{"id":68035,"date":"2020-05-06T21:15:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T01:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=68035"},"modified":"2020-05-06T21:15:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T01:15:39","slug":"nasty-leroy-goes-viral-after-aew-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/05\/06\/nasty-leroy-goes-viral-after-aew-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasty Leroy Goes Viral After AEW Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For weeks, the name <strong>Nasty Leroy<\/strong> has become part of a cult following on Wrestling Twitter, as the indie wrestler\/manager of the same name gained infamy as one of <strong>Joey Janela<\/strong>&#8216;s frequent guests on his #JanelaZone segments on Instagram. But Nasty Leroy went viral on Wednesday night when he appeared as part of the small audience for <em><strong>AEW Dynamite<\/strong><\/em> during Janela&#8217;s opening match against <strong>Cody Rhodes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yeah baby. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDynamite<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aeCiIQrOPD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/aeCiIQrOPD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Italo Santana (@BulletClubIta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BulletClubIta\/status\/1258188699096973317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nasty Leroy is a product of AEW producer\/wrestler <strong>QT Marshall<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>1 Fall Power Factory<\/strong>\u00a0and has been part of the Georgia indie scene since 2018. That same year, he began a podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/the-nasty-reality-podcast-Ww0KRa\/episodes\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Nasty Reality<\/strong><\/a>, where he infrequently discusses topics about the wrestling world.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nasty Leroy VS QT Marshall AT 1FW Wrestling Norcross Street Fight\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m6nallN_E04?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For the past few months since the COVID-19 pandemic, AEW has utilized many wrestlers from QT Marshall&#8217;s 1 Fall Power Factory on both AEW DARK and AEW Dynamite, including\u00a0<strong>Alan Angels\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Matt Sells<\/strong>. Recently, Joey Janela started doing chat shows on his IG account, and Nasty Leroy became a cult hero following his interactions with Janela. Janela has been a longtime advocate for Leroy, going back to 2018.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">Nasty Leroy next ace&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u201cThe Bad Boy\u201d Joey Janela (@JANELABABY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JANELABABY\/status\/1025929721190776832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Where is nasty LeRoy<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u201cThe Bad Boy\u201d Joey Janela (@JANELABABY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JANELABABY\/status\/1067624111684419584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Considering AEW&#8217;s ability to seemingly create stars out of viral moments on Social Media, such as <strong>Orange Cassidy<\/strong> at last year&#8217;s <em><strong>Double or Nothing<\/strong><\/em>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/04\/15\/suge-d-the-rise-of-pineapple-pete-in-aew\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Pineapple Pete&#8221; <strong>Suge-D<\/strong><\/a> in recent weeks, it seems that the unique dancing and commentary of Nasty Leroy is starting to infiltrate the wrestling zeitgeist &#8211; whether he becomes more like the lasting popularity of Orange Cassidy or the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/07\/29\/viral-sensation-super-humman-appearing-at-joey-janelas-curtain-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">15 minutes of <strong>Super Humman<\/strong> <\/a>is yet to be determined.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nasty Leroy VS Alan Angels\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sIMji0xVZmo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can catch\u00a0AEW Dynamite\u00a0Wednesday nights at 8pm ET on TNT and\u00a0AEW DARK\u00a0Tuesday nights at 6pm on their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube Channel<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For weeks, the name Nasty Leroy has become part of a cult following on Wrestling Twitter, as the indie wrestler\/manager of the same name gained infamy as one of Joey Janela&#8216;s frequent guests on his #JanelaZone segments on Instagram. 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