Orange Cassidy comments on the beginning of another AEW International Championship reign.
Orange Cassidy had an incredible first run as International Champion, knocking off all comers until Jon Moxley at AEW All Out 2023, when he would lose in the main event to Jon Moxley.
A few weeks later, and Cassidy has regained the championship.
In an interview with Bex & Buster, Cassidy stated that he has something to prove this time around.
“I don’t ever plan to. I didn’t plan on losing in the first place, I get that question a lot. ‘What’s next for you?’ I never like to think too far ahead. This is the most important thing, and it was the most important thing. When I lost it, I was kind of like, I didn’t really feel like I had a purpose, which is bizarre for a human being to say, and it’s something I never thought I would experience. When your identity, for almost a year, is that you’re the International Champion that is so used to wrestling and defending the belt every single week, and when you don’t, you’re kind of lost. When the opportunity came up of me trying to get it back, I obviously took it. Rey Fenix is one of the best wrestlers in the world, but he was banged up, if not as bad or worse than I was when I lost it. I have it now, I’m very grateful, there’s unfinished business I have with this, and it has to do with the person that took it from me in the first place. I feel like I have something to prove now. The first time around, I was just defending it to win. I don’t think I have to prove anything to anybody, ever, but for some reason I think I do. Maybe it’s in my head.”
Orange Cassidy
Orange Cassidy successfully defended the AEW International Championship against Jon Silver at AEW Battle of the Belts VIII, bumping shoulders with Jon Moxley during his entrance, with the pair being pulled apart.
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