Isiah Kassidy credits Jon Moxley.
The back half of 2024 has been very successful for the duo of Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen, as they recentlꦯy captured the AEW World Tag Team Championships from the Young Bucks back in Oc🌊tober.
Since then, Kassidy and Quen have scored wins over teams like MxM Collection and T𝓡he Acclaimed.
The trajectory for Private Party start𝐆ed to change back in September, as Jon Moxley assaulted Kassidy with a hammer. On the latest edition of AEW Unrestricted, Kassidy agreed with this statement, saying that it was a wake up call for the team.
“I feel like what really flipped the switch was Moxley. Moxley and me, we had a little issue going on, he messed up my hand. I’ll never forget this, when he messed up my hand, he said, ‘You guys have been here for five years and you’ve did absolutely nothing, consider this a gift.’ I feel like that gift was a wake up call, a wake up call to switch things up and show a different side of Private Party that we haven’t seen. With that being said, I feel like everything has to change. Our look, our demeanor, our attitude, everything has to change. Honestly it’s like a thank you but screw you at the same time to Jon Moxley because without Jon Moxley, maybe we wouldn’t be tag team champions right now. He would have never flipped that switch that we desperately needed. That’s a weird feeling because I'm grateful but at the same time, I’m tight about it. It was a switch that needed to happen and I remember just going back and forth with Quen and thinking of a song that would vibe out to our new attitude."
Kassidy th൲en went on to talk abou♈t how it took Tony Khan three days to respond to the new music video that Private Party made.
"Me and Quen shot the music video right before Grand Slam, paid for it and everything, sent it to Tony. I remember my fingers is crossed, I’m hoping Tony like it. I was in Puerto Rico with my boy Daniel Garcia, I sent it to him, I sent him a little paragraph. I remember day one passed and I’m like, damn. Day two passed, damn. Day three passed, I’m like, it’s over yall. I remember he texted back, ‘Hey, I love the video, it’s amazing, let’s do it, see you Wednesday.’ Fast forward, we debuted the song on the fifth anniversary of Dynamite. Everything happens for a reason.”
If you missed anything from the December 4 edition of AEW Dynamite, catch up on the show by clicking here.
Private Party and Daniel Garcia celebrated their championship wins in a recent edition of Isiah Kassidy's vlog. Learn more by clicking here.
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