Violent J Explains How He Got Involved With NWA, Says He Loves What They’re Doing

Violent J is excited to be working with NWA.

Violent J is excited to be working with NWA.

The National Wrestling Alliance has announced that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse will be at NWA 75, as he will accompany the Brothers of Funstruction (Yabo and Ruffo the Clown) at the pay-per-view. Over the years, Insane Clown Posse ( Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope) has worked with ECW, WCW, WWF, and TNA. They also have their own promotion, Juggalo Championship Wrestling. 

Speaking with Battle on the Battleground Podcast, Violent J was asked to describe how he connected with the NWA. He highlighted his friendship with Colt Cabana and his experience working with Vampiro as two important factors.

“Well first of all, when Billy Corgan hooked up with the NWA, when he bought it, I became a legit fan. I love what they’re doing. I love how they had the old set-up. Colt Cabana was there, and he’s a good friend of mine, so I was primarily at the beginning checking it out to see Colt Cabana, and then I was like, ‘Man, this is dope.’ I liked what he was doing with it. Next thing you know, Vampiro, who was our world champion in JCW, our promotion, Juggalo Championship Wrestling, he’s been our champion on and off for many years. When we hooked up for the first time back in WCW back in 2000 or 1999, we remained good friends all these years. He’s one of the only guys in wrestling that we remained consistently close with the whole time since then. So he would come in and work for JCW. He recently, about three years ago, won our world title again, and he’s had it ever since. He just retired it last month or two months ago at The Gathering. Now he’s there in NWA, and when I heard about him, I was like, ‘Man, I love that promotion. I love what they’re doing.’ I was like, ‘Tell them I want to come in.’ He was like, ‘Alright.’ I said, ‘Ask Billy Corgan if I can get his number.’ So Vamp asked him, and Billy Corgan was cool as fuck, and we started talking, and the rest is history,” Violent J said.

Violent J went on to describe how he’s glad to be working with the NWA. He stated that he loves what the company is doing. He expressed his excitement and noted that he wants to be able to see himself on a show without being the one running it.

“If I could come back anywhere into wrestling again, because it’s been a while, I’m glad to be in NWA. Because I love what it’s about. I love what they’re doing, and I’m excited. I want to be able to home and watch myself on a wrestling promotion again and have some sort of affiliation and not be the one running the promotion,” Violent J said.

Bryce Remsberg recently revealed that Insane Clown Posse reached out, as they wanted to be part of the AEW show in Detroit. Check out his comments here.

Click here to see what Kerry Morton had to say about Insane Clown Posse coming to NWA.

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