9 Questions With Colt Cabana
5. Your Heroes
Who are the forefathers of the comedy wrestler movement?
“I can’t speak as a historian, but one of my heroes is Les Kellett. He’s a big inspiration: just the way he did it, you know. Very justified, but hilarious. He drew a crowd: people paid to see him. He was great at what he did.
“Guys like Les Kellett and Catweazle, Vic Faulkner and Mick McMichael: these guys were amazing comedians as well as amazing wrestlers. That’s kind of what we’re doing. You can’t just be a great wrestler and a great comedian; you have to be both to do this genre.
“I call it justified comedy: we do it for a reason. We’re using the backdrop of wrestling to help our comedy, and vice versa. But it has to make sense. That’s very important to all of us.”