5 reasons why AEW's Orange Cassidy is awesome

#4 He's all in on his gimmick, even outside of the ring

Cassidy in a rare interview

Yeah, that AEW "All In" pun was completely unintentional.

With pro wrestling fans (hey, that's you!) more aware of how things happen behind the scenes than ever before - take, for example, the fantastic WWE Network documentary series "24" and "360" - many performers are more than willing to slip out of character when being interviewed outside of the ring. It's actually really refreshing to be able to get to know the person behind the character.

Orange Cassidy, on the other hand, won't do that. Think of it like Chris Jericho's heel run during his second stint in WWE in 2008. He would completely sink himself into his character while in public - refusing to give kids autographs, taunting fans, and even insulting Mickey Rourke before the WrestleMania XXV match that the star of The Wrestler was involved in. This actually caused Rourke to become legitimately upset and he nearly dropped out of his scheduled appearance.

Thankfully, Cassidy doesn't go that far, but he definitely maintains his slacker attitude outside of the ring - like in this interview with Chris Van Vliet (despite Van Vliet's employment with AEW, this interview was part of Starrcast III and not involved with the company):

It's that kind of dedication to a role that means that even if the character of Orange Cassidy doesn't take his job seriously, the man behind it does.