout 2000 and 2001 inSt. Paul, Minnesota, often teaming with or facing rival and later friendCM Punk. He made a name for himself when he joined ROH, where he was placed in a rivalry with Punk before uniting with Punk andAce Steel to form theSecond City Saints. He later formed a tag team with Punk, which led to him becoming atwo-timeROH World Tag Team Champion. He also had rivalries withHomicide and then-World ChampionBryan Danielson.
Cabana was a part of the short-livedWrestling Society X onMTV in late 2006, where he portrayed his old-school wrestling persona, the masked "Matt Classic". In 2007, he left ROH to wrestle inOhio Valley Wrestling (OVW), WWE's developmental territory, where he became aone-timeTelevision Champion and atwo-timeSouthern Tag Team Championship. He made several appearances as Scotty Goldman with WWE on itsSmackDown brand before being released from his contract in 2009.
Scott Colton[8] was born into a Jewish family inDeerfield, Illinois, on May 6, 1980.[8] He attendedWestern Michigan University, and was a member of thefootball team for one season,[9] until graduating in 2002 with a degree inbusiness marketing.[8]
Scott Colton was trained byAce Steel & Danny Dominion. He broke intoRing of Honor with the name Colt Cabana as CM Punk's rival before joining with Steel and Punk asthe Second City Saints.[10] Cabana and Punk later became two–timeROH Tag Team Champions.[11][12] With Punk becoming a singles star, Cabana feuded withAustin Aries andNigel McGuinness. On August 13, 2005, Cabana defeated Punk in atwo out of three falls match in their hometown of Chicago in what was supposed to be Punk's last ROH match before going toWorld Wrestling Entertainment.[13]
Between August 2005 and April 2006, Cabana was involved in a feud withHomicide, which featured Cabana being strangled with a metal coat hanger, bleeding from numerous chair shots, havingDrāno poured down his throat, being piledriven off the ring apron through a table, and getting his head crushed between a ladder.[14] On April 1, 2006, in Chicago, Cabana finally got his revenge and earned the respect of Homicide after aChicago Street Fight, which saw the feud settled with a handshake and an embrace.[15]
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, inPhiladelphia.[16] 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 atChi-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.[17]
In October 2006, Cabana was involved in an auto accident with fellow Ring of Honor starsAdam Pearce and Dave Prazak. Cabana was driving from a Ring of Honor event inDayton, 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 he had only bruised it. Despite the injury, Cabana wrestled the next night in Chicago Ridge, Illinois.[18] Pearce and Prazak also walked away with only bruises.
On April 3, 2007, it was revealed by the Ring of Honor website that Colton had signed a WWE developmental contract and was to begin working for their developmental territoryOhio Valley Wrestling.[19] AtGood Times, Great Memories (named in his honor), held on April 28 in Chicago, Cabana defeated long-time friend and fellow Chicago wrestler Adam Pearce.[20]
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 aEuropean rounds style bout withWorld of Sport journeyman,Johnny Kidd. Cabana also did a short tour ofPuerto Rico forIWA PR in early 2005. During 2006, Cabana became a popular wrestler in theBritish promotion1 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 championsJonny Storm andJody Fleisch, and the Southern Comfort team ofTracey Smothers andChris Hamrick.
Cabana also made his Japanese debut forZero 1 Max in 2006. In a later tour, he formed an alliance withSteve Corino and Yoshi, known as the P Force Men, which wore all pink outfits. Colt's also appeared and wrestled for Ireland'sIrish 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 againstDoug Williams and Nigel McGuinness, before formally retiring his half of the title.
In November 2006, Colton taped several matches forWrestling Society X (WSX), a wrestling series on MTV. He competed under the name Matt Classic, who is a throwback to the wrestlers of the 1950s and 1960s.[21] His gimmick used "old school" moves such as theskull vice and theabdominal 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).[21]
In 2005 and 2006, Colton wrestled a number of preliminary matches in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), starting out on itsHeat andVelocity shows. On one occasion, he competed under the name Chris Guy,[22] 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.[23]
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 the opponent againstThe Miz at an OVW live event on June 8.[24] He won his first match in OVW when he forced the Belgium Brawler to submit with theChicago Crab on June 23. After helpingAl Snow regain the role of OVW Troubleshooter from Kruel, Cabana became involved in theOVW Television Championship picture, defeating championShawn Spears by count-out 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.[25] When OVW was replaced byFlorida Championship Wrestling (FCW) as the WWE developmental territory, Cabana was moved down to FCW.
