Colt Cabana

Real name: Scott Colton
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 233 lbs.
Date of birth: May 6, 1980
Hometown: Deerfield, IL
Pro debut: June 1999
Trained by: Ace Steel & Danny Dominion
Finishing move: Colt 45

Biography

– Colton debuted in June 1999, wrestling as Goon #1 for Wisconsin’s NAWF promotion
– In 2000, Colton became ‘Colt Cabana’
– On January 20, 2001, Cabana won a Battle Royal to win the vacant IWF Heavyweight Title
– On December 29, Cabana defeated CM Punk to win the SDW Television Title
– On April 19, 2002, Cabana defeated CM Punk & Eddie Guerrero to win the IWA:MS Heavyweight Title
– In May 2002, Cabana defended the IWA:MS Heavyweight Title against Cash Flo, Chris Hero, CM Punk and Michael Todd Stratton
– On June 28, Cabana defeated Corporal Robinson to retain the IWA:MS Heavyweight Title. He retained against Chris Hero the next day
– On July 6, Cabana defeated Jerry Lynn to retain the IWA:MS Heavyweight Title
– On July 20, Cabana defeated Shirley Doe in a tournament final to become the IWC World Heavyweight Champion in Canonsburg, PA.
– On August 17, Cabana defeated Doe to retain the IWC World Title
– On September 28, Cabana defeated Ikuto Hidaka to retain the IWC World Title
– On October 19, Cabana defeated CM Punk to retain the IWC World Title
– Cabana beat Reckless Youth on October 26, 2002 to become the first NWA Illinois Heavyweight Champion in Grayslake, IL.
– On November 16, Cabana defeated Jimmy Vegas to retain the IWC World Title. He retained against AJ Styles the next day
– On November 23, Cabana defeated Cru Jones to retain the NWA Illinois Heavyweight Title
– On December 7, Cabana wrestled his first ROH match, defeating CM Punk
– A week later, Cabana defeated JB Trask & Dino Bambino to win the ACW Heavyweight Title
– In January 2003, Cabana made an appearance on TNA Xplosion, losing to CM Punk
– In April 2003, Cabana began teaming with Ace Steel and CM Punk as ‘The Second City Saints’
– Cabana won the second IWC Super Indy Tournament, defeating Super Hentai, Matt Stryker & Sterling James Keenan
– At WrestleRave ’03, The Second City Saints (Cabana & Punk) defeated Christopher Daniels & Raven
– On July 12, Cabana defeated Cru Jones to retain the NWA Illinois Heavyweight Title
– On August 23, Cabana fought AJ Styles to a time-limit draw to retain the IWC Super Indy Title
– At Glory By Honor II, Cabana defeated Chris Sabin, AJ Styles & Matt Stryker in a Four Corner Survival
– On October 4, Cabana defeated Dean Radford to retain the IWC Super Indy Title
– On December 12, Cabana defeated AJ Styles to retain the IWC Super Indy Title
– At Final Battle ’03, The Second City Saints (Cabana & Punk) defeated Turmeric Storm (Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto)
– At MAW’s 11th Anniversary Show, Cabana defeated Ace Steel
– On April 24, 2004 in Chicago, IL, The Second City Saints (Cabana & Punk) defeated The Briscoes (Mark & Jay) to capture the ROH Tag Team Titles.
– On May 14, Cabana defeated Brad Bradley to retain the NWA Illinois Heavyweight Title
– At ROH’s Generation Next event, The Second City Saints (Cabana & Punk) defeated The Prophecy (BJ Whitmer & Dan Maff) in a No-DQ Match to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On June 6, Cabana defeated Chip Stetson to retain the NWA Illinois Heavyweight Title
– At Death Before Dishonor II, The Second City Saints (Cabana & Punk) defeated The Briscoes (Mark & Jay) in a Best of 3 Falls Match to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
– On August 20, Cabana fought Arik Cannon to a time-limit draw to retain the NWA Illinois Heavyweight Title
– Between September and November 2004, Cabana worked exclusively in Europe, mostly for promotions in England
– On November 24, in his first match back in the US, Cabana defeated Skullkrusher to win the MAW Heavyweight Title
– At ROH All-Star Extravaganza II, Cabana & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Generation Next (Roderick Strong & Jack Evans)
– On March 25, 2005, Cabana defeated Brandon Thomaselli to retain the MAW Heavyweight Title
– Cabana won the second EWF X8 Tournament, defeating Nigel McGuinness, Ryan Paradise & Indy Kid
– In July 2005, Cabana returned to Europe for another two-month tour
– At Glory By Honor IV, Cabana defeated Homicide by DQ
– On January 13, 2006, Cabana defeated Bryan Danielson & Chris Hero to win the vacant IWF Heavyweight Title
