Zack Sabre Jr: I knew Orange Cassidy was cool way before all of you

Zack Sabre Jr. was a fan of Orange Cassidy before it was cool to be a fan of Orange Cassidy.

ZSJ defeated Cassidy last night at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. He then praised his opponent at the post-event press conference.

“I don’t think there’s a wrestler in the world that respects Orange Cassidy more than me,” ZSJ said. “I think anyone that knows my personality or my taste in music and film probably thinks that I’m a pretentious wanker, but I actually knew that Orange Cassidy was cool way before all of you.”

“10 years ago, roughly, on the Northeast Indies, if I was on before Orange Cassidy, I’d be at the match stand watching the match losing my mind and the rest of the crowd, like, would shout, ‘What is this maniac doing?'”

“We both wanted this match for a long time,” he continued. “Obviously, I’d hoped it was going to happen last year but it didn’t work out.”

“If there is anyone disregarding how talented Orange Cassidy is at pro-wrestling, they’re a f**king idiot,” he continued.

ZSJ’s trip to the United States continues later this month as he’s scheduled for NJPW x CMLL Fantasticamania in San Jose on July 13. He’s set to team with Bad Dude Tito in a tag match against Hechicero and Virus on the show. After that, ZSJ is entered into G1 Climax 34, which kicks off July 20 in Osaka. He’s entered into the B Block and will have his first match on July 21 against Tetsuya Naito.