Insane Clown Posse's Violent J details pro wrestling career as he gears up for Bloodymania 19 at Juggalo event

Violent J of the Insane Clown Posse talks to Fox News Digital about Juggalo Championship Wrestling and Bloodymania 19.

Pro wrestling can have the ability to truly reach all corners of the world.

In the U.S., any person could look to their left or their right and find a person who loves the sport. Let’s take Violent J of the Insane Clown Posse for example. Most may know him as one part of the notorious hip-hop group, but others may remember him for pro wrestling.

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Violent J of Insane Clown Posse performs during the 2025 Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Ill., on June 22, 2025. (Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images)

The 54-year-old Michigan native in 1983 and started back up in the 1990s, appearing in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) before starting Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) in 1999.

Violent J told Fox News Digital that his pro wrestling fandom goes back to before he was a teenager.

"I've been a wrestling fan my entire life. I had it set as a goal in my life that I would be a wrestler. And if anything, I was learning in school didn't pertain to being a wrestler, I didn't listen. It was all about being a wrestler. And it wasn't something I wanted or I hoped or I dreamed about. It was something I knew absolutely without a shadow of a doubt I was going to be a wrestler and Shaggy (2 Dope) too with no question about it," he said. "But when I turned 19, or probably 17, hip-hop started to overtake that dream, that goal, like hip-hop started to overtake that love and we tried to fight it because for so long we had set our goals that we were going to be