AEW: Orange Cassidy Reportedly Medically Cleared for Return from Torn Pec Injury, UK Indies Wrestler Nathan Cruz Joins AEW as Coach & Producer, Countdown to Forbidden Door 2025 Ratings

Aug 26, 2025

Orange Cassidy Torn Pec Injury Update – Cassidy Reportedly Medically Cleared for Return

As noted before, Orange Cassidy has been out of action for AEW since this past March due to an injury believed to be a torn pectoral.

Bodyslam.net reported that their sources stated that Cassidy was recently medically cleared for a return. It was reported that Cassidy is currently waiting for creative plans for his return to AEW.

Fightful Select reported that their sources confirmed that Cassidy was recently medically cleared. Those spoken to reportedly stated that Cassidy is currently expected to return “sooner than later.” It was reported that Cassidy’s injury is currently believed to actually have been a torn labrum.

UK Indies Wrestler Nathan Cruz Joins AEW as Coach & Producer

United Kingdom indies wrestler Nathan Cruz announced earlier today on Instagram that he was recently hired by AEW to work as a coach and backstage producer for the company.

“What an amazing week. I am so grateful to @aew and @tonyrkhan for this incredible opportunity to join the team as a coach/agent. Everyone has been so welcoming and I couldn’t be more proud to be joining a team that last night set an attendance record for professional wrestling inside the O2 Arena in London!
I’ve been sitting on this news for quite a while now and it’s relief to be able to finally talk about it publicly.
After 19 years in this industry, many ups and downs that have been well documented for those who know my career; this honestly means more than I could put into words.”