Orange Cassidy Addresses Old-School Criticism Of His Wrestling Style

Top AEW star Orange Cassidy spoke with SportsKeeda WrestleBinge on a number of topics, including if he is an old school wrestler at heart.

Cassidy said, โ€œVery much so. And itโ€™s โ€” when some of those old-school wrestler types say that Iโ€™m not respecting the business or respecting professional wrestling, I tend to think theyโ€™ve never seen me wrestle and they donโ€™t know what theyโ€™re talking about.โ€

On if there was anyone he looked up to growing up that made him want to get into wrestling and emulate:

โ€œNo, I didnโ€™t really look up to one individual. I think I looked at the different styles of professional wrestling, and and how it evoked emotion, and how itโ€™s live entertainment where you get involved as a fan. And I really found it fascinating that there are so many different types of professional wrestling all around the world. And I wanted to learn as many as I couldโ€ฆ I never wanted to be like anybody, I enjoyed โ€” obviously I enjoyed it because I watched it โ€” but there was never one person I wanted to emulate. I knew in order to stand out, Iโ€™d have to be unique.โ€

You can check out Cassidyโ€™s comments in the video below.

(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)