Joey Janela

is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Before signing with AEW, Janela wrestled twelve years from 2006 until 2018 as a free agent across various wrestling territories. He wrestled numerous matches for promotions including Game Changer Wrestling, Combat Zone Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Syndicate. During his tenures in those promotions, Janela became a GCW Tag Team Champion, GCW Heavyweight Champion, a three-time CZW Wired Champion, a two-time CZW Wired Champion and a three-time PWS Suicidal Six Way Champion. Janela debuted as early as November 2006 in the New Jersey-based promotion National Wrestling Superstars (NWS). During his early career, Janela appeared in home state promotions including Pro Wrestling Unplugged (PWU), United Wrestling Coalition (UWC), Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU), between the years 2006 to 2010. By 2011, Janela branched out to appear in promotions throughout the United States including Premiere Wrestling Xperience (PWX), Beyond Wrestling, Monster Factory Pro Wrestling (MFPW), House Of Glory (HOG), Pro Wrestling Syndicate (PWS), World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW), Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) and many others as his career progressed through the 2010s.