The life of Colt Cabana has been forced into the spotlight since the infamous CM Punk press conference rant. Punk made personal claims about Cabana that stemmed from their falling out. The former best friends had a shocking falling out that proves not all bonds are meant to last forever in the wrestling world.
Cabana has had a long wrestling career over the past two decades with appearances all over the world. Punk is the only noteworthy drama to follow Colt, who is generally popular in the wrestling community. AEW has used Cabana on and off before the Punk addition changed his future. Life outside AEW will be looked at to learn more about Colt.
10 Played Brooklyn Brawler In Young Rock
The television series Young Rock is a cool show for wrestling fans getting to see The Rock’s wrestling background in sitcom form. One of the timelines featured on the show saw The Rock making his first WWE appearances early in his career when getting signed.
Colt Cabana was hired to play the role of Brooklyn Brawler in an episode where he had noteworthy moments with Rock. The studio flew Colt out to Australia to film the scenes playing the beloved enhancement talent. Brawler has praised Cabana for doing a great job portraying him.
9 Twitch Video Game Streamer
The past few years have seen Twitch streaming becoming an important side platform for wrestlers. Colt Cabana became one of the more beloved wrestlers on Twitch during the pandemic when everyone was looking for ways to be entertained.
Group streams with other AEW wrestlers playing Among Us and Dungeons & Dragons showed how entertaining Colt was on that platform. Cabana now plays Jackbox, Fortnite, Fall Guys, and various other games with a community of fans that watch and join.
8 Wrestling Broadcasting
Colt Cabana has a background in wrestling broadcasting that sees that as part of what he can bring to the table. Ring of Honor had Cabana on their roster for a few years before the move to AEW, but he spent most of the final years on commentary.
The duo of Ian Riccaboni and Colt called the PPVs and television product for ROH most weeks. Cabana transitioned well to the new role and seemed excited to move forward. However, AEW signed Colt primarily for wrestling and producing since they had a deep list of broadcasters already.
7 Revealed Family Situation Regarding Punk's Comments About Mother
One of the most ridiculous quotes from CM Punk burying Colt Cabana in that press conference was randomly revealing that Colt shares a bank account with his mother. Punk buried Cabana for this since it came to light during the lawsuits, with Punk even calling Colt’s mother by name.
Cabana had some fun with this during a Twitch stream when joking that his brother also has their mother’s name on his bank account. Colt’s brother Greg Colton is a director for the Family Guy series and also has a role in the entertainment industry, but they both try to help their mother out financially.
6 Makes His Own Gear
An interesting tidbit about Colt Cabana behind the scenes is that he makes his own wrestling gear. Colt has joked throughout the years about trying to not spend money and learning how to make his own gear certainly has helped that.
A sewing machine at his home is how Cabana does it with his gear usually standing out as fun and unique compared to the average wrestler. Other wrestlers have even asked for tips and insight from Colt when trying to create their own gear.
5 Hosts Multiple Podcasts
The Art of Wrestling podcast was the first major wrestling show on that platform to show how much fans could care. Colt Cabana hosting the podcast made his name bigger than ever to become a stronger asset in wrestling as he developed new fans.
However, there have been some changes with Colt rarely interviewing other wrestlers unless releasing a shorter season. Wrestling Anonymous is the bigger project of Cabana these days taking calls from fans sharing their stories meeting wrestlers and expanding on interesting tales from the business.
4 Has Appeared In Chicago Fire TV Show
Colt Cabana has been taking acting roles for years long before wrestling fans saw him as Brooklyn Brawler in Young Rock. One of the more interesting roles for Cabana came on the show Chicago Fire which airs primetime on NBC.
The episode for Colt featured a role of him playing a Hazmat team leader. Cabana revealed that he received the role after returning from an international tour to make his audition. The show clearly liked Colt’s audition enough to offer him the small role.
3 Has A Comedy Career Outside Of Wrestling
Comedy is a huge aspect of Colt Cabana as one of the top comedic wrestlers, but he also has his hand in other areas. Colt has done some touring of standup shows and produced his own form of live touring events focused on comedy.
There have been some wrestling-related projects like commentating over bad matches, but Cabana’s traditional comedy work like improv or standup gives him a noteworthy resume. Few wrestlers have expanded outside the business as much as Colt without retiring from the ring to make it happen.
2 Still Wrestles Consistently Internationally
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The AEW contracts from Tony Khan will see most wrestlers allowed to work for independent promotions if the company approves it. Khan re-signing Colt Cabana to a Ring of Honor deal continued the same scenario as he takes consistent bookings these days.
ROH not running regular shows and Colt only having one AEW appearance in recent memory has opened his schedule up. Cabana has recently had tours in Germany and England. AEW even used Colt at the Gamescon Germany event when he was there, and they needed talent to represent them.
1 Ownership Stake In ProWrestlingTees
Pro Wrestling Tees changed the landscape of merchandise in wrestling by creating a site for indie wrestlers to have their own shirt site. Thousands of current stars, legends, promotions, and brands have wrestling-related items on the site now.
Colt Cabana was the first wrestler to introduce the concept when Ryan Barkin created the company based on their previous One Hour Tees concept. Recent years have seen other wrestlers sharing that Colt has an ownership stake in the company, and he still hosts a live auction show for them.