History YMMV / OrangeCassidy

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Dismissing him as nothing more than a comic relief {{jobber}}. This might have been the case early in his career with Wrestling/{{AEW}}--but since catching on with fans, he's been pretty consistently booked as one of the promotion's top athletes. He has the distinction of (among other things) beating Wrestling/AdamCole in an unsanctioned match, beating Wrestling/{{PAC}} to take the International Championship, fighting Wrestling/CodyRhodes to a draw, and holding his own against Wrestling/{{Miro}} in a tag-team match. He also set a record for the longest reign as International Champion, only dropping the belt after a ''very'' hard-fought match with Wrestling/JonMoxley himself.

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Dismissing him as nothing more than a comedy jobber. This might have been true at the start, but he has since been booked as one of the promotion's top athletes... when he gives a damn, putting him at the very least within the upper midcard. His long run with the International Championship ended in a hard-fought and bloody loss to Jon Moxley in the main event of ''All Out'' 2023; even though most of AEW's main-event talent had their day in the spotlight a week earlier at ''All In'', many in the wrestling media (apart from Jim Cornette, of course) considered Cassidy to be a deserving main-eventer.
* MemeticBadass: The crux of Cassidy's gimmick is that while other wrestlers don't sell his shin-taps and other lazy moves, the ''audience'' does. Even video clips of his matches usually have the title of "Orange Cassidy Destroys [Wrestler]!"

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Dismissing him as nothing more than a comedy jobber. This might have been true at the start, but he has since been booked as one of the promotion's top athletes... when he gives a damn, putting him at the very least within the upper midcard.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments:
** Orange Cassidy was always popular for his comedic spots, but he truly earned his stripes as a athletic performer for most of the public in an incredible, high-adrenaline match with PAC in AEW's ''Revolution'' 2020 PPV where he showed himself to be much more than a simple comedy wrestler with a "lazy" gimmick.
** His participation in the ''AEW World Championship match'' at ''Double or Nothing 2021'', a triple threat against both PAC and champion Kenny Omega where Cassidy, despite his slacker reputation, went ''balls to the wall'' trying to win and almost managed it at several points! The match was hailed as one of the best matches of the show as well as one of the best triple threats of 2021, proving again that Cassidy ''is'' a legit main eventer.
** His match against Wrestling/WillOspreay for the IWGP United States Championship at ''Forbidden Door 2022'' was hailed by some as the match of the night on a ''stacked'' card! Pitted against the Commonwealth Kingpin, Cassidy reminded anyone who may have forgotten that the whole "sloth style" thing is just [[WrestlingPsychology his way of playing mind games with his opponents]] and that when the chips are down he is an ''awesome'' wrestler who can stand toe-to-toe with the best in the world. While Ospreay eventually triumphed, Cassidy blew the roof off the United Center when he kicked out of not only the [=OsCutter=], but the ''[[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Hidden Blade]]'', leaving Ospreay flabbergasted, before ''finally'' succumbing to the Stormbreaker.
** ''Finally'' getting one over his rival PAC in the main event of the 12th of October 2022 episode of ''Dynamite'', beating him for the International Championship, Cassidy's first taste of gold in AEW. The number of finger-biting false finishes in the final stretch was ''insane'', with Cassidy just barely beating the 10 count after a Tombstone Piledriver ''on the stage'', reaching the ropes to escape a fully-locked-in Brutalizer ''twice'', PAC kicking out of a clean Orange Punch, and Wrestling/{{Danhausen}} showing up to prevent PAC from hitting Cassidy with the ring bell hammer, before Cassidy ''finally'' downed PAC with one final Orange Punch for the clean pin that sent the crowd mental!
** His International title defence against ''Wrestling/KatsuyoriShibata'', commentated by Creator/MikeTyson, no less: Orange stood toe-to-toe against "The Wrestler" and took his best shots before eventually evading the PK and countering with the Orange Punch to retain.
** Hell, just his International title run in general. He’s had banger match after banger match, week in and week out against many opponents for the title that could’ve gone either way. Defeating Bandido in yet another killer match on the 26th of April 2023 episode saw him reach 20 successful defences in only half a year, which commentary pointed out was more than any other champion in the company's history other than TBS Champion Jade Cargill.

** Hell, just his International title run in general. He’s had banger match after banger match, week in and week out against many opponents for the title that could’ve gone either way.

