{"id":116695,"date":"2021-04-08T12:26:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T17:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=116695"},"modified":"2021-04-08T12:26:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T17:26:58","slug":"frankie-kazarian-discusses-christian-cages-wrestling-iq-being-underrated-as-a-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/04\/08\/frankie-kazarian-discusses-christian-cages-wrestling-iq-being-underrated-as-a-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Kazarian discusses Christian Cage&#8217;s wrestling IQ, being underrated as a talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3086783241\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>In the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/aew-unrestricted\/frankie-kazarian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">episode<\/a> of AEW Unrestricted, Frankie Kazarian discussed working with Christian Cage, being underrated as a talent, and more.<\/p>\n<p>On the podcast, Kazarian mentioned that Christian has the highest wrestling IQ of anyone he&#8217;s been in the ring with. \u201cChristian is a guy that has maybe the highest wrestling IQ that I\u2019ve ever been in the ring with, and when I say that I mean just having mastered professional wrestling and knowing what works and what doesn\u2019t,&#8221; said Kazarian.<\/p>\n<p>Kazarian also talked about being underrated as a performer. \u201cHe\u2019s [Christian Cage] often been called one of the most underrated wrestlers, and people have put that tag on me, and I wear that as a badge of honor,&#8221; said Kazarian. &#8220;If you\u2019re going to call me underrated, that\u2019s fine because you\u2019ve called a lot of my heroes underrated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can read a synopsis for Kazarian&#8217;s appearance on AEW Unrestricted below:<\/p>\n<p>Frankie Kazarian is one-half of the inaugural AEW World Tag Team Champions, SCU, and among the first wrestlers signed to AEW at launch. He speaks to how he got in at the ground floor, what The Young Bucks and \u201cBeing The Elite\u201d did for SCU\u2019s popularity, beating the Lucha Brothers for the tag title, and what it\u2019s like having a beverage and talking shop with your boss. Frankie was Christian Cage\u2019s first AEW opponent, and explains why he thinks Christian has the highest wrestling IQ of anyone he\u2019s been in the ring with. You\u2019ll also hear about Frankie\u2019s friendship with Christopher Daniels, his love of Metallica, how he started playing bass, what prompted him to start American Rebel Cigars with Cody Rhodes, and how he ended up with a cameo in the Netflix series, GLOW. 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