Orange Cassidy vs. Lee Moriarty All-Atlantic title match set for AEW Rampage
The All-Atlantic Championship will be defended on AEW Rampage.
Orange Cassidy will defend his title against Lee Moriarty on the show.
AEW set the match up with a backstage segment posted to social media on Thursday. Lexy Nair attempted to interview Stokely Hathaway in the back but they were interrupted by Danhausen and Cassidy.
Last night after #AEWDynamite, @LexyNair's interview with @StokelyHathaway was interrupted by @DanhausenAD +
AEW All-Atlantic Champion @orangecassidy, and a challenge was issued, and accepted for #AEWRampage:
Orange Cassidy vs @theleemoriarty for the title
TOMORROW NIGHT on TNT! pic.twitter.com/Ka0Yyn4XWa— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) February 9, 2023
Tony Khan later made the match official.
Tomorrow, Feb 10
Friday Night #AEWRampage
10pm ET/9pm CT on @TNTdramaAll-Atlantic Championship Match@orangecassidy vs @theleemoriarty
Following this altercation,
Orange Cassidy (w/ @DanhausenAD) will defend the title vs Lee Moriarty (w/ @StokelyHathaway),
tomorrow on Rampage! https://t.co/zeEHJ484lX pic.twitter.com/3rUAghqEWI— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) February 9, 2023
Cassidy is just the second wrestler to hold the All-Atlantic Championship. After defeating PAC to win the belt in Toronto last October, he has since defended it successfully 10 times.
AEW Rampage this week was filmed on Wednesday from the El Paso County Coliseum. The advertised lineup for the show is as follows:
- All-Atlantic Champion Orange Cassidy defends against Lee Moriarty w/ Stokely Hathaway
- Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) vs. Kip Sabian and The Butcher & The Blade
- Jack Perry in action
- Ruby Soho vs. Marina Shafir
- Mark Briscoe appearance