Gangrel Lavishes Praise On Orange Cassidy, Kota Ibushi Throws Barbs At Konosuke Takeshita

In a recent appearance on the “In The Weeds” podcast, Gangrel lavished praise on AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy and revealed the advice he gave the young wrestler.

Gangrel and Cassidy wrestled together at BLP/GCW 2 Cups Stuffed in August 2019, shortly before Cassidy signed with AEW. Gangrel said,

“Some of the older guys, I’m not going to mention any names, they were shitting on him. ‘He’s taking a piss on wrestling.’ They started telling me this, I don’t think they stopped to think about the characters I’ve done. I was the Blackheart, the bastard son of Stu Hart with the black mask, and I wrestled as a vampire. I’m sure those guys, when I was coming in, they were like, ‘what is this kid doing?’ Same thing they are saying about Orange Cassidy, they’re saying about me wrestling with fangs. I started watching the show, it might have been G-Raver, fell from the ceiling and about ripped his arm off, is bleeding all over the place. Blood everywhere, glass. I come back, and I could tell Orange Cassidy was really nervous to kind of explain his character to me, but I knew it already. I have been on shows with him before he was doing the Orange Cassidy thing, so I knew he was a hell of a worker. He was nervous and was like, ‘What do you want to do?’ ‘I want to do exactly the stuff you do because there is nothing else we can do after everything that has happened out there. Blood, guts, dives, they’ve seen everything but comedy.’ That was the only approach to go that made sense. I’m not against trying new things. Turned out, it worked. It was for that crowd and it worked for that set. He’s a great cat. I talked to him, and my biggest concern when I was talking to him after the match as he’s going to AEW, how long could he do that character or make that type of character work, how much longevity is there in being the slob where you’re wearing backpacks and kicking people, how long did he think he could do that before it gets old? He’s doing it a lot longer than I thought he could. He said he was going to hopefully transition out of it, but I don’t think he’s had to. He’s still getting over and people are buying it. I’m happy for him.”

Cassidy successfully defended the AEW International Title in the 21-Man Blackjack Battle Royal last night at AEW Double Or Nothing.

In an interview with Dark Puroresu Flowsion, former NJPW star Kota Ibushi shared his thoughts on Konosuke Takeshita after the latter turned on The Elite to join Blackpool Combat Club at AEW Double Or Nothing.

According to rumors, Ibushi may potentially join the Elite in AEW, and Kenny Omega teased recruiting new friends to his faction in the coming weeks. Ibushi said,

“I never thought he was that great. He is a made imitation of me. Also, he never respected me.”

Takeshita’s assist in the final moments allowed the Blackpool Combat Club to defeat The Elite in Las Vegas.

When speaking with Kota Ibushi he gave me his thoughts on the newly turned BCC member Konosuke Takeshita:

“I never thought he was that great. He is a made imitation of me. Also, he never respected me” pic.twitter.com/uUTPjbyobp

— Dark Puroresu Flowsion (@PuroresuFlow) May 29, 2023

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