Recently, we saw the return of Colt Cabana to AEW programming – when the former ROH Tag Team Champion challenged for the ROH World Championship, going toe to toe with Chris Jericho. This was by all accounts a sloppy match – and Cabana would provide the reasoning for this on the Art of Wrestling podcast. Simply put, he nearly killed himself after a gear mishap.
Colt Cabana Nearly Died Wrestling Chris Jericho
During the latest episode of his podcast, Cabana would explain just what went wrong in his match with Chris Jericho.
“I wrestled Chris Jericho. That match, there were many emotions, there was a lot of tension going into it. My anxiety was high, tensions were high, the building was hot. As I go to wrestle Jericho, I put on my compression socks, kneepads, and boots. What I don’t realize is that I have essentially made a tourniquet in the bottom half of my body.
My blood flow is perfect, so essentially what I did was restrict everything. I remember vividly thinking, ‘I can’t feel my legs. I guess it’s just the nerves. It was nerves and anxiety, but it was also compression socks. By the time I did the moonsault to the outside and had to run into the ring to give Jericho a flying asshole, I had nothing left in my body. I attributed it to the night of wrestling, but no, it was because I cut off the supply of blood to my own legs, causing high blood pressure and low oxygen. I knew I was on live TV and it was big moment for me, I figured a way to do it to Jericho knowing the match would come to an end very quickly, it did, I could not move as I made my way back to the trainer’s room asking for electrolytes and the trainer being like, ‘We’re not sure what’s going on.’ I ripped my singlet off, I couldn’t breathe, I had a headache, I felt lightheaded.
The eye’s of the trainers were like, ‘what?’ I was asked to lay back for the next two hours while ice was put all over my body. I was educated as to why you should not professionally wrestle in front of 10,000 people and almost a million people at home in compression socks,”
Dark Order Needs Their Past Members To Return
Right now, it’s unclear if we can expect to see Colt Cabana as a frequent fixture on AEW programming. With storylines having reset following Full Gear, there’s a good chance that Cabana jumps back into the mix. He was previously aligned with The Dark Order, and could find himself back with that faction as they regroup following the betrayal of Preston Vance on AEW Rampage earlier today.
Do you think Colt Cabana should get back with his old faction? Let us know what you think in the comment section down below.
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