Joey Janela Breaks Silence on Real-Life Brawl with Dylan Bostic at GCW Event in Indianapolis

Joey Janela is setting the record straight after footage surfaced of his heated altercation with Dylan Bostic at GCW’s Indianapolis event on January 31.

The viral clip showed Bostic storming up to Janela and flipping a table onto him, leading to an all-out brawl that saw the two throwing fists before bystanders jumped in to break it up. Now, Janela is making it clear that he was “ambushed” and that this fight was anything but a planned confrontation.

“Gonna nip this in the butt, there’s a video circulating of me getting ambushed at my table while I was meeting fans after the show tonight,” Janela wrote on Twitter. “It stems from him airing his grievances about his experience doing AEW extra work the day after Brodie Lee’s death that a lot of us were very upset about. I took to Twitter because I thought it was disgusting and we went back and forth.”

According to Janela, Bostic took things too far when he flipped over his and Megan’s gimmick table, catching him off guard and forcing him to defend himself. “Tonight, four years later, he flipped me and Megan’s gimmick table over to confront me, and we got into a scuffle, which resulted in the GCW crew thinking I was getting attacked by a deranged fan & Megan thinking it was some weird Joey Janela skit.”

Janela didn’t hold back in taking a shot at Bostic’s fighting ability, adding, “For someone that claims to have boxing training, amazingly, not one punch landed, and he was eventually carried out like a crying baby by Calvin Tankman.”

He wrapped up his statement with an apology to the fans and the GCW team, making it clear he didn’t want to take away from the event. “Sorry to all the fans that had to witness that, it was an extremely embarrassing situation & sorry to all the Indianapolis crew that wanted to put on a great weekend of independent wrestling for the city. Sorry if I contributed to any of the unneeded drama.”

This fight was years in the making. Bostic had been calling out Janela since 2020, even challenging him to a boxing or MMA match, but Janela never entertained the idea. The situation escalated when Bostic complained about his AEW pay being cut the day after Brodie Lee’s passing, which sparked backlash from AEW talent, including Janela, Britt Baker, and Ricky Starks.

Now, after four years of animosity, Bostic finally took matters into his own hands, leading to the confrontation in Indianapolis.

Ringside News can confirm this is not a wrestling angle. This was not a work, nor was it part of any storyline—this was a real-life fight fueled by personal grudges that had been simmering for years.

Do you think Joey Janela handled this situation the right way, or was this fight unavoidable? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!