Joseph Janela was born on July 3,1989 and is an American professional wrestler.
29 Facts About Joey Janela
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Joey Janela is most known for his work with promotions such as All Elite Wrestling, Game Changer Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Combat Zone Wrestling, and Major League Wrestling.
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Joey Janela was born and raised in Hazlet, New Jersey.
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Joey Janela grew up a fan of deathmatches and the style of wrestling that became popular in Extreme Championship Wrestling and other promotions that sprung up once ECW went under.
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Joey Janela became enthralled in the "high-risk, high-reward style of matches" presented in hardcore wrestling.
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Joey Janela made his professional wrestling debut at a 2006 National Wrestling Superstars show in which he lost in a Triple Threat match against JD Smooth and Corey Havoc.
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Joey Janela would keep on working for them until the year of 2012 when World Xtreme Wrestling booked him in a match against Brandon Scott.
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Joey Janela would participate in the company's Super Strong Style 16 Tournament at Progress Chapter 68 losing his first round to Zack Gibson.
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Joey Janela would participate at the same event in a 6-man tag team match.
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Joey Janela recently has worked for Major League Wrestling, Game Changer Wrestling, Beyond Wrestling, Defy Wrestling, Smash Wrestling, AAW, and Chikara.
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In September 2018, Joey Janela suffered a knee injury during a match against Psicosis at a Game Changer Wrestling event.
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Joey Janela stated that MRI results showed that he suffered from a complete or near complete PCL tear, complete tear of the MCL distally, and ACL sprain, among numerous other injuries.
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Joey Janela hosted his third annual Spring Break event during WrestleMania 35 weekend.
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Joey Janela confirmed a Spring Break 4 during WrestleMania 36 weekend before Spring Break 3 even took place.
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In December 2018, Joey Janela joined the commentary team for Mike Busey's Sausage Castle Wrestling along with NFL player AJ Francis.
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Joey Janela made his Combat Zone Wrestling debut in a 2014 Tournament of Valor match.
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Joey Janela was in the first round against Dave McCall and lost.
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At CZW New Heights 2015, Joey Janela was involved in a triple threat with Pepper Parks and Rich Swann with Parks getting another victory.
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At Down With The Sickness 2015 in a Fatal Four-Way match, Joey Janela defeated Caleb Konley, Lio Rush and Trevor Lee.
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At CZW Tangled Web 8, Joey Janela faced CZW Wired TV champion Tim Donst and won.
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At CZW Cage of Death XVII, Rush and Joey Janela had a rematch with Rush gaining the victory and Joey Janela losing the title.
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At The Wolf of Wrestling, Joey Janela went face-to-face with Maxwell Jacob Friedman in which Joey Janela succeeded to keep the championship.
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At Best of the Best 17, Joey Janela participated in the first round of the tournament with Brandon Kirk, Joe Gacy and Rich Swann in which Gacy got the victory.
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In 2017, Joey Janela made his Pro Wrestling Guerilla debut in the first round of the Battle of Los Angeles 2017 tournament in which he lost to Sammy Guevara.
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Joey Janela participated in the company's 14th All Star Weekend in which he lost his Tag 1 match to Jonah Rock.
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Joey Janela participated in the company's Battle of Los Angeles 2018 tournament in which he won his first 2 matches.
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In January 2019, it was revealed that Joey Janela would be one of the first signees to All Elite Wrestling, a new wrestling promotion started by sports executive Tony Khan and wrestlers Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks.
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At Double or Nothing on May 23,2020, Joey Janela competed in the Casino Ladder Match, which was won by the debuting Brian Cage.
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On June 19,2022, DDT Pro-Wrestling announced Joey Janela would be making his DDT debut in August, facing Shunma Katsumata in a hardcore match at Wrestle Peter Pan 2022.