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Violent J says JCW wants to appeal to more than just Juggalos

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Violent J says his Juggalo Championship Wrestling is “hungry for a new goal.”

During a recent appearance on The Bryan and Vinny Show, Violent J said JCW is looking to expand the reach of its promotion from appealing to Juggalos to appealing to a wider wrestling audience.

Violent J said:

“I feel like our whole company has been hungry for a new goal, a new pursuit. Because in music, we just kept accomplishing the same goal. We set a goal in the beginning and we reached it, and we reached it again and we reached it again as the years kept going by.”

“We decided to get serious about JCW and actually try to compete with these other companies and try to bring entertainment and be taken seriously, even if the show is a lot of times tongue-in-cheek, you know what I mean? We wanted to set out and really try to become something wrestling fans would enjoy and not just the fans of our music.”

While JCW programming can be over the top, Violent J says he wants the promotion’s shows to appeal to all wrestling fans and feature a variety of wrestling styles.

“I want it to appeal to all wrestling fans. I want a little bit of everything, of all types of wrestling. I want a little bit of everything in there so that, no matter who you are, what you’re into, you’re gonna see something you like, you know what I mean?

And I don’t want it to just appeal to Juggalos. JCW used to be really wild, with really offensive commentary, and we weren’t trying, though. It was just for Juggalos. It was for ICP’s fan base.”

Episodes of JCW Lunacy air Thursday nights on the Psychopathic Records YouTube channel. JCW also recently posted the full StrangleMania show from WrestleMania 42 week in Las Vegas.

The full episode of The Bryan and Vinny Show is available here.

FREE B&V: VIOLENT J JOINS THE SHOW, plus Granny~!

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The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about including our usual weekly chat with Granny, what you would do if you had a full tank of gas, the wrestling and soap opera reports, trivia, and then, yes, a special event — VIOLENT J OF INSANE CLOWN POSSE AND JCW APPEARS FOR A SPECIAL INTERVIEW! A super fun show as always so check it out~!

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Violent J says JCW will ‘prove people wrong’

Posted on by Ian Carey

Violent J says his Juggalo Championship Wrestling is here to stay.

The Insane Clown Posse member recently spoke to Justin Barasso of The Undisputed about his promotion, which has been touring for more than a quarter of a century, but recently made headlines with the hiring of Vince Russo as its booker.

Episodes of JCW Lunacy air every Thursday night on YouTube, and the promotion is building to its upcoming pay-per-view, StrangleMania: Viva Las Violence, which is set for April 17, 2026 at Horseshoe Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Violent J said:

“People always said we didn’t belong in wrestling, but what they don’t realize is we were wrestlers first. We’re wrestling fans, too. And we want a chance to entertain you.”

“We’re an indie that has been touring for 26 years, yet we’re virtually unheard of in the wrestling world. The biggest difference I saw was that those promotions marketed to wrestling fans while we were exclusively marketing to our fan base, the juggalos–which is basically another name for renegades. That was the difference. So that’s what we are doing–we are making a show for the mainstream by juggalos.”

“Wrestling feels so corporate now,” Violent J continued. “There’s advertising on the ring mats. There’s WrestleMania in Saudi Arabia. Who the fuck can go to that? The fans feel second, third, and fourth most important. There’s the Netflix series about behind the scenes. We want to make it easy to get lost in what is happening in the ring.”

Violent J also said that while Juggalo Championship Wrestling may have its doubters, that has always been the case for ICP.

“People might not believe in us,” said Violent J. “That was always the story for ICP. We’re going to prove people wrong with JCW. We’re here to stay.”

In addition to the pay-per-view in Las Vegas over WrestleMania weekend, JCW held three nights of tapings this weekend in Michigan for upcoming episodes of Lunacy. The most recent episode of the show featured a Backlot Street Fight between J-Rod and Dani Mo, along with Caleb Konley vs. Hunter Grey and The Outbreak vs. Choppa City.

Violent J’s full interview with Justin Barasso of The Undisputed is available here.

Violent J says people told him Vince Russo would ‘ruin’ JCW

Posted on by Ian Carey

Violent J of the Insane Clown Posse discussed working with Vince Russo, and the new JCW World Championship belt in a new interview with The Takedown on Sports Illustrated.

Russo is both a writer and an on-screen talent for the promotion Violent J has been running since late 1999, debuting on the November 27 episode. New episodes of JCW Lunacy release on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch on Thursday nights at 7 p.m. Eastern.

Violent J says that when he brought Russo into JCW, he heard from people who felt the move would ruin his company.

“A lot of people did say to me, ‘he’s going to come in and he’s going to ruin your company,'” Violent J said. “The thing is, it’s my company. If Vince came in with some idea that was so bad, why would I possibly let that happen? Right? I’m right here, you know?“

“I don’t see a lot that he writes that I don’t like,” he continued. “I think most of it is really, really good. When I do see something, I just say, ‘hey, that’s not going to work,’ or, ‘that doesn’t really work, I don’t think that works with this audience.’ He’s very flexible. He’s very flexible.”

Also during the interview, Violent J discussed his promotion’s focus on storytelling.

“We’re very heavily involved in storytelling in JCW,” Violent J said. “We’re very invested in telling long-form stories and having reveals and having cliffhangers at the end of episodes and things like that. We’re very, very focused on that.”

In storyline, Russo is the majority owner of the promotion. He released Violent J from his role and is looking for a new showrunner for JCW Lunacy. Matches featured on the most recent episode include James Storm vs. Kerry Morton in a Coal Miner’s Glove on a Poll match, a three-way number one contenders match with Ninja Mack vs. Sewacide vs. Shane Mercer, and more.

The current JCW World Champion is Matt Cardona. Images of the new JCW World Championship belt are available on SI.com.

The most recent episode of JCW Lunacy is below: