Daniel Garcia Explains The Addition Of The Kangol Hat To His Jericho Appreciation Society Look

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Daniel Garcia is explaining how he came to decide to add a backward, leather Kangol hat to his Jericho Appreciation Society attire.

Also if you remember any of the original iterations of the Kangol hat on WWF television, get ready to feel old because Daniel Garcia learned about the in-demand accessory of the late 90s from Snapchat.

Garcia said of his fashion sense both on and off-screen:

“In real life, I’m really into streetwear and workwear, stuff like that. I wear really baggy clothing, but I knew I couldn’t do baggy pants and a baggy shirt. I know I would look like 120 lbs soaking wet. So I figured ‘Okay, I can keep the baggy pants because I just look better in that. I’ll just wear a tight tank top or top as if I took a baggy shirt off.’ But then one day, I can’t remember exactly what it was, what made me think of it, but I just thought to myself ‘Man, Triple H used to always wear that backward leather hat.’ I was like ‘He always used to wear that backward leather hat.’

“And it’s funny because, on my Snapchat, something popped up at my wrestling school that I train at. My trainer has a Shawn Michaels costume from the 90s, and it came with the leather hat. And I, this is my first couple months of training, I put it on backward and I’d do Triple H impressions at the gym. Like when he was on ‘Tough Enough.’ I used to do that at the gym all the time when I first started. I have a picture of myself wearing the bootleg Kangol hat. And I just thought to myself ‘Man, I really want to wear this on TV this week.’ But I didn’t have enough time to get one shipped out or anything, so I went to the mall, and I went to a Lids. And I could only find the baby blue Kangol ones that I wore that one week.”

Garcia admits that he did get some resistance backstage but after he just kept doing it, he’s gained support. Who had his back all along on the now integral to his Sports Entertainment-themed character?

Garcia said:

“Jericho, you guys, Ricky Starks and The Blade. The people who I know have my back.”

The Jericho Appreciation Society is set to face off against so far, Eddie Kingston and Jon Moxley but expectedly others, in a Blood & Guts match on Wednesday, June 29th live on AEW Dynamite.

Transcription via WrestlingInc.

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