Before AEW’s big premiere tonight, “Bad Boy” Joey Janela spoke to Wrestling Inc. on their WINCLY podcast and the 30-year-old discussed NXT, in which he wasn’t too impressed with the premiere on USA network a few weeks back and deemed it “kinda stale” (transcript courtesy of Wrestling Inc.):
"I think it's gonna be competitive. I don't think it's a war per se yet," stated Janela.
"I watched the [NXT] premiere a few weeks ago and it was okay. I don't watch NXT and haven't watched it in two years. There were other reasons I wanted to watch it as well *cough cough* Lio Rush who I wanted to see f*** up or not. But he did great. Besides that it was kinda stale.
"Their PPVs are spectacular; they're big Saturday shows are great. I think it's gonna be competitive and I think NXT knows what they're doing. But AEW knows what they're doing as well. So we'll see what happens."
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full interview where Janela speaks about AEW being a sports centric wrestling promotion, if the company has any terms that are off limits, and so much more that regards to Janela's career thus far.