Orange Cassidy shared the ring with three of the very best technical wrestlers of their era — Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, and Kazuchika Okada — on this week’s “AEW Dynamite,” and whereas Cassidy’s total achievements pale compared to that trio, Tommy Dreamer believes the AEW Worldwide Champion belongs in the identical dialog with them. On “Busted Open,” the ECW legend lavished reward upon Cassidy, stressing that “Freshly Squeezed” didn’t look misplaced whereas sharing the squared circle with the trio of all-time greats.
“For anybody who ever knocked Orange Cassidy, his identify is up there as effectively,” Dreamer stated. “The man persistently goes on the market and places on one hell of a present, in addition to retains his [gimmick] … A gimmick is short-lived, however a wrestler who can work, their gimmick will final eternally, and so will they. I have been so entertained by him, particularly when he went to the highest rope and dropped that lazy, falling-asleep elbow. Once more, for those who get AEW, you get the product, however Orange Cassidy’s work has been insane since he joined. He is actually develop into a star for the corporate, and his identify deserves to be up there with all people he was within the ring with.”
Cassidy, initially seen as a comic book reduction character in AEW, has efficiently modified that notion over the previous few years, particularly since capturing the All-Atlantic Championship from PAC final 12 months. After holding the title — renamed to the Worldwide Championship — for 326 days, Cassidy lastly dropped it to Jon Moxley eventually month’s All Out, in what was his first pay-per-view essential occasion. Lately, Cassidy reclaimed the title with a win over Rey Fenix.
