Christian Cage Made Decision To Wear Sleeveless Turtleneck 45-Minutes Before AEW Revolution

Christian Cage has become known for his turtleneck attire in AEW, and for his match against “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry at AEW Revolution, Christian upped his game.

Christian wore his customary turtleneck, but cut the sleeves off the shirt, to make it a little bit more wrestling-appropriate. 

While speaking to Swerve Strickland and Montesy on the Swerve City podcast, Christian said his decision to go with the turtleneck wrestling gear was a last minute call. 

“A half hour, 45 minutes before the match with Jack at the pay-per-view, I was getting my stuff on and getting ready to go out. I had one of my normal gimmick shirts with the sleeves cut off and the combat pants. I was looking at it and I was like, ‘I don’t know.’ I look at the turtle neck, and it just hit me, ‘What if I just cut the sleeves off that shirt instead?’ I look at it and go, ‘Yup, but I have to play it straight.’ If I don’t play it straight, it becomes funny. I cut the sleeves off and it was literally 45 minutes before I went out there,” he recalled. 

The turtleneck gear happened to be Christian burial attire as he was literally buried in a casket by Jack Perry. 

Christian would return at AEW Double or Nothing to face Wardlow in a ladder match. Though he lost, his protege Luchasaurus defeated Wardlow to win the AEW TNT Title on the premiere episode of AEW Collision. 

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