On the August 15, 2008, episode ofSmackDown, Colton made his WWE main roster debut as "Scotty Goldman", losing toThe Brian Kendrick. On the August 22 episode ofSmackDown, Colton was a participant in a 10-manbattle royal match to determine a qualifier for theWWE Championship scramble match atUnforgiven, but was eliminated byCurt Hawkins and Zack Ryder. His last singles match onSmackDown was a quick loss againstThe Great Khali. A show starring Colton premiered on WWE.com asWhat's Crackin'?, later renamedGood as Goldman, on January 14, 2009.[8] In his first appearance on television in five months, Colton participated in anElimination Chamber qualifying battle royal on February 6, 2009, but was eliminated first. Colton was released from his WWE contract on February 20, 2009,[26] the same day that his final match for WWE, a loss toUmaga, aired onSmackDown.
On February 21, 2009, Colton made his return toPro Wrestling Guerrilla atExpress Written Consent where he, as Colt Cabana, challengedChris Hero for thePWG World Championship in a 3-way match which also includedHuman Tornado. Hero was able to retain his belt by pinning Tornado and afterwards promised Cabana a 1-on-1 shot at the belt.[27] That match took place on April 12 at PWG's hundredth show, where Hero was able to retain his title.[28] On March 14, 2009, he was defeated by Loca Vida at 2CW in Binghamton, New York, 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 the7th Anniversary Show, he teamed with Bryan Danielson to defeatBison Smith and Jimmy Rave, who was also returning to ROH.[29] On April 25, Cabana received an ROH World Title shot against Jerry Lynn but lost.[30] On June 6, Cabana debuted onRing of Honor Wrestling, ROH's television program, teaming withBrent Albright.[31] 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.[32][33]
On February 25, 2010,Chikara announced that Colton was to take part in the2010 King of Trios tournament in late April, under his Matt Classic persona, teaming up withDasher Hatfield and Sugar Dunkerton as the Throwbacks.[34] 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 andGran Akuma).[35] 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. He defeated Balls Mahoney in the finals. On October 23, 2010, Colton won the RCW World Heavyweight Championship from Hank Calhoun. He has since been teaming withEl Generico in his feud withKevin Steen and Steve Corino.[36] On October 16, 2010, Cabana defeated Corino in an"I Quit" match in Chicago Ridge to end their feud.[37] At the September 22 tapings ofTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling's weekly television programImpact!, Colton, under his Colt Cabana persona, wrestled in a dark match, where he defeatedPuma.[38]
On March 6, 2011, Colton (as Cabana) won theNWA World Heavyweight Championship from Adam Pearce at theNWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood television tapings.[39] He lost the title toThe Sheik on April 23, 2011, in Jacksonville, Florida.[40]On March 19 Cabana debuted for NWA Rampage in a World Heavyweight Championship defense against NWA RPW Heavyweight 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 afterward.On April 2 during the second night of ROH'sHonor Takes Center Stage pay-per-view, Cabana started a new feud with House of Truth membersChristopher Daniels,Michael Elgin,Roderick Strong andTruth Martini.[41] Colton, as Matt Classic, returned to Chikara on April 15 for the2011 King of Trios, once again teaming with Dasher Hatfield and Sugar Dunkerton as the Throwbacks. The team was eliminated in the first round by TeamOsaka Pro (Atsushi Kotoge,Daisuke Harada and Ultimate Spider Jr.).[42][43] On July 20, Cabana (asOfficer Colt Cabana) defeated2 Tuff Tony to win theJCW World Heavyweight Champion atJuggalo Championship Wrestling's event Above the Law.[4] He lost the championship toCorporal Robinson at the following event.[44] On August 2, Cabana wrestled a dark match for WWE at aSmackDown taping, losing againstWade Barrett.[45] On August 6, 2011, Cabana tapped out to Ring of Honor World champion Davey Richards inCarrollton,Georgia as part of the 2011Wrestling Legends Fanfest Weekend activities.[46] On August 20, Cabana wrestled inAberdeen,Scotland for Wrestlezone, losing a tag team title match.[47] On August 26, 2011, Colt headlined the inaugural show forPreston City Wrestling, joining once again with Darren Burridge as Team SHAG. On October 15, 2011, Cabana made a surprise appearance atAll Pro Wrestling's Halloween Hell XIV event inHayward, California, defeating "Wrestling Personified" Rik Luxury for hisAPW Worldwide Internet Championship after answering Luxury's open challenge.[48] On November 13, atChikara High Noon, Cabana faced and defeatedArchibald Peck after Colt Cabunny—a character that is essentially a parody of Cabana—turned on Peck and helped his "human counterpart" pick up the win.[49] Cabana and Peck then teamed at Chikara's next iPPV,Chikarasaurus Rex: How to Hatch a Dinosaur, where they were defeated by The Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield andMark Angelosetti).[50]
