A popular AEW star has opened up on the origin of his gimmick.
Wrestling since 2004 and a part of AEW from 2019, Orange Cassidy aka James Cipperly has experienced multiple different gimmick changes throughout his career across several promotions. However, prior to his AEW debut almost six years ago, Clipperly became extremely popular amongst the fans with his denim-wearing sunglasses clad character, ‘Orange Cassidy’.
An extremely unique gimmick, Cassidy’s ‘sloth style’ wrestling, has made him massively over with the AEW crowd. A two-time International Champion at Tony Khan’s promotion, Cassidy recently revealed the origin behind his gimmick during a recent interview with Geek Time.
“I didn’t. I just lived my life. There are some days we all don’t want to get up and go to work, right?”
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Cassidy also recently advanced in the International Championship title eliminator tournament on this week’s AEW Dynamite, defeating Hechicero. The winner of the International Championship title eliminator tournament will face Kenny Omega for his title at the Dynasty PPV on April 6, 2025.
Kenny Omega Once Taught Swerve Strickland An Important Lesson In AEW
Recently speaking to Fightful, former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland revealed an advice Kenny Omega once shared with him.
“I remember he gave me huge compliments on a tag match that I had. It was one of the tag matches, it was on Rampage that you would probably never guess or never think that was the match that he gave me the thumbs up for. Ever since then I was like, ‘Oh, wow, okay.’ That’s where it showed to me, especially where Kenny is, not just in wrestling but for our company.
Every performance is a moment to capture something.You don’t take any type of like match, no matter where—on a Rampage, Ring of Honor, Collision, or when we had Dark—every opportunity is an opportunity to wipe something beforehand and start anew and I feel like that’s where I learned that lesson with Kenny. He’s like, ‘Wow, boom, now I understand this guy.’ It was like, ‘That was the performance you saw? That one?’ He’s like, ‘Yep, that was the one.’So that goes to show you, there’s things that you see on screen that other people are truly appreciating and looking for that you wouldn’t know.
So go out there, give it your best no matter who your opponent is, who you’re with, no matter what hour you go on on the night. No matter your opponent, where you’re tagged, where you fit in. Every opportunity is a true chance to gain something or the biggest respect out of whoever’s watching. You never know. For Kenny to come out of his way to tell me that, huge honor, huge respect from him, and for him to have me in such high regard with all the talent that’s in here is even better. That’s incredible.”
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