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Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

# ¿ Feb 20, 2019 21:45

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 00:30

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

TTBF posted:

https://twitter.com/JANELABABY/status/1099779754100772864

show of the year

# ¿ Feb 24, 2019 23:52

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

The last matches they listed for him were 2017, I read that yesterday when the podcast first got published with the story

# ¿ Feb 26, 2019 00:40

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

# ¿ Feb 26, 2019 20:44

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

https://twitter.com/janelababy/status/1100609760087494656

Increased probability that the entire three hour one Clusterfuck match of Joey Janela�s Spring Break 3 Part Two is all build for who killed the invisible man

Chris James 2 posted:

show of the year

# ¿ Feb 27, 2019 05:34

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

https://twitter.com/JANELABABY/status/1100923579447808002

# ¿ Feb 28, 2019 04:21

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

# ¿ Feb 28, 2019 23:39

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

Ethan Page posted:

The amount of people texting me, who are in the industry so I�m not going to add them to my public hate for Davey Richards, everyone I told the story to was like, �Eh, that�s Davey.�

I don�t like that that is ok. Only in our job is that an answer. Eh, it�s Davey? No! When does professionalism ever become the most important part of our job? It won�t because skill will always dictate success and that�s so annoying to me.

I have no problem burying him. I have no respect for that guy. He used to be one of my favorite wrestlers. He�s a joke.

# ¿ Mar 1, 2019 00:59

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

Long-deserved

# ¿ Mar 1, 2019 01:13

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

Most under-the-radar I've seen a PWG show be in terms of attention from general communities the week one's happening, but anyway the card for PWG 200 tonight

Jeff Cobb defends the world title against Bandido
The Rascalz defend the tag titles against Lucha Bros and LAX
Jonathan Gresham vs David Starr
Darby Allin vs Brody King
Trey Miguel vs Jake Atlas vs Jungle Boy
Laredo Kid vs Puma King
Aussie Open vs Best Friends

# ¿ Mar 1, 2019 15:58

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

https://twitter.com/WrestlingInc/status/1102012036626685952

# ¿ Mar 3, 2019 02:09

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

When that Fusion gets uploaded to MLW's Youtube, if you're going to watch it, I recommend only watching the Lucha Bros match and skipping Tom Lawlor vs Low Ki: Stupid Cage Match Edition

Somehow their rushed 5 minute match was better, that ending was absurdly dumb even for pro wrestling cage matches, and the overlong post-match segment was to promote a new stable Starring Simon Gotch

# ¿ Mar 3, 2019 04:13

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

Paying proper respects with the start of the show

# ¿ Mar 3, 2019 05:03

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

https://twitter.com/JANELABABY/status/1102330934827892737

# ¿ Mar 4, 2019 00:18

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

Agree completely that Kodaka/Takeda is incredible and Kasai/Iizuka is great. I still need to see the rest

# ¿ Mar 4, 2019 22:44

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

Chris James 2 posted:

https://twitter.com/JANELABABY/status/1102330934827892737

Janela got Joey Janela for Spring Break!
https://twitter.com/JANELABABY/status/1102739757388443650

# ¿ Mar 5, 2019 02:18

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

Chris James 2 posted:

Janela got Joey Janela for Spring Break!
https://twitter.com/JANELABABY/status/1102739757388443650

# ¿ Mar 5, 2019 02:59

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

the gimmicks CZW will do for attention in 2019, but also lol that this is the first I've heard of Amazing Red post-TNA

Chris James 2 fucked around with this message at 05:05 on Mar 6, 2019

# ¿ Mar 6, 2019 04:56

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

Uproxx did a great interview with Janela that's worth a read https://uproxx.com/prowrestling/joey-janela-is-living-his-vhs-dreams-interview-aew-gcw-2019/6/ Some highlights

quote:

Previously, you were doing a thing in the kind of �Joey Janela� brand shows where you were on this journey, you were fighting all these wrestlers who were more famous in the past. What was the inspiration for that? Was it just, like, living a childhood dream?

Yeah, it�s like living your VHS dreams. You know, me grabbing the VHSs from the vendors� tables. I wasn�t much of a � I was too young to be a tape trader, really, I think � a lot of guys were tape traders; they would trade tapes with each other. I would just go to local indie shows and there would be a vendor there with the tapes that had been traded around and guys like Hakushi and, you know, Japanese legends, you know. Fuckin� I wrestled Hakushi, fuckin� Great Sasuke� We�re bringing [Atsushi] Onita in for the next show even though his knees are hosed. That�s like me living my childhood dream and it�s just a wild situation.

