WWE: Joey Janela Ruptured Biceps Injury & Surgery Update, Raj Dhesi on Future of His Wrestling Career & Not Being in Official Contact with AEW, Indies/Misc.

Feb 18, 2025

Joey Janela Ruptured Biceps Injury & Surgery Update – Janela Says Injury “Decimated” His Dominant Arm

As noted before, former AEW and current Game Changer Wrestling and indies talent Joey Janela has been dealing with a ruptured biceps injury since this past January and underwent surgery on Monday to repair it.

Janela recently provided an update on Instagram stating that he underwent surgery due to the “complete decimation” of his dominate arm over his ruptured biceps injury.

“I’ve been going hard for the past 6 years nonstop, no major injuries since my knee besides a few hiccups, but that streak has finally come to an unexpected end as I had major surgery today after the complete Decimation of my dominant arm.
Worst part is Coming to grasp some facts that unfortunately some major plans in my life & career will have to come to a halt but no one works harder when these situations happen.
Thanks to @wcwcrowbar again as always, as he not only will rehab me again in no time but also helped me arrange surgery. He’s one of the very best dudes in a business full of weirdos, in the coming months I’ll be putting out lots of merch and different Ways to make income so I can completely 100% dedicate myself to rehab so id appreciate all the support.
Thanks everyone I’ll see you soon, especially @Atticus_Cogar
#comingsoon”

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Raj Dhesi on Future of His Wrestling Career & Not Being in Any Official Contact with AEW

Monopoly Events held a recent interview with Raj Dhesi, former Jinder Mahal in WWE. One of the topics discussed included Dhesi’s thoughts about if he is interested in signing with a major company for the future of his wrestling career.

“As far as signing with another major promotion, everything would have to be right. Storyline, business would have to make sense because I’m in a great spot. I had a great career in WWE. I’m happy with everything I accomplished. And if that’s everything that I ever do, I’m more than satisfied, more than happy with it. I’m into business outside of WWE, I just filmed a movie last week. Yeah, I’m just excited to have the freedom and I just do whatever makes me happy.”

Dhesi also gave his thoughts about if AEW has reached out to him for a potential contract.

“AEW, not at an official level. Nobody has on a really official level. Myself, at this time, I’m just enjoying myself. I was under contract for so many years, and the WWE schedule right now, I wish we would have had this schedule now with less emphasis on live events because we were worked pretty heavily. Our schedules were quite intense with live events in the United States, North America, then coming overseas quite a bit, all over the world. As far as signing with another major promotion, everything would have to be right. Storyline, business would have to make sense. Everything would have to make sense. I’m in a great spot. I had a great career in WWE and I’m happy with everything I have accomplished. If that is everything that I ever do, I am more than satisfied and happy with it. I’m into business outside of WWE. I just filmed a movie last week. I’m just excited to have freedom and I do whatever makes me happy.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com, Fightful.com

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

This past Sunday’s Jersey J-Cup 2025 Night 2 event for Game Changer Wrestling featured Masha Slamovich defeating Alec Price in the Finals of this year’s Jersey J-Cup tournament to become the winner for the second year in a row.

GCW recently announced that they will be holding a new event on October 4th in Anchorage, Alaska. This will be the company’s debut event in the state.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling recently announced that WWE ID prospect Zoe Sager will be making an appearance for the company at their Mayhem event on March 14-15 at the St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Major League Wrestling recently announced that Barbaro Cavernario is the next official competitor for this year’s Battle Riot match at their Battle Riot VII event on April 5th in Los Angeles, California.

Mike Santana recently announced on Twitter that this past Sunday marked the milestone of two years of sobriety for him. Santana stated “2 YEARS SOBER. 2/16/23 I made the decision to change my life. To look in the mirror and start learning to love the person who was looking back. I’d be lying if I said this journey was easy. But it’s the most rewarding. Life is going to test you every single day. The difference today is that I’m blessed with tools to help me through it. For those who struggle with addiction or mental health, know that you’re NEVER ALONE. There’s so much help out there. But it’s up to you to take those steps forward. You have to want it for YOURSELF. It works if you work it. But I promise you, it’ll be the best thing you’ve ever done. Today, I live a life that I look forward to waking up to every day. And that’s true success. Thank you to those who have been on this journey with me and believed since day one. Truly grateful for you all. #Recovery #ADayAtATime #Grateful“

In a recent interview with web Sportiva, Japanese freelancer Unagi Sayaka revealed that the reason why she stopped working for Stardom after 2022 was due her getting fired from the company and does not know the reason for it. Sayaka stated “I can say this now, but I was fired from STARDOM. I thought I would say it when it became something I could laugh about. It’s a funny story now.” Sayaka had worked for Stardom from 2020 to December of 2022 and made her return this past January. Sayaka also gave her thoughts about how she was initially nervous to become a freelancer for her wrestling career after her firing from Stardom. Sayaka stated “Maybe this is something I can devote my life to. I was anxious about going freelance… Anyway, I had to be the most talked about anywhere I went, and if I couldn’t do that, my life would really be over. I felt like I was on the edge of a cliff.“

Pro Wrestling Revolver recently announced that The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) will be making an appearance for the company at their We Did That event on April 5th in Chicago, Illinois.

Pro Wrestling Revolver also recently announced one new match for the card of their We Did That event on April 5th in Chicago: