By James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor

Ring of Honor comedian/wrestler Colt Cabana says his career aspiration in WWE wasn't to be a main event-level star, but be a "character wrestler" like the Junkyard Dog that wrestling fans would remember.

From a professional standpoint it was upsetting that I only went as far as I did, which is a weird thing to say because some guys don’t even make it that far," Cabana told hipster blog Culture Blues in an interview. "My goal was to have a long tenure as a superstar character, not necessarily a Hulk Hogan or an Ultimate Warrior, I just wanted to be The Junkyard Dog. A fun-loving character that the kids would relate to and that people would remember forever.

Cabana was released from WWE one year ago after a brief run on Smackdown. Cabana says his "WWE run just wasn’t what I’d dreamed it to be and hopefully, one day, it will be." He said in recent interviews that he was told the WWE writing team didn't have anything for him, but he says he pitched an idea to WWE CEO Vince McMahon to play off his Jewish heritage.

"When I first debuted they asked me for a couple ideas for promos. I pitched an idea where...instead of being home at the Sabbath and playing dreidel, I’m here on Friday Night Smackdown," Cabana said. "And so from that, I guess Vince was really intrigued by my Judaism. I’m not sure if he wanted to play off it big time, but he had it in the back of his mind that I would be a Jewish character, not necessarily a full-fledged wrestling rabbi, but that’s where the Goldman came from."

Cabana was interviewed to talk about his comedy aspirations and current comedy touring in Chicago. Cabana says he doesn't want to be pigeonholed as just a wrestler, which happens to many former WWE wrestlers who can't find work if their wrestling career ends.

"The reality of it is, these guys all go to WWE and they get fired and they don’t know what to do with their lives," he said. "I found out through wrestling that I can make people laugh, so maybe I’ll be able to do that not just inside the ring, but outside the ring."

Link: Read Cabana's entire entertaining interview with blogger Jeff Hart on Cultureblues.com.

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