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Professional wrestling fans who truly love the sport know the emotional impact it can have during the biggest moments.
CM Punk’s return to WWE, Jon Moxley’s All Elite Wrestling debut, and the number of five-star classics booked by promotions around the world are just some of the moments that have resonated with fans in recent months. Others may point to the Attitude Era and the Monday Night Wars as some of the most defining moments that transcended wrestling itself.
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Insane Clown Posse attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York on September 11, 2024. (Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for MTV)
Take Violent J from Insane Clown Posse. He passionately explained why he loves professional wrestling in a recent interview with PK Press Club Digital. He said it was Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat at WrestleMania 3 that helped solidify his passion for professional wrestling.
“But wrestling, there’s nothing like professional wrestling in America,” he said. “There’s nothing like that, bro. It’s like what a lot of people call a men’s soap opera, a men’s soap opera. It’s like you have two guys in the middle of the ring simulating a fight, right? And you have 70, 80,000 people caught up in the moment. It’s like you have the chance to create a character for yourself and sell that character and you play that character, but not only do you You have to act like this character and have these acting skills, but you also have to have the adlib skills. You have to be able to adlib and speak on the mic to generate seats.
“You have to make people want to come see you kick this guy – or make you want to come see you get revenge. You also have to have the physical attributes. You have to be able to physically go in the ring and tell that story. There’s so much psychological warfare in wrestling. There’s so much psychological stuff that comes into play. You can’t just throw a punch at any time. You have to know when to throw the punch back. You have to know when to make your comeback. You can’t he just get there at all times. You have to feel the crowd and know how to make it reach its peak.
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Violent J of Insane Clown Posse attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for MTV)
Violent J said there was nothing he could compare professional wrestling to. But “male soap opera” might be the best description.
He said being able to watch professional wrestling is something that gives him peace.
“There’s so much to do and I don’t know what else to compare it to,” he said. “There’s nothing like wrestling. Like there’s literally nothing else like it. It’s so different from everything else in the stratosphere that, like I did, I’ve loved it my whole life. And now, at 53, I get a kick out of watching it. Especially the old bullshit, watching the bullshit that I grew up with.
It calms my anxiety. Like it’s been there my whole life. So it’s like looking at these old pictures, it’s like therapy for me. He’s been there all my life. And so, like, even in my studio, I have posters of old wrestlers everywhere and everything, it calms my anxiety. It’s like something that takes me back to my childhood, you know? So the fight is right, it’s in my heart. It’s in my blood. It’s in my DNA. You know what I mean? Just as much as music, but music is a real therapy for me. Like, I need to make music or I’ll explode.”
Violent J of Insane Clown Posse performs during Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash 2025 at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois on June 22, 2025. (Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images)
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Violent J is set to hold Bloodymania 19 at the Gathering of the Juggalos in Missouri next month. His promotion, Juggalo Championship Wrestling, broadcasts “Lunacy” every Thursday night on YouTube.
