10 AEW Wrestlers Lost In The Shuffle After All Out 2021

1. Orange Cassidy

Orange Cassidy
AEW

Orange Cassidy is over a f*ck, got one of the biggest pops of the night at All Out merely for rooting for a wrestler let alone being one, and was the biggest star in a pre-show match that featured another wrestler bubbling under trying to be the company's next breakout name.

But are these all ceilings rather than signs of things to come?

Cassidy was neither more nor less over after dumping Chris Jericho in the vat of mimosa last summer, didn't rebound in any significant way after coming thisclose against Kenny Omega at Double Or Nothing, and is only featured in storylines intermittently. Evidently so, considering his aforementioned spot on the All Out Buy-In.

It's an odd one - there's a lot to be said in being a white hot opening act, and/or a beloved comedic favourite. But Cassidy's long carried the aura of a guy who could have all that and more, and significant curiosity once hung over his true main event potential. Has that curiosity already been satisfied with a polite but firm "No" from those within the company, or will his next feud be the one that places him back amongst the tippy-toppy tier?

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