All Elite Wrestling (AEW) star Joey Janela was recently interviewed by NewJersey.com to talk about several professional wrestling topics. Janela feels he has been ‘Pigeonholed’ for being a hardcore match guy, discussed participating in backyard wrestling in his youth, and the sacrifices a professional wrestler has to make.
Here are the highlights:
Being ‘Pigeonholed’ as a hardcore match guy:
In reality I’ve only done five of those (hardcore-style) matches. I’ve done over a thousand regular matches…and people pigeonhole me, but that’s fine because growing up I appreciated (those types of matches).
Participating in backyard wrestling in his youth:
When MySpace came out, I started looking for backyard wrestling companies in my area. Me and my friends started wrestling for other backyard ‘companies,’ but they weren’t really companies. They were just teenagers wrestling on mattresses.
The sacrifices a pro wrestler has to make:
I’ve sacrificed basically everything to get to the position I’m at. One of my best friends passed away four years ago, and I found out as I was driving to a wrestling show. I drove to that wrestling show, I wrestled and then from that show I drove to Canada for two days and did two shows. You’re going to miss your kid’s birthday parties, you’re going to miss funerals, you’re going to miss weddings.
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