In case you didn’t know…

In Lucha Underground, Matanza is the brother of Dario Cueto and is the monster he unleashed to take back control of The Temple and, in essence, the promotion.

Matanza tore through the entire roster on his debut.

After a dominant title run, Matanza Cueto’s undefeated streak was eventually ended by legendary luchador Rey Mysterio.

The heart of the matter

Jeff Cobb was a sensational amateur wrestler, even appearing at the 2014 Summer Olympics for Guam, but his success as Matanza catapulted his pro wrestling career making him a star on the indies.

Cobb has even wrestled for NJPW and Progress Wrestling but has now revealed that he had a try-out with WWE back in 2014. However, he said he has no regrets about how it went as he believes the rejection from WWE motivated him to work even harder to get to the level he’s at now.

Cobb also revealed he was offered a spot on Tough Enough, but he refused and believes it was the right choice.

Cobb said while he’s had no contact with WWE since he would be open to joining.

What’s next?

Well, Cobb revealed that he is not yet confirmed for season four of Lucha Underground and, while he’s open to rejoining the promotion, there are still some details to be ironed out before he can commit.

Author’s take

Well, as Matanza Cueto, Cobb was one of the biggest enigmas in pro wrestling on the build-up to his debut - and after. Lucha Underground really built the character of Matanza and Cobb’s unique build and incredible in-ring work definitely helped bring that to fruition when he debuted and for the title run that followed.

As Matanza and on the indies, Jeff Cobb has made great strides since 2014 and there’s no doubt he’s more suitable for WWE now than he was back then. He has been compared to the Human Suplex Machine Taz for his range of suplexes and impressive bridge into a pinfall as well - although hopefully, WWE would handle Cobb slightly better than they did Taz as they failed to capitalise on his incredible ECW push.

Whether it’s in Lucha Underground or elsewhere, we can’t wait to see what Cobb does next.

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