– On March 10, Cabana defeated Nigel McGuinness to retain the IWF Heavyweight Title
– In early-April 2006, Cabana made four jobber appearances on WWE shows
– On May 20, Cabana defeated Truth Martini, N8 Mattson & Noah Lott to become the first WORLD-1 Great Lakes Openweight Champion
– In early June, Cabana made another pair of appearances on WWE B-shows
– On July 14, Cabana defeated Chris Hero to retain the IWF Heavyweight Title
– At ROH’s Anarchy in the UK event, Cabana, Nigel McGuinness & Robbie Brookside defeated Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli & Chad Collyer
– At 1PW’s First Anniversary Show, in Doncaster, England, Team SHAG (Cabana & Darren Burridge) defeated Souther Comfort (Chris Hamrick & Tracy Smothers) and Jonny Storm & Jody Fleisch in a Ladder Match to win the 1PW Tag Team Titles
– In November 2006, Cabana made several appearances on MTV’s Wrestling Society X project
– On November 26, Team SHAG (Cabana & Darren Burridge) defeated The Damned Nation (Dragon Aisu & Majik) to retain the 1PW Tag Team Titles
– On February 11, 2007, Cabana fought Chris Sabin to a time-limit draw to retain the IWF Heavyweight Title
– At Supercard of Honor II, Cabana & Homicide defeated Adam Pearce & Brent Albright
– On April 3, it was announced that Colton had signed a WWE development deal and would be reporting to OVW the next month
– On April 6, Team SHAG (Cabana & Darren Burridge) defeated Doug Williams & Nigel McGuinness to retain the 1PW Tag Team Titles
– Later that month, Cabana debuted the masked ‘Matt Classic’ character
– Colton, still wrestling as Colt Cabana, made his OVW debut on May 23, losing to Mike Mondo
– On October 31, Cabana defeated Shawn Spears to win the OVW Television Title
– On November 7, Cabana & Spears defeated Paul Burchill & Stu Sanders in the final of a tournament to win the vacant OVW Southern Tag Team Titles
– On November 14, Cabana defeated Drew McIntyre to retain the OVW Television Title, before he and Shawn Spears defeated Ryan Reeves & Pat Buck to retain the OVW Southern Tag Team Titles
– On November 30, Cabana & Spears defeated Paul Burchill & Stu Sanders to retain the OVW Southern Tag Team Titles
– On December 19, Cabana defeated his fellow OVW Southern Tag Team Champion Shawn Spears in a Ladder Match. Per the stipulation, this allowed Cabana to choose a new partner to defend the titles with. Unfortunately, he and new partner Charles Evans lost the titles in their first defense
– In March 2008, Cabana moved to FCW
– Colton made his full WWE debut on the August 15, 2008, edition of Smackdown, wrestling as Scotty Goldman in a loss to Brian Kendrick
– Following a loss to The Great Khali on the September 19 Smackdown, Goldman returned to FCW
– Goldman resurfaced on Smackdown in early 2009, but was released from his WWE deal on February 20.
– Cabana returned to ROH at their 7th Anniversary Show, teaming with Bryan Danielson to defeat The Embassy (Jimmy Rave & Bison Smith)
– At ROH Manhattan Mayhem III, Cabana defeated Claudio Castagnoli, D’Lo Brown & Bryan Danielson in a Four Corner Survival Match
– At Death Before Dishonor VII, Cabana defeated Joey Ryan in a No Rules Match
– At Glory By Honor VIII, Cabana defeated Rhett Titus
– On November 28, 2009, Cabana defeated Arik Cannon to win the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On December 26, Cabana defeated Cannon to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On January 22, 2010, Cabana defeated Johnny Gargano to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– At ROH’s 8th Anniversary Show, Cabana defeated Kevin Steen
– At ROH’s The Big Bang PPV, Cabana & El Generico defeated Steve Corino & Kevin Steen by DQ
– Cabana won the 2010 NHPW Global Conflict Tournament, defeating Balls Mahoney in the final
– At Glory By Honor IX, Cabana & El Generico defeated Steve Corino & Kevin Steen in a Chain Match
– At Final Battle ’10, Cabana defeated TJ Perkins
– On March 6, 2011, Cabana defeated Adam Pearce to win the NWA World Title
– On March 18, Cabana defeated Brandon Collum & Bobby Moore to retain the NWA World Title
– On March 26, Cabana defeated Sebastian Suave to retain the NWA World Title
– On April 10, Cabana defeated Joey Ryan to retain the NWA World Title
– On July 20, 2011 in Pontiac, MI, Cabana defeated 2 Tuff Tony to win the JCW (Juggalo Championship Wrestling) Heavyweight Title.
