Orange Cassidy is famous for his iconic lazy thumbs-up gesture, and Trent Beretta revealed how the gesture came into being on a recent edition of the “Talk Is Jericho” podcast.
Beretta stated that the thumbs-up gesture was inspired by a billboard in China. He said,
“We did this show in China, and it was an advertisement in an airport for whatever it was, Chinese Soda. And for whatever reason, [the billboard ad person’s] thumb was a s**tty half-assed thumbs up. That was the thing the whole tour we were all doing. His [Ad Person] thumb looked great, he was just being lazy.”
He continued, “It became a thing we did all tour. It fits him [Orange Cassidy] perfectly.”
Cassidy and Beretta will compete in the Stadium Stampede match at AEW All In 2023.
In a recent interview with DAZN, Paul Wight stated that performing at AEW All In 2023 in London, England will reap benefits for the talents involved.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On the impact of the show’s ticket sales: “I know what it means. I think some of the other guys that have worked on bigger shows like this know what it means. I think some of our younger talent haven’t comprehended yet. Because they haven’t worked in front of a crowd like this. A lot of them haven’t worked in front of the hot UK crowd and I haven’t even worked in front of the UK crowd this big. So this is going to be a moment in time for I think all the crew in AEW and the UK fans as well.”
On the talent benefiting from the UK crowd: “That’s what’s so incredible about this is this is a moment in time — when I first had my first meeting with Tony Khan, I was very adamant [that] we need to get to the UK, we need to. It’s good for our talent to work in front of those fans, to experience that environment. It really helps you understand your character. I know that sounds weird because you can work all the time in different places, but I’ve always found that I’ve made monumental leaps in my career and my character, and my understanding of the industry, working over here in the UK. That being said, My ambition was, ‘We’d get a great show at the O2 Arena, that would be amazing. If we can fill that place up, it’d rock, it’d be great.’ Well, now we got Wembley.”
