I don't know if this is part of your ask game, but I would love to see your take on what's going on with the Best Friends saga!
You have made the terrible mistake of asking me about my hyperfixation. You will regret this.
On Chuck's end, I think he sees this as a redemption. Some part of him knew that Trent was in the wrong with Yuta, but he couldn't bring himself to believe that Trent - his Trent - was a bad person. That would be so world-shattering that he ignored it. When Yuta finally said 'enough is enough,' he was threatening Chuck's perspective of his family, and so the anger was easy to turn against him.
But maybe after that Chuck started to realize he made the wrong choice. Maybe after that, and every time he fought Yuta, he realized that he let someone who really loved him get pushed away. And now it's Orange who Trent went after, and it's Chuck's chance to make the right choice this time. It's an easy choice to make, because it's Orange, but it kills him nonetheless. Why?
Because he's losing Trent. Because he lost Trent. Because Chuck (as seen in BTE) takes it extremely hard when his friends phase out of his life.
Imagine this from Yuta's perspective: Chuck said "I always thought you were a piece of shit."
Which to Yuta must mean that Chuck knew Trent was a piece of shit before, but he still didn't choose Yuta. It wasn't an impossible choice, and Chuck still didn't choose Yuta. Even though Chuck made the right choice in the end, he made the wrong choice in the middle of it, and he can never take that back. He can never undo that hurt.
Now from Orange's perspective.
Imagine grappling with the fact that someone you thought was your best friend detested you from the start? Imagine realizing you were supposed to be a sidekick and your success made you lose someone. Imagine spending years throwing your body on the line for someone only to realize they wanted you gone.
Chuck may have had to make a choice, but Orange wasn't given a choice. He watched Yuta leave, he was the one that Trent used to leave. Still, it's better than Yuta, because at least Orange was chosen.
But Chuck got hurt because of him. Trent hates Orange so much that he hurt Chuck because of him. And you can see this in that clip at the end of the street fight where Orange keeps reaching for Chuck, then he stops himself and pulls his hand back. He can't touch him. He can't bring himself to hurt him again.
The Best Friends is a goofy group of people who cannot stop hurting each other. On the surface, they're comedy wrestlers who occasionally bring in some emotions and always have banger matches, but deep down they're professional wrestlers. And, like most professional wrestlers, it's basically impossible for them not to hurt the ones they love.
What I hope comes from this is that Yuta returns and doesn't immediately forgive Chuck, but they both do slowly earn respect for each other back. Yuta is still in BCC and Chuck is still with Orange, but they can love each other and know that regardless of what happened, they wound up happier in the end.
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WHEELER YUTA
Wrestling Revolver: A Night at the MOXbury
โ February 2, 2023
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Chuckie T with the smoothest slide-in to distract and let Orange hit his Orange Punch on Ryan Nemeth
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Chuck goes to tag in a sleepy Orange who doesn't want to wake up and proceeds to also shout "WAKE UP!" at him.
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Jay White joins Bullet Club (2018) โ Jay White joins All Elite Wrestling (2023)
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Orange Cassidy has said before in an old interview:
"You can do whatever you want to me but the moment you hurt my friends, then I get a little upset."
It really speaks so much truth when you realize...
Orange has allowed Trent to hurt him and would never fight back.
Until the moment he sees Trent has hurt Chuck, he's upset and wanting to get after him.
He really loves Chuck and always has. <3
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good grief, kyle o'reilly!
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