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Joey Janela confirms that he will not be re-signing with AEW when his contract is up in May.
Joey's been a victim of AEW's success in a lot of ways - he was a big name indie guy when, outside of the top tier, that was what AEW had to offer. The number of big names and ex-WWE stars that they've been able to sign since means that he doesn't stand out as much, and while he could have a decent role as an undercard mook, it's not really playing to his strengths.
He has a really unique skillset in terms of putting together wild, modern hardcore indie matches with unlikely opponents - the matches he's had with the likes of Marty Jannetty and Ricky Morton have been brilliant. It would have been great to see him given a kind of "disrespectful youth" run in AEW to have those matches against legends, but he's likely better served continuing to do it on the indies.
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