Barbed wire stipulation added to Sabu’s retirement match

ECW legend Sabu is going out in style in his retirement match at Joey Janela’s Spring Break 9.

The final match of Sabu’s career will take place on Friday, April 18 when he faces Joey Janela at GCW’s Spring Break event in Las Vegas. A hardcore stipulation has now been added to the bout with Janela announcing that it will be a no ropes barbed wire match.

Janela made the announcement during a promo at Sunday’s GCW show in Philadelphia.

“A lot of people know what this is, but not a lot of people know what this feels like. I know what this feels like. Sabu knows what this feels like. And in 12 days, we’re going to know what it feels like again,” Janela said after unveiling strands of barbed wire. “I will put on the performance of my career when we take these ropes down, when we take these f*cking ropes down and we don’t replace them with chains or anything like that. We replace them with real, sharp, life-threatening barbed wire.”

Sabu, 60, has been away from the ring since 2021 but is now returning for one last match. There was an angle last month where the former ECW World Champion bloodied Janela at a GCW event.

Spring Break is being held at the Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms Casino Resort in Vegas and will air live on TrillerTV+ with a start time of 10 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Pacific.

Joey Janela’s Spring Break 9 (Friday, April 18) —

• Sabu’s final match: Joey Janela vs. Sabu (no ropes barbed wire)
• The Wagner Family (Dr. Wagner Jr., El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno del Mal) vs. Los Desperados (Gringo Loco, Arez & Jack Cartwheel)
• Minoru Suzuki vs. Matt Tremont
• Megan Bayne vs. Bozilla
• GCW career vs. mask match: Atticus Cogar vs. Fuego Del Sol
• Zack Sabre Jr. vs. 1 Called Manders
• Gabe Kidd vs. Mance Warner
• JCW World Champion Masha Slamovich defends against Suzu Suzuki
• Senior Scramble: Ricky Morton vs. Doug Gilbert vs. George South vs. The Warlord vs. Mike Jackson vs. Tommy Rich

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