Orange Cassidy Sets Surprising New AEW Record

'Freshly Squeezed' has been freshly anointed with a new honour...

by Michael Hamflett
Orange Cassidy
AEW

Orange Cassidy has set a new record in All Elite Wrestling, and it's one he'll continue to build as long as he's International Champion.

By virtue of his win over Lance Archer on Saturday's Battle Of The Belts VII, he set the record for most title defences for any AEW Champion in the company's four-year history. The Archer win was his 26th, surpassing the 25 wins Jade Cargill picked up when she was the inaugural TBS Champion between October 2021 and May 2023.

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Cassidy's run has seen him bat back the last remaining critics of his gimmick with a series of unique and dynamic defences that have paradoxically positioned him as the workhorse Champion. It's during this time that most fans have embraced the International belt as the company's true secondary title in place of the TNT Championship established in 2020. Cargill was undefeated from her early-2021 debut until losing that run and her belt to Kris Statlander at this year's Double Or Nothing.

Orange is the second holder of the gold, and has overseen a name-change for the prize since defeating PAC in October for what was then known as the All-Atlantic Championship.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett