Orange Cassidy believes he shouldn’t be positioned as the face of AEW, but realizes he must take action now that his friends are in danger.
Cassidy has been encouraged on AEW TV to confront Jon Moxley’s Blackpool Combat Club, but he has held back so far.
During a recent edition of the “Good Karma Wrestling” podcast, the former AEW International Champion mentioned that things have changed following Claudio Castagnoli’s attack on Chuck Taylor on AEW Dynamite.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On if he ever thought he’d be the face of AEW: “No, and I don’t think that I am, nor should I be. I don’t want that. I never wanted that. I wanted to do what I had to do and go home. After what happened last night, it’s been made very clear to me that I think I have no choice in the situation. Before, early in AEW, there was always this thing of ‘Oh, he’s going to try. He’ll care this time.’ I don’t feel that I have any choice in this matter. I have to fight now. I have to fight. I don’t want to, but if the people around me that I care about the most are going to be hurt, then I really have no choice in the matter.”
On the end of Dynamite: “At that very moment, it was, I was literally one second late. I slid into the ring right as Claudio was stomping the chair on his neck. I’m not very calculated, obviously, I just react. All day, I was just reacting. Earlier in the night, Chuck said stuff to me that I needed to hear, it’s what a good friend would do. I’m just reacting. I never thought I’d see him laid out again. He was injured before by Trent, and to see that again, it’s something I never thought I would have to see, but I did. At that moment, I don’t want to take the cop out answer and say I blacked out. Just everything that was going on, it wasn’t something I expected. All of my thoughts will be made clear on Dynamite. The Fright Night thing.”
All Elite Wrestling has announced that Ricochet will face Lio Rush this Saturday on AEW Collision.
The match is the second announced for this week’s show, which airs live on TNT.
You can check out the official announcements below:
#AEWCollision
This Saturday Night, 10/26
Cedar Rapids, IA
LIVE at 8pm ET / 7pm CT on @tntdramaRicochet vs. Lio Rush
In a clash of top tier athleticism @KingRicochet faces @IamLioRush for the first time in AEW!
LIVE on Saturday Night Collision at 8pm ET / 7pm CT pic.twitter.com/4NUJ3Z8gvi
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) October 25, 2024
This Saturday Night, 10/26
Cedar Rapids, IA
8pm ET / 7pm CT on @tntdrama
Saturday Night #AEWCollisionLFI @rushtoroblanco/@DRALISTICO_LFI vs
FTR @DaxFTR/@CashWheelerFTRAfter their altercation last week following LFI’s win,
RUSH + Dralistico collide vs
FTR on TNT this Saturday! pic.twitter.com/dr17X7Da8F— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) October 25, 2024
