Colt Cabana Scott Colton ( May 6 , 1980 ) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Colt Cabana . Colton is most notably known from his time in Ring of Honor . Colton also wrestled as Scotty Goldman in World Wrestling Entertainment and as old school masked wrestler Matt Classic in MTV ' s Wrestling Society X . He began his professional wrestling career in ROH , where he was placed in a rivalry with CM Punk before uniting with Punk and Ace Steel to form the Second City Saints alliance . He later formed a tag team with Punk to win the World Tag Team Championship twice . He also had rivalries with Homicide and then - World Champion Bryan Danielson . He has also toured in countries outside of the United States , and he was a part of the short lived Wrestling Society X on MTV in late 2006 , where he portrayed his " old school " wrestling persona , the masked " Matt Classic " . In 2007 , he left ROH to wrestle in Ohio Valley Wrestling , a developmental territory of World Wrestling Entertainment , where he won the Television Championship once and the Southern Tag Team Championship once with Charles Evans and once with Shawn Spears . He made several appearances , as Scotty Goldman , with WWE on its SmackDown brand before being released from his contract in February 2009 . Colton is a former one - time JCW World Heavyweight Champion , a one - time RCW World Heavyweight Champion , a one - time NCW World Heavyweight Champion and two - time NWA World Heavyweight Champion making Colton an overall five - time world heavyweight champion . Professional wrestling career . Ring of Honor ( 2002 – 2007 ) . Scott Colton was trained by Ace Steel and Danny Dominion , alongside Phil Brooks ( CM Punk ) . He broke into Ring of Honor with the name Colt Cabana as CM Punk ' s rival before joining Punk ' s alliance , the Second City Saints . Cabana and Punk later became two – time ROH Tag Team Champions . With Punk becoming a singles star , Cabana feuded with Austin Aries and Nigel McGuinness . On August 13 , 2005 Cabana defeated Punk in a two out of three falls match in their hometown of Chicago in what was supposed to be Punk ' s last ROH match before going to World Wrestling Entertainment . Between August 2005 and April 2006 , Cabana was involved in a feud with Homicide , which featured Cabana being strangled with a metal coat hanger , bleeding from numerous chair shots , having Drāno poured down his throat , being piledriven off the ring apron through a table , and getting his head crushed between a ladder . On April 1 , 2006 in Chicago , Cabana finally got his revenge and earned the respect of Homicide after a Chicago Street Fight , which saw the feud settled with a handshake and an embrace . 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 in Philadelphia . 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 at " Chi - 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 . In October 2006 , Cabana was involved in an auto accident with fellow Ring of Honor stars Adam Pearce and Dave Prazak . Cabana was driving from a Ring of Honor event in Dayton , 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 in reality he had only bruised it . Despite the injury , Cabana wrestled the next night in Chicago Ridge , Illinois . Pearce and Prazak also walked away with bruises but were otherwise fine . On April 3 , 2007 it was revealed by the Ring of Honor website that Colton had signed a WWE developmental contract and would soon leave to begin working for their developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling . At " Good Times , Great Memories " ( named in his honor ) , held on April 28 in Chicago , Cabana defeated long - time friend and fellow Chicago wrestler Adam Pearce . Outside the US ( 2004 – present ) . 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 a European rounds style bout with " World of Sport " journeyman , Johnny Kidd . Cabana also did a short tour of Puerto Rico for IWA PR in early 2005 . During 2006 , Cabana would become a popular wrestler in the British promotion 1 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 champions Jonny Storm and Jody Fleisch , and the Southern Comfort team of Tracey Smothers and Chris Hamrick . Cabana also made his Japanese debut for Zero 1 Max in 2006 . In a later tour , he formed an alliance with Steve Corino and Yoshi known as the P Force Men , which wore all pink outfits . Colt ' s also appeared and wrestled for Ireland ' s Irish 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 against Doug Williams and Nigel McGuinness , before formally retiring his half of the title . 