What Gabriel ‘Fluffy’ Iglesias’ love of wrestling taught him about building his brand in comedy

In the pantheon of stand-up comedy’s living legends, few names carry more weight than Fluffy. Though Gabriel Iglesias found major success using the moniker that has stuck with him for the majority of his career, he wasn’t really a fan of it at first. “It made me think of a cat or pillows or comforters or cotton candy,” he said recently sitting in his 14,404-square-foot Signal Hill compound, where he stores his touring merch, rows of custom VW buses, Marvel collectibles and more. “But [the name] stuck.”

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