Joey Janela Doubles Down On CM Punk’s GCW Locker Room Ban Until He Watches Every Rocky Movie

Say what you will about Joey Janela — he commits to the bit.

In a recent interview on Haus Of Wrestling, Janela reiterated his intention to enforce a locker room ban for CM Punk until he completes a mandatory cinema experience of watching all of the Rocky films (per Fightful). He joked that he will set up a security line, complete with posters and guards, in order to ensure Punk can’t make it inside. You can find a few highlights and listen to the complete podcast episode below.

On how far Janela says he’ll go to keep Punk out of the locker room: “He hasn’t gotten back to me, I sent him a message on Instagram, I don’t know if he’s seen it. But, I’m 100%… at the upcoming shows, especially the Chicago dates, I will have security enforcement there. I have posters getting made right now to post in the locker room [that say] if you see this face, if you see this guy with the Pepsi tattoo on his arm, don’t let him in the door and if he gets in, get him the fuck out. I don’t play some bullshit, you gotta be some kind of special person to not see the fucking Rocky movies, okay? [laughs] You need to watch them for the motivation of your life’s existence.”

On what Punk needs to accomplish before the ban is lifted: “No, I just can’t believe somebody hasn’t watched the Rocky movies. It’s a shame, he’s a multi-millionaire, former many time world champion. He can’t spend two days watching every Rocky movie? He needs to have proof. I have a friend who owns a movie theater in Chicago, I will work out a deal where he has to watch every Rocky movie, including the Creed movies and the sixth Rocky movie that nobody remembers. [The Creed movies] are the best ones, he’s gotta watch them all in a row. That’s the only way he can come into the GCW locker room. I know he’s been doing the tours, he went to the WWE locker room and the IMPACT locker room. But you’re not gonna be able to get past anyone, you’re not gonna be able to talk to Yoya in the corner and say ‘I love your work Yoya’ because I will have you escorted off the premises. Sorry Punk, you can’t come in dude.”