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 . Cabana beat Balls Mahoney in the finals . September 4 , 2010 saw Colt debut in Mexico City , Mexico for the IWL promotion . He defeated NWA Heavyweight Champion , ' Scrap Iron ' Adam Pearce . On August 26 , 2011 , Colt headlined the inaugural show for PCW – Preston City Wrestling , joining once again with Darren Burridge as Team SHAG . On March 24 , 2012 , Cabana wrestled ' Loco ' Mike Mason on " Chapter One : In the Beginning " , the inaugural show for PROGRESS Wrestling . Wrestling Society X ( 2006 ) . In November 2006 , Colton taped several matches for Wrestling Society X ( WSX ) , a new wrestling series on MTV . He competed under the name Matt Classic , who is a throwback to the wrestlers of the 1950s and 1960s . His gimmick used " old school " moves such as the skull vice and the abdominal 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 ) . According to Kevin Kleinrock , the plan was for Cabana to appear in season two as " Letterman " Colt Cabana , the frat brother of Matt Sydal and Sydal ' s girlfriend Lizzy Valentine would be cheating on Sydal with Cabana . The Matt Classic gimmick was created as a way to " bring Colt into the WSX family " in the first season , and Kleinrock said they did not expect the character to catch on . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2007 – 2009 ) . Colton has also worked a number of preliminary matches in World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) on its " Heat " and " Velocity " shows . On one occasion , he competed under the name Chris Guy , 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 . 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 who would face The Miz at an OVW live event on June 8 . He won his first match in OVW when he forced the Belgium Brawler to submit with the Chicago Crab on June 23 . After helping Al Snow regain the role of OVW Troubleshooter from Kruel , Cabana became involved in the OVW Television Championship picture , defeating champion Shawn Spears by countout 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 . When OVW was replaced by Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) as the WWE developmental territory , Cabana was moved down to FCW . On the August 15 , 2008 episode of " SmackDown " , Colton made his debut as Scotty Goldman , losing to The Brian Kendrick . On the August 22 episode of " SmackDown " , Goldman was a participant in the 10 - man battle royal match to determine a qualifier for the WWE Championship scramble match at Unforgiven . Goldman lost after being eliminated by Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder . His last singles match on " SmackDown ! " was a quick loss against The Great Khali . He appeared in an Elimination Chamber qualifying battle royal on the February 6 , 2009 edition but was eliminated first . This was his first appearance on TV in almost five months . Colton had a show on WWE . com , called " Good as Goldman " , formerly known as " What ' s Crackin ' ? " , which premiered on January 14 , 2009 . He , however , was released from his WWE contract on February 20 , 2009 . His final match for WWE was a defeat by Umaga and was aired on the February 20 episode of " SmackDown " . Return to the independent circuit ( 2009 – present ) . On February 21 , 2009 , Colton made his return to Pro Wrestling Guerrilla at " Express Written Consent " where he , as Colt Cabana , challenged Chris Hero for the PWG World Championship in a 3 - way match which also included Human Tornado . Hero was able to retain his belt by pinning Tornado and afterwards promised Cabana a 1 - on - 1 shot at the belt . That match took place on April 12 at PWG ' s hundredth show , where Hero was able to retain his title . On March 14 , 2009 , he was defeated by Loca Vida at 2CW in Binghamton , NY 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 the " 7th Anniversary Show " , he teamed with Bryan Danielson to defeat Bison Smith and Jimmy Rave , who was also returning to ROH . On April 25 , Cabana received an ROH World Title shot against Jerry Lynn but lost . On June 6 , Cabana debuted on " Ring of Honor Wrestling " , ROH ' s television program , teaming with Brent Albright . 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 . On February 25 , 2010 , Chikara announced that Colton would take part in the 2010 King of Trios tournament in late April , under his Matt Classic persona , teaming up with Dasher Hatfield and Sugar Dunkerton as the Throwbacks . 