{"id":16175,"date":"2018-03-27T19:47:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T23:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=16175"},"modified":"2019-06-03T13:40:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T17:40:06","slug":"joey-janela-spring-break-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/03\/27\/joey-janela-spring-break-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: GCW Presents Joey Janela’s Spring Break 2 (4\/6\/18) (VIDEOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we prepare for WrestleMania Week 2018, the staff of Last Word on Pro Wrestling will be sharing previews of the numerous indie events being held around New Orleans next week. We start off with Joey Janela’s Spring Break 2.<\/em><\/p>\n

WrestleMania<\/strong> week has become a mecca of indie wrestling in recent years, as promotions from around the world come to the host city of WrestleMania for the week and put on showcases throughout the week to the largest congregation of wrestling fans on the planet. Last year’s breakout event was the inaugural Joey Janela’s Spring Break<\/strong><\/em>, hosted by New Jersey’s Game Changer Wrestling (GCW)<\/strong>. Not tied to storylines or angles,\u00a0Joey Janela’s Spring Break<\/em> was a fun card featuring unlikely match ups and dream matches you never conceived of – like Joey Janela facing off against former WWE Superstar Marty Jannetty<\/strong> – to dream matches you\u00a0wish<\/em> you’d thought of, like seeing Matt Riddle<\/strong> face UFC Hall of Famer and former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dan “The Beast” Severn<\/strong>. The first Clusterfuck battle royal even featured the funtastic return of former WCW Superstar Glacier<\/strong>. While last year’s inaugural event was a pleasant surprise, this year’s second edition now finds itself one of WrestleMania week’s radar events. Here’s a look at the card.<\/p>\n

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Artwork: Dan Hills \/ Headlocked Comics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Clusterfuck 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: GCW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last year’s Clusterfuck battle royal featured such names as Flip Gordon, “All Ego” Ethan Page, Veda Scott, WCW’s Glacier, Dink The Clown, “Gentleman” Jervis Cottonbelly<\/strong> and Arik Cannon<\/strong>, but was won by GCW\/CZW bad boy Jimmy Lloyd<\/strong>. This year’s will be another fun filled event, more akin to the New Japan Battle Royal that kicks off Wrestle Kingdom<\/strong> each year rather than the Royal Rumble<\/strong>. While the entrants are mostly a surprise, they have announced two entrants so far – EVOLVE<\/strong>‘s Chris Dickinson<\/strong> and Irish superstar Martina “The Session Moth”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

David Starr vs. Mike Quackenbush<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: GCW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CHIKARA<\/strong> founder and indie legend Mike Quackenbush<\/strong> retired from the ring in 2013. Considered one of the United States’ top technical innovators, he came out of retirement briefly in 2016, for an exhibition match against UK legend Johnny Kidd<\/strong>, and later as Drew Gulak<\/strong>‘s farewell match before the latter headed to the WWE. Last year, he began to wrestle a little more frequently, facing Zack Sabre Jr.<\/strong> twice in CHIKARA and then facing Kidd once more at last year’s UK King of Trios<\/strong><\/em>. But he was goaded back into the ring at the end of 2017 by Max Smashmaster<\/strong> and seems to be returning, although most likely still in a more exhibition format. At Joey Janela’s Spring Break 2,<\/em> he faces one of the international independent scene’s busiest guys in Philly’s David Starr<\/strong>, whose been wrestling for wXw, PROGRESS, RevPro, Defiant<\/strong> and more European indies, while still wrestling at home with PWG, AAW, CZW<\/strong> and more. This will be a technical dream with a healthy dose of comedic gold.<\/p>\n