Orange Cassidy looks forward to facing Zack Sabre Jr.
Orange Cassidy and Zack Sabre Jr. clashed in a four-way match at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2023. The two stars will meet again when they face off in a singles bout at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2024.
Speaking with Phil Strum on Under The Ring, Orange Cassidy was asked about how he prepared for someone like Zack Sabre Jr.
“You just kinda hope for the best. I think I have a little bit of advantage this time because I was able to wrestle him last year, and I found out that he has a counter to everything I do, so it gave me a little bit of a year to kind of plan for his counters. He is the best technical wrestler in the world, so this is a little daunting," Orange Cassidy said.
Bryan Danielson's match against Sabre Jr. at AEW WrestleDream 2023 came up in the conversation. Cassidy was then asked whether getting a great match, and one that was different from his clash with Danielson, out of Sabre Jr. was a fun challenge.
"I think it’s very important that…I won’t try to emulate that match because you’ve already seen it. I definitely think it’s unique where I am a far different wrestler than Bryan Danielson. So it’ll be a far different match I’ll have with Zack Sabre, to have a match that is our own and not try to emulate something that will probably go down as one of the greatest technical wrestling matches ever, so yeah, it’s best not you try to emulate but try to just be our own thing," Cassidy said.
Cassidy then noted that he has known Sabre Jr. for a long time, and he has been wanting to have a singles match for some time.
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