Game Changer Wrestling kind of lets me run my own shows and run wild and this is who I want to book, this is what I want to do, and they just let me do it, you know, and I don�t have to put any money into it. I put all my time into it and everything works out and now, you know, we gave each other the rub� Game Changer can go all over the world and sell out shows, so it�s a great deal.

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And Spring Break is two different shows this year. That�s pretty crazy. It�s blown up so much. Did you expect at all for it to get as big as it is now?

No, not really. We�re running a smaller venue this year. Last year we did about 2,800 with the WWN Experience and this year we want to go on our own and do our own thing and showcase indie wrestling. You know, WWN is WWE affiliated. Hard to showcase what we do with those guys. And this year we�re doing our own thing and it blew up big and it was an overnight success. And not only are we developing our own shows, we�re developing talent for the independents and it�s 2019, talent is getting swept up from WWE like it�s nothing like it�s a claw machine like in Toy Story. I compare it to the little aliens in the claw machine are getting loving snatched up and yeah, we�re just trying to develop new talent. We�re trying to, you know, just keep on going and sell out buildings all over the world.

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I feel like there is a kind of a method behind the independents and WWE right now and all the other big promotions that people are going to say the indies are going to die because this is how the territories died. WWF snatched all the names from the territories and, you know, eventually the territories died out and became more of a giant, which needed to happen because that�s the direction wrestling needed to go in, but in fact, if the independents die and these shows start dying then the talent won�t be developed.

The talent won�t be scouted, and, you know, in the long run for WWE and AEW and all these promotions� things won�t be as easy as it seems. Talent won�t come by as fast and the indies will die and also, you�ll have to resort back to grabbing ex-NFL players or athletes. And that still goes on today, but I don�t want it to go back in that direction. Bodybuilders in wrestling, you know, sometimes it meshes; sometimes it doesn�t. Independent talent, you know, creative thinkers, and they know what�s going on, and, you know, I just want to keep on being around for the movement, and that�s the reason when I signed with All Elite Wrestling I said, �For me to sign that contract, you guys gotta to let me do what I want to do.� And that means not doing every promotion like I was before I was injured. It means doing GCW, doing PWG, doing AIW, Beyond Wrestling, places that develop talent, and working for my friends and having fun.

It�s not about money to me. I just came across a loving contract. I was delivering pizzas two years ago. I was working for Uber a year ago. You know, this is not about the money for me. I�m just happy to come across money and, for me, it�s more the thrill of developing talent and developing myself and, you know, twists and turns for the wrestling fans and keeping stuff just wild.

Also confirms more Japanese involvement with GCW and it's likely going to lead to a show there

Chris James 2 fucked around with this message at 17:53 on Mar 6, 2019

# ¿ Mar 6, 2019 17:47

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

# ¿ Mar 7, 2019 02:02

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

https://twitter.com/JANELABABY/status/1103824310920192000

Rock n Roll Express vs LAX

# ¿ Mar 8, 2019 02:26

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

Sorry Super No Vacancy, AAW finally did a thing I don't like

Replace Dragon Lee with 2019 Eddie Edwards

https://twitter.com/AAWPro/status/1103824566554673152

# ¿ Mar 8, 2019 03:20

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

Joey Janela is indeed back

https://twitter.com/WRESTLEZONEcom/status/1104085998282178561

# ¿ Mar 8, 2019 21:59

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

coconono posted:

hold the gently caress up, Crowbar is still alive?

Listen, he's a spry young 45, as you can tell from that image he looks like he's got a lot left in the tank

# ¿ Mar 8, 2019 22:38

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

https://twitter.com/janelababy/status/1104179604128972802

Orange Cassidy vs Taka Michinoku

# ¿ Mar 9, 2019 01:53

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

# ¿ Mar 15, 2019 16:02

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

CZW's Wired champ
https://twitter.com/courtbauer/status/1106545954201710592

# ¿ Mar 15, 2019 18:19

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

the DISRESPECT

https://twitter.com/epitasis/status/1106751562746159106

# ¿ Mar 16, 2019 04:04

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

https://twitter.com/AAWPro/status/1107086308231577600

# ¿ Mar 17, 2019 17:09

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktyeQ-5RY2U

Hart Foundation defend the tag titles against MJF and Richard Holliday
Puma King vs Hijo de LA Park
Mance Warner joins Cornette and Rich Bocchini on commentary

And the highlight is Contra's Josef Samael and Jacob Fatu squashing a local jobber team and nearly causing a riot with fans tossing water bottles and trash into the ring

# ¿ Mar 18, 2019 02:11