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Private Party is an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen. As of April 2019[update], they are signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where they are the AEW World Tag Team Champions in their first reign. The team debuted in August 2015 and wrestled on the independent circuit, as well as several regional promotions such as House of Glory (HOG) and Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) before signing with AEW.
| Private Party | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Quen (left) and Kassidy (right) in 2020 | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | Isiah Kassidy/Brother Zay/Zay Marq Quen/Quen |
| Name(s) | Private Party |
| Billed heights | Zay: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Quen: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Combined billed weight | 355 lb (161 kg) Zay: 180 lb (82 kg) Quen: 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Hometown | New York City, U.S. |
| Billed from | "A location where you need an invitation"[1] Brooklyn, New York |
| Former member(s) | Matt Hardy (Manager) |
| Debut | August 21, 2015 |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Trainer | House of Glory The Amazing Red Brian XL |
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Independent circuit (2015–2019)
Private Party made their debut for House of Glory (HOG) on August 21, 2015, where they defeated Josh Glide and TJ Marconi.[2] In December of that year, they won the HOG Tag Team Championship.[3] They lost the titles to The Hardy Boyz in August 2016.[4] The team would later win several other championships, including the Fight The World Tag Team Championship,[5] the Game Changer Wrestling Tag Team Championship,[6] the Pro Wrestling Magic Tag Team Championship[7] and the Warriors of Wrestling Tag Team Championship.[8] Private Party also made several appearances for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and New York Wrestling Connection (NYWC) between 2016 and 2018.[9]
All Elite Wrestling (2019–present)
Various storylines (2019–2024)
On April 22, 2019, it was announced that Private Party had signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW).[10] The team made their AEW debut at Fyter Fest on June 29, where they lost to Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent Beretta) in a triple threat tag team match also involving SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky).[11] On the All Out pre-show on August 31, Private Party defeated The Hybrid 2 (Angélico and Jack Evans).[12] Private Party then competed in a tournament to determine the inaugural AEW World Tag Team Champions, defeating The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) in the first round,[13] but ultimately lost to the Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Fénix) in the semi-finals.[14] At Full Gear on November 9, Private Party failed to win the AEW Tag Team titles from SoCal Uncensored in a triple threat tag team match also involving the Lucha Brothers.[15]
On January 8, 2020, Private Party faced the AEW World Tag Team Champions Kenny Omega and "Hangman" Adam Page in a losing effort after an altercation between Page, Kassidy and Quen. On March 12, Private Party teamed up with Joey Janela where they lost to Pac and The Lucha Brothers, otherwise known as "The Death Triangle" in a six-man tag team match. Janela, Kassidy, and Quen then suffered a post match attack until Best Friends and Orange Cassidy made the save. At the Double or Nothing Buy-In, Private Party faced Best Friends in a number one contender's match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship in a losing effort.[16] On the June 10 episode of Dynamite, Quen challenged Cody for the TNT Championship in a losing effort. At Fyter Fest Night 1, Private Party, being accompanied by Matt Hardy, took on Santana and Ortiz, where they emerged victorious.[17] They faced Kenny Omega and "Hangman" Adam Page in an AEW World Tag Team Championship match on Night 2 of Fyter Fest, which they lost against the champions during the event. Private Party along with Matt Hardy would turn heel for the first time in AEW after they attacked Top Flight & Matt Sydal after they won against them. [18] Kassidy would lose to a debuting Keith Lee on the February 9, 2022 episode of Dynamite in a "Face of the Revolution" ladder match for Revolution. At Revolution, Hardy and Kassidy would lose a Tornado tag team match with Andrade El Idolo against Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin, and Sting. In 2023, Quen would suffer an injury that would keep him out of action for the rest of the year. During Quen's hiatus, Kassidy remain aligned with Hardy and changed his ring name to "Brother Zay"
On the January 3, 2024 episode of Dynamite, Quen returned from his injury and Zay reverted back to being called "Isiah Kassidy", reuniting Private Party in the process.
AEW World Tag Team Champions (2024–present)
At WrestleDream, Private Party unsuccessfully challenged The Young Bucks for the titles.[19] On the October 23 episode of Dynamite, they teamed with Daniel Garcia to defeat The Young Bucks and Jack Perry. After the match, Kassidy challenged The Young Bucks to a rematch for the tag team titles and stated that if they lost, Private Party would disband as a tag team.[20] At Fright Night Dynamite on October 30, Private Party defeated The Young Bucks to win the AEW World Tag Team Championship, thus remaining a team.[21] On November 23 at Full Gear, Private Party successfully defended their titles in a four-way tag team match against the The Acclaimed, Kings of The Black Throne, and The Outrunners.[22]
Impact Wrestling (2021)
On January 19, 2021, Private Party made their Impact Wrestling debut, and defeated Chris Sabin and James Storm to earn a shot against The Good Brothers for the Impact World Tag Team Championship at No Surrender.[23][24] At No Surrender on February 13, Private Party were unsuccessful.[25]
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Isiah Kassidy was born on July 10, 1997, in New York City.[26] Marq Quen was born as DaQuentin Redden on April 12, 1994, also in New York City.[27]
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- All Elite Wrestling
- Fight The World Wrestling
- FTW World Tag Team Championship (1 time)[5]
- Game Changer Wrestling
- House of Glory
- HOG Tag Team Championship (1 time)[28]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked Marq No. 185 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2020[29]
- Ranked Isiah No. 187 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2020[29]
- Ranked No. 19 of the top 50 tag teams in the PWI Tag Team 50 in 2020[30]
- Pro Wrestling Magic
- PWM Tag Team Championship (1 time)[7]
- Donald Cassamento Memorial Tag Team Tournament (2017)
- Warriors of Wrestling
- WOW Tag Team Championship (1 time)[8]
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