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Enter Mike Columbo.

Columbo retired from active competition in 2015 after a clean loss to his own protégé, "Striker" Matt Cross. He now runs the Columbo Wrestling Academy in a strip mall in South Plainfield, New Jersey. The academy is notorious for being bare-bones—no fancy rings, just a single four-sided ring, mats, and a wall of VHS tapes. mike columbo wrestling

Growing up in South Boston, Mike Columbo learned that life doesn’t give you handouts—it gives you headlocks. The youngest of four boys, Columbo got his start in backyard federations, using old mattresses for crash pads and chain-link fences for cages. His father, a longshoreman, thought wrestling was a waste of time. Enter Mike Columbo

Wrestling is full of cartoon characters. Mike Columbo is not a character. His "gimmick" is that he is perpetually aggrieved. He comes to the ring in old-school black trunks (no logos, no airbrushing) and a frayed bathrobe he claims he stole from a Motel 6. The academy is notorious for being bare-bones—no fancy