ROH wrestler and color commentator Colt Cabana spoke with Scott Fishman of Channel Guide Magazine and was asked about WWE sending the Young Bucks a cease and desist order over their use of the “too sweet” hand gesture. “They’ve always done stuff like this,” Cabana said. “From the days of Howard Finkel, his alleged job was to read the dirt sheets to see what was happening. They always had their ear to the ground on who is infringing on their stuff. I get it. They went to their own place. The Young Bucks and Bullet Club went to their show and tried to make a little raucous the same way WWE did years ago. They have the right to use their money and lawyers the way they want to. They have a lot of money and have a lot of lawyers. So that’s what they do.”
Cabana also spoke about how the Bucks turned the negative situation into a positive. “I use the word sympathy a lot,” said Cabana. “Wrestling is about good guys and bad guys. For years, WWF used the sympathy of Hulk Hogan and what was happening with the Iraq war with goodies and baddies. Reality era, you’re making good guys and bad guys. The Young Bucks and Bullet Club have such a great audience that when something like that happens, you got to make good guys and bad guys. In that instance, big corporate America coming down on these two good Christian fathers who are trying to feed their kids, they’ve established good guys and bad guys.
“There is part of the community who see it as good guys and bad guys. Bucks and Bullet Club are the good guys who the community wants to support here. It’s something I’ve done, too. When I was released by WWE, I think a lot of people were upset by that and didn’t understand why I didn’t get a fair shot. I think a lot of the community saw me as a good guy and WWE as the bad guy. We use that as wrestlers and as business men too.” Read the full interview at Channelguidemag.com.
Powell’s POV: A good interview with Cabana also discussing his new children’s book “Wrestling Dreams” and his mother’s reaction to it, plus working as a color commentator and a wrestler in ROH. They also spend time discussing the charity drive that Cabana and Ian Riccaboni are doing to raise money for Puerto Rico hurricane relief with all proceeds going to Unidosporpuertorico.com/en/.
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