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 and Gran Akuma ) . On October 23 , 2010 , Colton won the RCW World Heavyweight Championship from Hank Calhoun . He has since been teaming with El Generico in his feud with Kevin Steen and Steve Corino . On October 16 , 2010 , Cabana defeated Corino in an " I Quit " match in Chicago Ridge to end their feud . At the September 22 tapings of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ' s weekly television program " Impact ! " , Colton , under his Colt Cabana persona , wrestled in a dark match , where he defeated Puma . On March 6 , 2011 , Colton ( as Cabana ) won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Adam Pearce at the " NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood " television tapings . He lost the title to The Sheik on April 23 , 2011 in Jacksonville , Florida . On March 19 Cabana debuted for NWA Rampage in a world heavy - weight title defense against NWA RPW heavy - weight 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 afterwards . On April 2 during the second night of ROH ' s Honor Takes Center Stage pay - per - view , Cabana started a new feud with House of Truth members Christopher Daniels , Michael Elgin , Roderick Strong and Truth Martini . Colton , as Matt Classic , returned to Chikara on April 15 for the 2011 King of Trios , once again teaming with Dasher Hatfield and Sugar Dunkerton as the Throwbacks . The team was eliminated in the first round by Team Osaka Pro ( Atsushi Kotoge , Daisuke Harada and Ultimate Spider Jr . ) . On July 20 , Cabana ( as Officer Colt Cabana ) deafeated 2 Tuff Tony to win the JCW World Heavyweight Champion at Juggalo Championship Wrestling ' s event Above the Law . He lost the championship to Corporal Robinson at the following event . On August 2 , Cabana wrestled a dark match for WWE at a " SmackDown " taping , losing against Wade Barrett . On August 6 , 2011 , Cabana tapped out to Ring of Honor World champion Davey Richards in Carrolton , Georgia as part of the 2011 NWA Wrestling Legends Fanfest Weekend activities . On August 20 , Cabana wrestled in Aberdeen , Scotland for Wrestlezone , losing a tag team title match . On October 15 , 2011 , Cabana made a surprise appearance at All Pro Wrestling ' s Halloween Hell XIV event in Hayward , California , defeating " Wrestling Personified " Rik Luxury for his APW Worldwide Internet Championship after answering Luxury ' s open challenge . On November 13 , at Chikara High Noon , Cabana faced and defeated Archibald 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 . Cabana and Peck then teamed at Chikara ' s next iPPV , , where they were defeated by The Throwbacks ( Dasher Hatfield and Mark Angelosetti ) . In March 2012 Cabana appeared on the debut show for London - based promotion PROGRESS Wrestling , in a losing effort to Loco Mike Mason . On April 8 , 2012 , Cabana defeated Adam Pearce to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship for the second time . He lost the title back to Pearce on July 21 . Cabana teamed with Eddie Edwards to take part in Global Tag League 2012 and gained five points but would not progress further . On September 14 , 2012 , Colton returned to his Matt Classic persona as he , Dasher Hatfield and Mark Angelosetti entered the 2012 King of Trios , losing to Team JWP ( Command Bolshoi , Kaori Yoneyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki ) in their first round match . On October 27 , Colton concluded a seven match series against Adam Pearce with a victory leading to Pearce vacating the NWA World Title . On March 31 , 2013 , at Revolution Pro Wrestling : High Stakes , Cabana faced off against Sha Samuels For the Revolution Pro Wrestling British Heavyweight Championship . The stipulation of the match being that if Cabana lost he would never wrestle in the UK again . During the match there were 2 attempts by Samuels to keep the title by using the Championship Advantage , both of which failed , the first by the referee and the second by Cabana stopping the referee from counting . Cabana eventually defeats Samuels by submission , utilizing the reverse boston crab becoming the first American to hold the RPW British Heavyweight title . In June 2013 , at Pro Wrestling Syndicate ' s Dream On show in Monroe , NJ , Cabana faced Disco Inferno . Colt had prior matches for The PWS Championship against former champion Sami Callihan and current champion Kevin Matthews . On the 19th June 2013 , it was reported that Colt Cabana had received multiple tryouts to be a color commentator in the WWE . These tryouts were set up by his friend CM Punk . It was later revealed that the WWE approached Colt for a tryout as a WWE announcer . Personal life . Colton went to Western Michigan University and played on their football team until graduating in 2002 with a degree in Business marketing . While there he became friends with Matt Cappotelli , who went on to participate in " WWE Tough Enough " . Colton is Jewish . Colton is best friends with former WWE superstar CM Punk .