Current Events > AEW Star Joey Janela Kicked Out Of School Meeting For Going On An Anti-Mask Rant

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Well, this isn't a good look for AEW's Joey Janela.
He recently attended a Seminole County school board meeting alongside fired WWE referee Drake Wuertz - find more details about his "nuclear heat" backstage here - to make his feelings on masks clear. Wuertz has been protesting against the mask mandate in his home state for several months now, and frequently posts Q-anon theories on social media (yeah, he's one of those).
Wuertz's anti-mask, anti-vaccination comments can be heard around the 1:44:10 mark below, while Janela's rant comes at 2:10:25. He'd later take to social media to share his thoughts on what happened, and it's hard to imagine AEW being pleased with the company "The Bad Boy" is choosing to keep.
He is, of course, entitled to his opinion on masks and everything else, but this is still pretty embarrassing.

https://twitter.com/JANELABABY/status/1407517417983692802

https://twitter.com/JANELABABY/status/1407524069885583363

https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1407524390724571137

https://theringreport.com/aew/aew-star-joey-janela-kicked-out-of-school-board-meeting-for-going-on-an-anti-mask-covid-rant-a19805#gs.426ofw

He was trolling Drake and the QAnon people

I'm not a big Joey fan, probably because he just comes off as an unlikeable dick.....

But this is funny. He even took the picture with Drake!

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Pretty shitty article as it's fairly obvious he was trolling.

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Yeah, he went full-on Sacha Baron Cohen. It's pretty hilarious

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Youre getting worked. Not to say he didnt believe this, but turn it up and get your name out there and get heat, IMO.

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wrestling is fake anyway
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This article doesn't mention that he was trolling. I saw a Still Real to Us Article that does but it's kind of buried.

It's almost like the journalists aren't sure they were trolling so they try to hide it. Meanwhile everyone else is.

Also, TC has a spoiler tag that it was trolling so I don't think TC is buying into it being real.

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Is it really trolling if you disrupt a meeting that has actual real world consequences

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Trolling is so dumb. The world has gotten too fucking stupid for you to assume people will think you're joking. There is no bottom to what braindead idiots will legitimately believe. They even wield political power.

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How is it trolling if nobody at the meeting knows who the fuck you are and its not being filmed for a show?

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hockeybub89 posted...

Trolling is so dumb. The world has gotten too fucking stupid for you to assume people will think you're joking. There is no bottom to what braindead idiots will legitimately believe. They even wield political power.

this is Nothing new in pro wrestling

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True Legend.

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Wonder how they really feel about working with Sonny Kiss

Janela is hilarious but I think he needs to remember that real life isn't the internet and trolling isn't the same.

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Yeah, there's a time and place for things and this was neither. Besides, grown ass adults shouldn't go around "trolling" anyway.

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yeah i saw this on reddit and its obvious he's trolling.

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Dude wore the sunglasses not to look cool, but because he's a gigantic pussy and needed to hide behind them.

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MixedRaceBaby posted...

yeah i saw this on reddit and its obvious he's trolling.

Yeah, he's extremely outspoken about anti-maskers, and of Drake Wuertz. He's basically doing a Borat.

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Southernfatman posted...

Yeah, there's a time and place for things and this was neither. Besides, grown ass adults shouldn't go around "trolling" anyway.

yeah please tell us what activities are acceptable for mature adults

chores, yardwork, sipping whiskey, what else?
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I'm not sure pretending to be an anti-masker and going around disrupting meetings by advocating for it until you get kicked out is actually all that much better than just being an anti-masker for real

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Philoktetes posted...

yeah please tell us what activities are acceptable for mature adults

chores, yardwork, sipping whiskey, what else?

Going around acting like a damn fool for "teh lulz" ain't one. Same for doing it on the internet as well.

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This man dated Penelope Ford and Brandi Lauren,

we literally have no room to judge him