Orange Cassidy defeats Rey Fenix for AEW International Championship

Orange Cassidy is once again the AEW International Champion. 

Serving as a last-minute substitute after Jon Moxley was not medically cleared to compete for the International Championship, Cassidy defeated Rey Fenix to win the title at Dynamite Title Tuesday. 

Cassidy used an Orange Punch and his Mouse Trap pinning combination to defeat Fenix and claim the International title for a second time on Tuesday, ending Fenix’s unplanned title reign. 

Fenix won the title from Moxley at Dynamite Grand Slam on September 20 in a bout where Moxley was scheduled to win, but suffered a concussion and changed the match finish in the ring. Moxley has still not been medically cleared to compete after his injury. 

Fenix defended the title on each Dynamite episode since Grand Slam, securing wins over Jeff Jarrett and Nick Jackson in successful title defenses before dropping the belt to Cassidy. 

Cassidy’s initial International title reign stretched for 326 days and 31 defenses after defeating PAC for the belt on Dynamite in October 2022. His first reign came to an end at All Out on September 3 of this year where he lost to Moxley in the pay-per-view main event.