In March 2012 Cabana appeared onProgress Chapter One: In The Beginning, the debut show of London-based promotionProgress Wrestling, in a losing effort to Loco Mike Mason.[51] On April 8, 2012, Cabana defeated Adam Pearce to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship for the second time.[52] He re-lost the title to Pearce on July 21.[53] Cabana teamed withEddie Edwards to take part inGlobal Tag League 2012 and gained five points but did not progress further.[54] On September 14, 2012, Colton returned to his Matt Classic persona as he, Dasher Hatfield and Mark Angelosetti entered the2012 King of Trios, losing to TeamJWP (Command Bolshoi,Kaori Yoneyama andTsubasa Kuragaki) in their first round match.[42][55] On October 27, Colton concluded a seven match series against Adam Pearce with a victory leading to Pearce vacating the NWA World Title[56][57]
On April 1, 2016, Cabana returned to ROH atSupercard of Honor X, confronting and challenging ROH World ChampionJay Lethal.[58] Cabana received his title shot against Lethal on May 8 atGlobal Wars, but the match ended in ano contest, whenBullet Club took over the ring. On September 30, atAll Star Extravaganza VIII Cabana andDalton Castle defeatedThe All Night Express (Rhett Titus andKenny King) (withCaprice Coleman),Keith Lee and Shane Taylor andWar Machine (Hanson andRaymond Rowe) in a Four Corner Survival tag team match for the #1 contendership to the ROH World Tag Team Championship. On October 14, atGlory By Honor XV night one Cabana defeatedMark Briscoe. The next night Cabana was on Team ROH All-Stars withThe Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) and Dalton Castle against the Team ROH Champions (Adam Cole,Bobby Fish, andThe Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in an eight-man elimination tag team match that went to a no-contest because Cabana and Castle challenged Matt and Nick Jackson to a ROH World Tag Team Championship match where they were defeated. On the November 19, 2016, edition of ROH's television show, Colt Cabana turned heel by attacking Dalton Castle and splitting up his tag team.[59] AtFinal Battle Cabana was defeated by Dalton Castle.
On January 1, 2017, Cabana became a commentator for Ring of Honor, replacing Nigel McGuinness (while still also wrestling). On the January 7 episode ofRing of Honor Wrestling, Cabana was defeatedChris Sabin, with the help from The Boys. On February 18, episode of Ring of Honor Cabana defeated The Boys in a 1 on 2 Handicap Match. On March 4 at Manhattan Mayhem VI Cabana lost his rematch with Dalton Castle.
On April 15 episode ofRing of Honor Wrestling Cabana was involved in a random draw eight-man tag team match where he teamed with Bobby Fish,Lio Rush, and Hanson as they were defeated by Jay Lethal,Hangman Page,Jay White andSilas Young, where the winners faced each other in a fatal four number one contender match for the ROH World Championship.
On August 13, Cabana challenged Dalton Castle and the Boys for theROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship and teamed withThe Tempura Boyz (Sho &Yohei) in an unsuccessful effort at winning the championship on August 20. After the match, Cabana shook hands with Castle and the Boys, turning him face. Colt became more active as a color commentator alongside Ian Riccaboni. At the 2019 Crockett Cup, Colt Cabana won theNWA National Heavyweight Championship from Willie Mack. On June 29, 2019, he lost the championship toJames Storm but subsequently regained it in a victory onNWA Power. He lost the title toAron Stevens in a triple threat match also involvingRicky Starks atNWA Into the Fire.
In 2022, he was a judge atSupercard of Honor XV for theROH Pure Championship. On July 23, atDeath Before Dishonor (2022), Cabana defeatedAnthony Henry in the pre-show.
