Claudio Castagnoli praises Orange Cassidy.
Claudio Castagnoli clashed with Orange Cassidy multiple times in 2023, as they were on opposite sides of the feud between Best Friends and Blackpool Combat Club. As part of the rivalry, the two groups clashed in the Anarchy in the Arena match at AEW All In.
Speaking with Adrian Hernandez, Castagnoli was asked about competing in matches like Anarchy in the Arena and whether he appreciated the challenge of telling a story in a non-traditional setting. He described how tradition evolves, and he brought up AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy as an example.
“What is tradition? Tradition is always expanding, right. Especially now, there’s six days of wrestling on TV. So you want to do something that is different but still in, in my personal preference that is, respectful to the tradition. So that is the challenge. What can we do to be different, to keep it fun, to keep it great, to keep the action going, to evolve this business while staying true to the tradition and being respectful towards it? Someone like Orange Cassidy, he’s certainly polarizing, and I think that’s good because that means he strikes a nerve. He is extremely good at what he does, and he is different and very entertaining. If I like the guy or not, that’s indifferent, and if you see the kids and the people come to the show, they’re dressed like Orange Cassidy, and the place is going crazy when he comes out. Don’t let him fool you, he can go. He can go like very few other people can in this business. I think that’s what fools other people. But that is our job, to evolve and make it fun and better and try to find new things," Castagnoli said.
Castagnoli previously faced Cassidy on the November 1, 2023, episode of AEW Dynamite.
Click here to see what Castagnoli had to say about Jon Moxley.
Cassidy is set to compete on the February 9 episode of AEW Rampage. Fightful will have live coverage of the show as it airs.
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