James Cipperly (born May 4, 1984),[1] better known by his ring name Orange Cassidy, is an American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer.

Prior to signing with AEW, he had previously performed for the Chikara promotion as the luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler), Fire Ant.

[9] Fire Ant was part of the Colony stable, which won the Campeonatos de Parejas once[10][11] and Chikara's premier King of Trios tournament twice.

[12][13] During his time in Chikara, he also appeared unmasked as a member of The Gentleman's Club faction, alongside Chuck Taylor and Drew Gulak,[14] and was a trainer at the promotion's Wrestle Factory school.

[19] Cipperly (as JC Ryder) debuted in the Pennsylvania-based Chikara promotion in February 2005 at the Tag World Grand Prix.

In March and April 2005, he and Danny Rage (as the New Jersey Independent All-Stars) competed in a series of tag team matches.

[32][33] On August 31, at All Out, Cassidy returned and aligned himself with Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent), after saving them from an attack by The Dark Order (Stu Grayson and Evil Uno).

[55] On the October 6 episode of Dynamite, Cassidy participated in the seven-man Casino Ladder match for a future shot at the AEW World Championship.

[62] On the January 26 episode of Dynamite, Cassidy defeated Cole in an Unsanctioned Lights Out match that involved appearances from Best Friends, The Young Bucks, Bobby Fish and the debuting Danhausen.

[66] Cassidy returned from injury on the June 15 episode of Dynamite, where he interrupted United Empire's assault on FTR and Roppongi Vice, confronting leader Will Ospreay.

[67] Soon after, a match was set between the two for Ospreay's IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door,[68] which Cassidy lost.

Ospreay and Aussie Open continued to beat down Cassidy and Roppongi Vice after the match, only to be stopped and attacked by Katsuyori Shibata.

Cassidy would then team with Best Friends to participate in a tournament for the new AEW World Trios Championship, defeating The Trustbusters (Ari Daivari, Parker Boudreaux and Slim J) in the first round, but lost to Adam Page and The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver) in the semifinal.

On the September 7 episode of Dynamite, Cassidy and Best Friends faced Death Triangle (Pac, Rey Fenix and Penta El Zero Miedo) for the vacant World Trios Championship in a losing effort.

During his reign, Cassidy successfully defended the championship against various contenders, such as Luchasaurus, Rey Fenix, Katsuyori Shibata, Lee Johnson, Jake Hager, Q. T. Marshall, Trent Seven, Trent Beretta, Kip Sabian, Jay Lethal, Lee Moriarty, Wheeler Yuta, Big Bill, Jeff Jarrett, The Butcher, Dralístico, Buddy Matthews, Bandido, Daniel Garcia, Kyle Fletcher, Swerve Strickland, and AR Fox.

[73] On the April 3 episode of Dynamite, Cassidy was hit with a knee strike by Beretta after the duo lost a match to the Young Bucks in the AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament.

[78] On the June 8 episode of AEW Collision, Zack Sabre Jr. would release a video challenging Cassidy to a match at Forbidden Door citing their unfinished business from the prior year's event.

On September 7 at All Out, Cassidy failed to capture the AEW Continental Championship in a four-way match, which Kazuchika Okada won and retained the title.

[80] On October 30 at Fright Night Dynamite, after failing to save Chuck Taylor from attack by the Death Riders, Cassidy challenged Jon Moxley to a match for the AEW World Championship at Full Gear on November 23.

[83] On the February 19, 2025 episode of Dynamite, Cassidy defeated Roderick Strong to earn a shot at the International Championship against Konosuke Takeshita, but failed to win the title the following week.

[84][85] Having wrestled for over a decade and taking his current ring name around 2007, Cipperly's "Orange Cassidy" gimmick is based upon a single scene in Wet Hot American Summer, involving the character portrayed by Paul Rudd.

[86] In addition, his entrance music on the independent circuit (and later in All Elite Wrestling), is "Jane" by Jefferson Starship which was the song used in the opening credits of the aforementioned film.