I have no idea what's going on, but I've been following indie wrestling long enough that if there's a dispute between Joey Janela and almost any other party, I'm gonna believe Joey. I'm 95% certain he handled whatever the situation is as professionally as possible
Just read the Reddit thread, and if that's it, goddamn dude, I already regret you getting my money. I get if people blow off a show for a WWE tryout or AEW/ROH squash or some other booking, but sometimes shit happens. You're not gonna get far with that attitude as a promoter.