Joey Janela Says He Almost Tricked Ricky Steamboat Into Turning Heel By Wearing Bullet Club Shirt
Ricky Steamboat will never turn heel.
Ricky Steamboat is a rare breed in wrestling as he spent his entire career as a babyface. Steamboat began his career in 1976 and perfected the art of fighting from underneath and getting the crowd invested his comebacks.
However, Joey Janela says he almost got the crowd to turn against Steamboat by making him a member of the Bullet Club.
I almost tricked Ricky into turning heel when he was the special guest referee of a match Between Me and Tama Tonga. He would stop counting my pin and reveal a bullet club shirt. I told him they were a babyface stable until somehow he found out they weren’t.
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— “The Bad Boy” Joey Janela (@JANELABABY) February 19, 2024
Joey and Tama Tonga competed against each other twice in their careers, first in 2015 and then again in 2019.
Steamboat proved his baby face prowess during a guest appearance in AEW in August 2023 as he served as the special guest referee for CM Punk vs. Ricky Starks. After the bout, Starks whipped Steamboat with a belt.