– Cabana returned to WWE for a pair of dark match appearances in early August 2008
– On September 12, Cabana defeated Mike Hughes to win the LCW Heavyweight Title, but would lose it back the next night
– On October 15, Cabana defeated Rik Luxury to win the APW Worldwide Internet Title
– On October 23, Cabana won the second fall of a Two-Fall Triple Threat Match, also featuring Perro Ramces & Coyote, in Santiago, Chile, to win the RLL Absoluto Title
– On December 23, Cabana defeated AERO to retain the RLL Absoluto Title
– On April 8, 2012, Cabana defeated Adam Pearce to regain the NWA World Title
– On May 13, Cabana defeated Pearce in a First Blood Match to retain the NWA World Title
– On June 8, Cabana defeated Pearce in a Street Fight to retain the NWA World Title
– On July 7, Cabana defeated Pearce in an I Quit Match to retain the NWA World Title
– On July 13, Cabana defeated Marshall Scott to retain the NWA World Title
– On November 3, Cabana defeated Trikki D to win the PCW State Title
– On March 31, 2013, Cabana defeated Sha Samuels to win the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– On June 15, Cabana defeated Samuels to retain the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– On October 27, Cabana defeated Rampage Brown to retain the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– On November 29, Cabana defeated Marty Scurll to retain the RevPro British Heavyweight Title
– On August 10, 2014, Irn Jew (Cabana & Grado) defeated The New Age Kliq (Chris Renfrew & BT Gunn) to win the ICW Tag Team Titles
– A week later, Irn Jew defeated Polo Promotions (Jackie Polo & Mark Coffey) to retain the ICW Tag Team Titles
– In September 2015, Cabana worked several dates for Jeff Jarrett’s GFW promotion
– At House of Hardcore X, Cabana, Bill Carr, Dan Barry, Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke defeated Lance Anoa’i, LA Smooth, Vik Dalishus, Afa Jr & Jade
– At House of Hardcore XI, Cabana, Bill Carr, Dan Barry & Yusuke Kodama defeated Eddie Kingston, Hale Collins, Ben Ortiz & Vik Dalishus
– Cabana returned to ROH at Supercard of Honor X, defeating Jay Lethal
– At House of Hardcore XIV, Cabana defeated Chris Hero
– At All-Star Extravaganza VIII, Cabana & Dalton Castle defeated Keith Lee & Shane Taylor, The All-Night Express (Rhett Titus & Kenny King) and War Machine (Hanson & Rowe) in a Four Corner Survival Match
– At Glory By Honor XV, Cabana defeated Mark Briscoe
– At House of Hardcore XXI, Cabana defeated Danny Duggan
– Cabana wrestled 5 matches on the House of Hardcore Australian tour, defeating Ryan Nemeth (twice), Hunter Hayes, Chris Vice and Mohammed Ali Vaez
– At OTT’s 3rd Anniversary Show in Dublin, Ireland, Cabana & Martina defeated The Angel Cruzers (Angel Cruz & B Cool)
– Cabana competed in the Over Budget Battle Royal at the ALL IN event
– At the 2019 Crockett Cup event, Cabana defeated Willie Mack to win the NWA National Title
– At War of the Worlds ’19, Cabana fought James Storm to a time-limit draw to retain the NWA National Title
– On May 18, Cabana defeated Blackwell to win the cOw Manager of Champions Title, but would lose it back the next day
– On June 1, 2019, Cabana defeated Mark Briscoe to retain the NWA National Title
– On June 5, Cabana defeated Chris Masters to retain the NWA National Title
– On October 1, Cabana defeated James Storm to regain the NWA National Title. The title change aired on NWA Powerrr in November
– Cabana teamed with Toru Yano to enter the NJPW World Tag League in late 2019
– In February 2020, Cabana signed with AEW
– Cabana made his official AEW debut on the March 4th episode of Dynamite, teaming with SCU’s Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky to defeat The Dark Order (Evil Uno, Stu Grayson, John Silver & Alex Reynolds)
– Cabana entered the AEW TNT Title Tournament in April 2020, but lost in the first round to Lance Archer
– At Fyter Fest 2020, Cabana & The Dark Order (Brodie Lee & Stu Grayson) defeated SCU (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky)
– At Brodie Lee’s Tribute Show, Cabana & The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) defeated Matt Hardy & Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen)
– Following CM Punk’s signing with AEW, Cabana ‘mysteriously’ disappeared from TV. It was later reported that he had begun working backstage for the revived ROH brand
– On the Supercard of Honor 2022 pre-show, Cabana defeated Blake Christian
– On the Death Before Dishonor 2022 pre-show, Cabana defeated Anthony Henry-
– On October 9, 2022, Cabana defeated VSK to win the FWF Title
– On May 28, 2023, Cabana defeated Bryce Donovan to retain the FWF Title