![]() ![]() These past winners include: Davey Richards, Marty Scurll, Zack Sabre, Jr., Kyle O’Reilly, Adam Cole, Ricochet (who won it twice), and of course, Kenny Omega. Most of the previous winners of BOLA have gone on to achieve immense success in wrestling. If history is any indicator, then Cobb is totally correct in this statement. Guys that have won it have elevated their game, and I got to be on that list of winners. “It was a very surreal moment just for the fact that, besides the G1, BOLA us one of the best tournaments that you can be a part of, let alone win. Not only did he win the PWG World tag team championship with Matt Riddle, but he also won the 2018 Battle of Los Angeles (BOLA), and soon after that, the PWG World championship, the latter being a title he still holds today. That decision proved to be one of the best he ever made, as it helped catapult him to a higher level. Soon after signing with Lucha Underground, Cobb also inked a deal with Pro Wrestling Guerilla. I had a great blast working with those guys.” We had little experience with TV and these veterans taught us a lot. “Guys like Rey and Chavo helped me and the other young guys out. He gives the fans their money’s worth every night, and it’s great to see him at his best,” he said. He has wrestled for a long time, and he’s still going at such a high level. During his tenure there, Matanza/Cobb became a top star and got to wrestle with some of the biggest names in lucha libre history, including the legendary Rey Mysterio. Then things really picked up for Cobb when he signed with Lucha Underground and started performing under the name Matanza Cueto. He began by winning heavyweight titles in one indy promotion after another, including Action Zone Wrestling in Hawaii, All Pro Wrestling and PREMIER Wrestling in California. ![]() His hard work paid off, and before long Cobb started achieved big success on the independent scene. ![]() While an amateur, Cobb actually wrestled at Madison Square Garden during the 2003 World Freestyle Championships. Those things were much harder to put together.” “The more challenging parts are what they don’t teach you, like selling and character work. “The transition was fine, but physically amateur is much harder than pro wrestling,” he told SLAM! Wrestling. He also noted that the transition from amateur to pro wrestling was indeed challenging, but not for the reasons most would expect. During this training, Cobb did an immense amount of lifting and strength training, which allowed him to succeed in his wrestling ventures. Before he started wrestling professionally, Cobb was an amateur wrestler and competed on behalf of Guam in the 2004 Summer Olympics. One of his most impressive maneuvers is a standing moonsault powerslam, in which he does a standing backflip while holding his opponent in a front powerslam position.Ĭobb managed to achieve this impressive combination of strength and agility thanks to years of intensive training and practice. Despite being built more like a heavyweight - standing 5-foot-10 and weighing 263 pounds - Cobb is capable of balancing raw power with incredible agility in his own right. However, Cobb is one of the most unpredictable wrestlers active today. Ospreay is known for his daredevil acrobatics and insane aerial athleticism. It will be an interesting clash of wrestling styles, to say the least. This will be the first time ever that these two wrestlers will face off in singles competition, and Cobb is determined to leave the show with two belts. Title’ match as he defends his ROH World Television Championship against NJPW’s NEVER Openweight Champion Will Ospreay. There’s a lot of wrestling around New York City and New Jersey this weekend, but Jeff Cobb, who’s on Saturday’s G1 Supercard event put on by New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Ring of Honor at a sold-out Madison Square Garden, vows that show will showcase “the best wrestling out there right now.”Īt the G1 Supercard on April 6th, Cobb will be in a rare ‘Title vs. ![]()
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