Given that his character lives by the motto of “whatever man,” Cassidy wants the fans to have the same vibe as him because, at the end of the day, wrestling is supposed to be fun and you’re meant to have a good time watching. “Freshly Squeezed” explained that he got this mindset from his childhood where he was the only wrestling fan in his friendship group, meaning that he saw wrestling a little differently to how others saw it.

“I talk to a lot of people that aren’t wrestling fans. All my friends that I grew up with aren’t wrestling fans, it was just me. So I had an outside perspective always when I was watching wrestling, and to me it’s like I want you just to watch and just be like ‘Yes, okay, have fun, relax, just relax, have fun, it’s okay, enjoy it.’ You know what I mean?” Ironically, Cassidy does anything but relax when it comes to perfecting his craft despite what his character might have people believe. However, it’s because he takes his work so seriously that he wants people to chill out and leave all the worrying about the little details to him.

“I take wrestling way more seriously than people probably think I do because I love it and I respect it so much, and I want to know as much as I possibly can, and I overanalyze every single little thing, and I think about it literally 24/7 and like, I want to perfect my craft. This is what I do. It doesn’t mean I’m going to do all of it because you do what you have to when you have to, like less is more or whatever that garbage is.” Cassidy will try and kick off 2026 in a big way as he was eliminated from the Continental Classic tournament on the Christmas Day episode of “AEW Collision,” meaning that he will want to bounce back into championship contention sooner rather than later.

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