Tony Khan must be a fan of the movie Old School – because it seemed to be his primary intention to re-create the debate scene from the 2003 film, with Orange Cassidy in the place of Will Ferrell. Chris Jericho was in the midst of doing his absolute best to embarrass Orange, and then Eric Bischoff – who was making his first appearance on TNT in 20 years since WCW was bought out, that did blow my mind so Jericho wasn’t lying – asked a question relating to global warming, which had absolutely nothing to do with what Jericho was talking about.
This was just for comedic effect, and it worked perfectly. It was also the same general question Will Ferrell – or Frank in the movie – was asked in Old School in the debate scene to which he answered very intelligently to everyone’s surprise, just like Orange Cassidy did. Cassidy displayed his mic skills for the first time in AEW – or at least the first time I remember. Jericho has single-handedly put the finishing touches on the effort to transform Orange into a star for years to come in AEW.