Is Orange Cassidy supposed to be a stoner character?

[SirLucas]

Forgive me if I am overstating the obvious. I have a friend who smokes a lot of cannabis and his chill mannerisms are a mirror image of Orange Cassidy. And this has been going on for years before OC was a wrestler. Even when he's go out, he'd have to sunglasses going on  mask his bloodshot eyes. 

I get that blaze up and just chill don't let anything bother you vibe about OC's demander.  Unlike an RVD or Riddle, I don't think there's ever been any explicit weed references on tv with OC. 

But, it feels like if you took the TV show Workaholics and created a 4th character and made that character a wrestler, it would be Cassidy. I used to love this first theme he used. Too bad they switched to the Pixies. I didn't care for OC coming out to "Where is my Mind" since that song is so closely tied to Fight Club. 

I am not sure what happened to the the "Best Friends" theme, but it was dope. It was just like something you'd hear on Workaholics. 

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Not unless they directly associate him with weed like RVD does. He’s just a talented but laid back and lazy guy.

[Burst]

I've heard two origin stories for the OC character; one is that he's a pastiche of Paul Rudd's character in Wet Hot American Summer, which I haven't personally seen so I can't comment if the mannerisms match up, but just Google image search "Paul Rudd Wet Hot American Summer" and you can tell that it's at least the source of the denim and sunglasses look.

The second one which may well overlap with the first, is that originally the implication was that Orange was coming to the ring ridiculously hungover, hence the mannerisms and also why he'd originally supercharge from drinking out of his bottle of orange juice.

[SirLucas]

Aug 4, 2022 14:01:34 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

Not unless they directly associate him with weed like RVD does. He’s just a talented but laid back and lazy guy.

I had a friend just like that, laid back, lazy and just smoke pot all the time when he was working. He'd be high as a kite, and when he came to ping pong tournaments, he would tear it up. 

[carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army)]

Aug 4, 2022 14:03:05 GMT -5 Burst said:

I've heard two origin stories for the OC character; one is that he's a pastiche of Paul Rudd's character in Wet Hot American Summer, which I haven't personally seen so I can't comment if the mannerisms match up, but just Google image search "Paul Rudd Wet Hot American Summer" and you can tell that it's at least the source of the denim and sunglasses look.

The second one which may well overlap with the first, is that originally the implication was that Orange was coming to the ring ridiculously hungover, hence the mannerisms and also why he'd originally supercharge from drinking out of his bottle of orange juice.

I first saw the character at an indie show I was attending live, and I had no one to explain it to me. I completely just assumed he was supposed to be hung over.

[kingoftheindies]

I mean when he first started the character he was that of a biligerent drunk bur it quickly morphed into what it is today

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I mean, do we associate Michelangelo from TMNT as a stoner because how he talks?

[Deleted]

He's just a goddamn millennial!

[Fade]

Aug 4, 2022 14:22:52 GMT -5 @coolio1234 said:

I mean, do we associate Michelangelo from TMNT as a stoner because how he talks?

Yes.

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

Naw, he’s just a humble FireAnt

[Dub H]

Aug 4, 2022 14:32:01 GMT -5 Fade said:

Aug 4, 2022 14:22:52 GMT -5 @coolio1234 said:

I mean, do we associate Michelangelo from TMNT as a stoner because how he talks?

Yes.

Zoinks!

[The Ichi]

Nah. Or if it's supposed to be it's a bad attempt since the main thing about pot smokers is that they love to let you know they're pot smokers.

It's basically an act to throw people off guard.

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In kayfabe considering he wins or loses narrowly in all his matches while doing the lazy shtick then if he put in the same effort as everyone else he'd be the best wrestler in the world by a mile.

[mrpeacock]

Aug 4, 2022 14:03:05 GMT -5 Burst said:

I've heard two origin stories for the OC character; one is that he's a pastiche of Paul Rudd's character in Wet Hot American Summer, which I haven't personally seen so I can't comment if the mannerisms match up, but just Google image search "Paul Rudd Wet Hot American Summer" and you can tell that it's at least the source of the denim and sunglasses look.

The second one which may well overlap with the first, is that originally the implication was that Orange was coming to the ring ridiculously hungover, hence the mannerisms and also why he'd originally supercharge from drinking out of his bottle of orange juice.

He’s totally based on Paul Rudd in WHAS, Look up “Wet Hot American Summer Andy Cleaning” that one scene really stands out to me as the inspiration

[Super Duper Dragunov]

Aug 4, 2022 16:31:47 GMT -5 The Ichi said:

Nah. Or if it's supposed to be it's a bad attempt since the main thing about pot smokers is that they love to let you know they're pot smokers.

It's basically an act to throw people off guard.

Hey now, I take offense to that, considering I smo........ther my potato wedges in ranch dressing of course I have no idea what you're talking about!


Edit: and no he's supposed to be a sexy character, and he makes that work.

[Deleted]

The character is he's lazy and chilled out.

I don't see any weed references like RVD and Riddle.