** ''Finally'' getting one over his rival PAC in the main event of the 12th of October 2022 episode of ''Dynamite'', beating him for the All-Atlantic Championship, Cassidy's first taste of gold in AEW. The number of finger-biting false finishes in the final stretch was ''insane'', with Cassidy just barely beating the 10 count after a Tombstone Piledriver ''on the stage'', reaching the ropes to escape a fully-locked-in Brutalizer ''twice'', PAC kicking out of a clean Orange Punch, and Wrestling/{{Danhausen}} showing up to prevent PAC from hitting Cassidy with the ring bell hammer, before Cassidy ''finally'' downed PAC with one final Orange Punch for the clean pin that sent the crowd mental!
** His All-Atlantic title defence against ''Wrestling/KatsuyoriShibata.'' Commentated by Creator/MikeTyson, no less. Orange stood toe-to-toe against The Wrestler and took his best shots before eventually evading the PK and countering with the Orange Punch to retain.

** His All-Atlantic title defence against ''Wrestling/KatsuyoriShibata.'' Commentated by Creator/MikeTyson, no less. Orange stood toe-to-toe against The Wrestler and took his best shots before eventually evading the PK and countering with the Orange Punch to retain in.

** His match against Wrestling/WillOspreay for the IWGP United States Championship at ''Forbidden Door 2021'' was hailed by some as the match of the night on a ''stacked'' card! Pitted against the Commonwealth Kingpin, Cassidy reminded anyone who may have forgotten that the whole "sloth style" thing is just [[WrestlingPsychology his way of playing mind games with his opponents]] and that when the chips are down he is an ''awesome'' wrestler who can stand toe-to-toe with the best in the world. While Ospreay eventually triumphed, Cassidy blew the roof off the United Center when he kicked out of not only the [=OsCutter=], but the ''[[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Hidden Blade]]'', leaving Ospreay flabbergasted, before ''finally'' succumbing to the Stormbreaker.

** His participation in the ''World heavyweight Championship match'' at ''Double or Nothing 2021'', a triple threat against both PAC and champion Kenny Omega where Cassidy, despite his slacker reputation, went ''balls to the wall'' trying to win and almost managed it at several points! The match was hailed as one of the best matches of the show as well as one of the best triple threats of 2021, proving again that Cassidy ''is'' a legit main eventer.

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Dismissing him as nothing more than a comedy jobber. This might have been true at the start, but he has since been booked as one of the promotion's top athletes.. when he gives a damn, putting him at the very least within the upper midcard.

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Dismissing him as nothing more than a comedy jobber. This might have been true at the start. but he has since been booked as one of the promotion's top athletes.. when he gives a damn, putting him at the very least within the upper midcard.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: It's not uncommon for a group of older, more traditional American smarks to dislike him for the fact his gimmick pokes fun at the gimmicked combat nature of wrestling unto itself. Divisive internet figure Wrestling/JimCornette in particular is famous for his ''absolute and unforgiving'' hatred of Orange Cassidy for this reason, to the point Cornette refuses to use his name when talking about him, instead calling him "my dog Pockets". Orange is, however, incredibly popular with the younger smark crowd who grew up in the "post-kayfabe era", foreign audiences in general with less strict standards of wrestling, and fans who appreciate that Orange has a completely unique gimmick (gimmicks themselves being rare enough in this day and age) that still translates into an entertaining wrestling style.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: Orange Cassidy was always popular for his comedic spots, but he truly earned his stripes as a athletic performer for most of the public in an incredible, high-adrenaline match with Pac in AEW's ''Revolution'' 2020 PPV where he showed himself to be much more than a simple comedy wrestler with a "lazy" gimmick.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: For a guy whose entire gimmick is laziness, his AEW theme song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYJMemq4jWQ "Juicy"]], is pretty rocking.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: One of AEW's breakout stars in the promotion's inception for his unique gimmick and wrestling style, particularly with the younger and internet-based crowds. He has been, in fact, consistently one of the promotion's absolute top-sellers in terms of merch sales, even above some far more established names (like Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley) at times.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: One of AEW's breakout stars in the promotion's very beginning for his unique gimmick and wrestling style, particularly with the younger and internet-based crowds. He has been, in fact, consistently one of the promotion's absolute top-sellers in terms of merch sales since the inception of AEW, even above some far more established names (like Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley) at times.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: It's not uncommon for a group of older, more traditional American smarks to dislike him for the fact his gimmick pokes fun at the gimmicked combat nature of wrestling unto itself. Divisive internet figure Wrestling/JimCornette in particular is famous for his ''absolute and unforgiving'' hatred of Orange Cassidy for this reason, to the point Cornette refuses to use his name when talking about him, instead calling him "my dog Pockets". He is, however, incredibly popular with the younger smark crowd who grew up in the "post-kayfabe era", foreign audiences in general with less strict standards of wrestling, and fans who appreciate that Orange has a completely unique gimmick (gimmicks themselves being rare enough in this day and age) that still translates into an entertaining wrestling style.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: It's not uncommon for a group of older, more traditional American smarks to dislike him for the fact his gimmick pokes fun at the gimmicked combat nature of wrestling unto itself. Divisive internet figure Wrestling/JimCornette in particular is famous for his ''absolute and unforgiving'' hatred of Orange Cassidy for this reason, to the point Cornette refuses to use his name when talking about him, instead calling him "my dog Pockets". He is, however, incredibly popular with the younger smark crowd who grew up in the "post-kayfabe era", foreign audiences in general with less strict standards of wrestling, and fans who appreciate that Orange has a unique gimmick (gimmicks themselves being rare enough in this day and age) that still translates into an entertaining wrestling style.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: One of AEW's breakout stars in the promotion's very beginning for his unique gimmick and wrestling style, particularly with the younger and internet-based crowds. He has been, in fact, consistently one of the promotion's absolute top-sellers in terms of merch sales even above some far more established names (like Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley) at times.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: It's not uncommon for a group of older, more traditional American smarks to dislike him for the fact his gimmick pokes fun at the gimmicked combat nature of wrestling unto itself. Divisive internet figure Wrestling/JimCornette in particular is famous for his ''absolute and unforgiving'' hatred of Orange Cassidy for this reason, to the point Cornette refuses to use his name when talking about him, instead calling him "my dog Pockets". He is, however, incredibly popular with the younger smark crowd who grew up in the "post-kayfabe era", foreign audiences in general with less strict standards of wrestling, and fans who generally appreciate good wrestling and Orange is just the rare unique gimmick that has never been done before.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: Orange Cassidy was always popular for his comedic spots, but he truly earned his stripes as a athletic performer for most of the public in a incredible, high-adrenaline match with Pac in AEW's ''Revolution'' 2020 PPV where he showed himself to be much more than a simple comedy wrestler with a "lazy" gimmick.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: It's not uncommon for a group of older, more traditional American smarks to dislike him for the fact his gimmick pokes fun at the gimmicked combat nature of wrestling unto itself. Divisive internet figure Wrestling/JimCornette in particular is famous for his ''absolute and unforgiving'' hatred of Orange Cassidy for this reason, to the point Cornette refuses to use his name when talking about him, instead calling him "my dog Pockets". He is, however, incredibly popular with the younger smark crowd who grew up in the "post-kayfabe era" and foreign audiences in general with less strict standards of wrestling.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: Orange Cassidy was always popular for his comedic spots, but he truly earned his stripes as a athletic performer for most of the public in a incredible, high-adrenaline match with Pac in 2020's AEW Revolution PPV where he showed himself to be much more than a simple comedy wrestler with a "lazy" gimmick.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: It's not uncommon for a group of older, more traditional American smarks to dislike him for the fact his gimmick pokes fun at the gimmicked combat nature of wrestling unto itself. Divisive internet figure Jim Cornette in particular is famous for his ''absolute and unforgiving'' hatred of Orange Cassidy for this reason. He's however incredibly popular with the younger Smark crowd who grew up in the "Post-kayfabe era" and foreign audiences in general with less strict standards of Wrestling.

* BaseBreakingCharacters: It's not uncommon for a group of older, more traditional American smarks to dislike him for the fact his gimmick pokes fun at the gimmicked combat nature of wrestling unto itself. Divisive internet figure Jim Cornette in particular is famous for his ''absolute and unforgiving'' hatred of Orange Cassidy for this reason. He's however incredibly popular with the younger Smark crowd who grew up in the "Post-kayfabe era" and foreign audiences in general with less strict standards of Wrestling.