10 AEW Disappointments We Really Didn't See Coming
8. Orange Cassidy Vs Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho has reached the point in his AEW tenure where only half of his time has actually been truly creatively beneficial and/or good.
This might read as too much like one opinion when judging the reaction the Judas singalongs still get in the buildings alongside big pops for dated lines, but 'Le Champion' appears to have continually increased his number of online detractors with every passing performance in the last few years. The Orange Cassidy angle is a good example of why.
Less egregiously annoying compared to his current discord with Eddie Kingston or ancient patter with Dan Lambert, Jericho and Cassidy's tropey nonsense was nonetheless cast-iron evidence that a run with the wrestling icon wasn't the guaranteed sprint up the ladder it might have first appeared to be.
A fairly exhausting pandemic programme featured The Inner Circle getting splattered with juice and Cassidy being forced out of the cool comfort zone he typically (and wisely) resided in. A Mimosa Mayhem payoff provided a pleasing enough visual conclusion, but ran way too long for Jericho bathing in orange juice to reach the prop comedy heights in vainly attempted to scale.