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Joey Janela on dream booking, leaving AEW, future of Spring Break, Kota Ibushi

Added 2023-02-08 17:53:30 +0000 UTC

Jeremy Lambert spoke to Joey Janela ahead of the J-Cup!

- Enjoys Temptation Island and might have to indulge himself.
- Josh Barnett got Kota Ibushi for GCW shows. “Kota Ibushi fits right in the GCW World.”
- Wrestled in Kaiju Big Battel as a Cyclopes octopus. Did a dive, but couldn’t see, and missed everyone.
- Will be part of the Early Morning Guy Steele Show during WrestleMania weekend, possibly eating chicken wings.
- Isn’t sure there will be a Clusterfuck Battle Royal at Spring Break this year. Says Spring Break is stacked and he wants everyone to have time. “That match is one of the most pain in the ass matches to put together.”
- Doesn’t like doing two nights of Spring Break every year, but says two-nights of Spring Break will return next year.
- Wants to do Omos vs. Giant Silva at Spring Break.
- Enjoys wrestling in tournaments and believes J-Cup will be talked about like BOLA.
- Says he clicked with Paul London and is trying to get him to do another run. “He said he’s ready.” Wants to help him out as much as he can.
- Doesn’t agree with Drake Wuertz’ beliefs, but did say that he’s having some killer deathmatches and respects him for that. Says Drake was his dream match, but no one wants to book it.
- The day he decided he wasn’t staying with AEW, he contacted DDT and was booked for a tour two days later.
- Will storm FITE TV offices or Brett Lauderdale’s house to get the FITE+ numbers so he can get paid more.
- Took wrestling Paul Lee at Black Label over GCW date.
- Says Gerald Brisco told him that he would be booked for the Cruiserweight Classic three years before it happened.