Joey Janela Wants To Build A Bridge Between AEW & GCW

Joey Janela is one of the first wrestlers to sign with AEW when the company was formed in 2019. Janela has had a few high-profile matches in the promotion. Joey is heavily featured on AEW’s online shows Dark and Dark: Elevation where had some memorable battles with Sonny Kiss.

Joey has also been working a lot with Game Changer Wrestling lately. GCW has created a buzz due to their edgier shows. The promotion is trying to create an ECW-like feel and has found a lot of success doing so.

Sean Sapp of Fightful talked to Joe Janela about his thoughts on GCW. The company already uses a lot of AEW talent. Joey thinks the two promotions can work together a lot more in the future.

“With GCW I want to build a bridge between Tony and Brett. We have, obviously, the Nightmare factory is obviously a great training facility and they’re developing talent so fast. Like, Kayla, who is gonna be my heater/valet. I’m not gonna call her a valet to her face ‘cause she’ll probably choke me to death. But they’re developing talent so fast and I want to be that independent bridge.

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When I see good independent talent I can just say, ‘Tony, listen. Give this guy a chance. Give this guy a six-minute match on Dark and let ‘em shine up.’ That’s hopefully what I’m trying to achieve and 2022 is looking pretty sweet right now.”

Joey Janela acting as a conduit between AEW and GCW makes things very interesting. It sounds like Janela is very excited about the prospects going forward. Time will tell if Tony Khan is interested in doing more with GCW in the future.