Colt Cabana, "the first ever openly Jewish NWA Champion" is now a two-time NWA champion, as reported by The Great Rabbino (thanks, Rabbi!) and WWE News.
The list of Jewish professional wrestling champions is a short one. Cabana (real name Scott Colton) joins Goldberg and Macho Man Randy Savage (the "who's Jewish" expert Neil Keller lists Savage as having a Jewish mother) as the sport's other champions.
JewishSportsCollectibles.com reported on the death of Cabana memorabilia last year, after Cabana won the belt the first time.
My assumption that Cabana's success in the ring in 2011 would lead to more collectibles being available outside the squared circle proved wrong.
Cabana still doesn't get much love as far as main stream memorabilia goes (unlike Jewish wrestler Goldberg, who has collectibles aplenty).
For now, the best for memorabilia remains the wrestler's web site. Cabana offers DVDs, "worker shirts," wrestling masks, pins, posters and photos, and a variety of t-shirts. Many items can be autographed.
The "I Jewish Star Colt" t-shirt ($20) and pin ($8) are likely to be the items of most interest to collectors seeking an obvious ethnic identity in their memorabilia.
Autograph collectors wishing to meet Cabana can find a list of his upcoming appearances on his web site.
An eBay search turns up plenty of DVDs featuring Cabana's matches, but no Cabana trading cards, action figures, etc. I stand by what I wrote last year, that programs, ticket stubs, promotional posters, etc. must surely exist.
What say you, JSC readers? Any Colt collectibles in your possession?
Photos courtesy: NWAWrestling.com and WeLoveColt.com.
