The man who pretty much began the wrestling podcast movement with The Art Of Wrestling, despite not being a household name like late adopters Stone Cold Steve Austin, Ric Flair and Chris Jericho, Scott Colt Cabana Colton is the inspirational indie standard beside which all other indie wrestlers are measured. The wrestlers wrestler, Cabana can do anything, playing babyface, heel or comedy character without missing a beat. One of the many great performers in whom WWE short-sightedly didnt see anything special, Colton wouldnt last long in the company: he worked the Smackdown roster for a few months, jobbing to various people for no particular reason until he was released as a cost-cutting measure. But rather than take the rejection personally, Colton decided to take it on the chin and come up fighting, establishing himself as wrestlings own cottage industry. Belying the received wisdom that you cant make real money in wrestling unless you work for WWE, he proved everyone wrong by going from strength to strength as an independent wrestler, hawking merchandise like the money was keeping his momma out of jail. Where others are marks for the business or for WWE, Colton is a mark for no one (except maybe Taz): he even consciously risked being blackballed by the McMahons when he gave his best friend CM Punk a platform on his podcast late last year to reveal the reasons why hed left WWE and generally vent his frustration with his former employer. With a work ethic thats second to none, Colt Cabanas sixteen year career is living proof that with the right focus and application you can build a brand on your own, without the monolithic WWE machine.
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