On February 22, 2019, Cabana, alongside plenty of other ROH talent, appeared on Day 1 ofHonor Rising: Japan which took place in Korakuen Hall. AlongsideDelirious andCheeseburger, they facedRyusuke Taguchi,Toru Yano, andTogi Makabe for theNEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship, but in a losing effort. The next day, on Day 2 of Honor Rising: Japan, Cabana teamed with Toru Yano and were victorious in a match against Cheese Burger and Delirious. While the ROH talent headed back home after Honor Rising: Japan, Cabana would stay in Japan. On February 25, 2019, he was announced as one of the 32 participants in theNew Japan Cup 2019.[60] On March 8, 2019, Cabana stated that he would be making his official NJPW debut[61] Cabana was eliminated from the2019 New Japan Cup in the quarter-finals bySanada and on March 24, Cabana stated that he had finished the tour.[62]
After making multiple appearances forAll Elite Wrestling since 2019, Cabana signed with the promotion in February 2020.[63] He made a surprise appearance atRevolution on February 29, 2020, attackingThe Dark Order. In May 2020, Cabana began a losing streak asBrodie Lee tried to recruit him into The Dark Order. On the June 10 episode ofDynamite, after Cabana lost toSammy Guevara, Lee came out to help Cabana to his feet and once again offer him a spot in the Dark Order. Later that night, Cabana was seen heading into Lee's office.[64] The following week, Cabana was handed an envelope by Lee that stated they will team together againstJoey Janela and Sonny Kiss. Cabana and Lee would defeat Janela and Kiss after Cabana pinned Janela.[65] Over the next few weeks, Cabana experienced a winning streak while teaming with members of the Dark Order as he was slowly recruited into the group over time, thus slowly turning heel.[66] Following the death of Brodie Lee, Cabana, alongside the rest of The Dark Order, transitioned into babyfaces.[67] At theBrodie Lee Celebration of Life memorial show, Cabana teamed withThe Young Bucks to defeatMatt Hardy andPrivate Party, securing the pinfall victory.[68] Cabana wrestled his final match as a member of the Dark Order in August 2022.[69]
On the November 2, 2022, episode ofDynamite, Cabana challengedChris Jericho for theROH World Championship in a losing effort. In July 2023, it was reported that Cabana had begun working backstage in AEW as acoach.[70] Cabana returned to the ring for AEW in September 2023, forming a new tag team withBrandon Cutler. Over the following months, Cabana and Cutler faced Cabana's former Dark Order stablemates in a series of tag team matches.[69]
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Colton hosts a podcast calledThe Art of Wrestling, which has 409 episodes as of September 2024.[71]
On December 23, 2019, RetroSoft Studios announced Riccaboni and Cabana would be providing commentary for the sequel to the 1991 arcade gameWWF WrestleFestRetroMania Wrestling onPlayStation 4,Nintendo Switch,Xbox One, and PC.[72]
While atWestern Michigan University, Colton became friends withMatt Cappotelli, who went on to participate inWWE Tough Enough.[73]
In February 2015, WWE doctor Christopher Amann filed a lawsuit against Colton and long-time friend Phillip Brooks (better known asCM Punk) for comments made during aNovember 2014 episode of Colton'sArt of Wrestling podcast.[74][75] Amann was seeking roughly $4 million in compensation and an undisclosed amount inpunitive damages.[76] In 2018, the case went to trial, where a jury ruled in favor of Colton and Brooks.[77] Later that year, Colton filed a lawsuit against Brooks, alleging breach of contract and fraud due to Brooks' alleged agreement and later refusal to pay Colton's legal fees for the Amann suit. Colton sought $200,000 in damages and an additional $1 million in punitive damages.[78] Brooks filed acounterclaim against Colton for $600,000 and additional fees in June 2019.[79] Both lawsuits were settled and dismissed in September 2019, whichPWInsider stated involved no financial compensation.[80]
Jeff Katz's Wrestling Revolution Project taped its first season in Los Angeles this past week. [...] Colt Cabana is doing a new character, a heel who is a failed stand-up comedian using the name Punchline. It was different, but said to be good.
Raven & Colt Cabana defeated CM Punk & Ace Steel. After the match, Cabana turned on Raven to form the Second City Saints with Punk and Steel
C.M. Punk & Colt Cabana defeated The Briscoe Brothers to win the ROH Tag Team Titles
Colt Cabana beat CM Punk in a 2/3 falls match
Colt Cabana beat Homicide in a Chicago Street Fight
(4) Bryan Danielson defeats Colt Cabana at 4:58 to retain the ROH World Heavyweight Title
Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana went to a 6,000,000 minute time limit draw in a two out of three falls match for the ROH World Title
Colt Cabana & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Jimmy Rave & Sal Rinauro
Cabana has signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment
Colt Cabana defeated Adam Pearce in his farewell match
A throwback to the old school wrestler of the 1950s and 60s, this ring technician is out to prove that high flying, death defying moves aren't the only way too min a wrestling match
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