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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 debut in All Elite Wrestling, and the number of five-star classics that promotions around the world have booked are just a few 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 impactful moments that have transcended wrestling itself.
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Insane Clown Posse attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York on September 11, 2024. (Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for MTV)
Take Violent J from Insane Clown Posse for example. He gave a passionate reason for why he loves professional wrestling in a recent interview with Pak Gazette Digital. He said it was Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat at WrestleMania 3 that helped solidify that passion he had for professional wrestling.
“But wrestling, there’s nothing like professional wrestling in America,” he said. “There’s nothing like it, bro. It’s like a lot of people call men’s soap opera, men’s soap opera. It’s like you have two guys in the middle of the ring faking a fight, right? And you have 70, 80,000 people caught up in the moment. It’s like you have the opportunity to create a character for yourself and sell that character and play that character, but not only do you have to act like that character and have those acting skills, but you also have to have the skills. adlib. You have to be able to improvise and speak into a microphone to generate and put a–es in the seats.
“You’ve got to make people want to come see you kick that guy’s ass… or make them want to come see you get your revenge. You’ve got to have the physical attributes too. You’ve got to be able to physically get in the ring and tell that story. There’s so much psychological warfare in wrestling. There’s so many psychological things involved. You can’t just throw a punch at any time. You’ve got to know when to punch back. You’ve got to know when to come back. You can’t just do it whenever you want. You’ve got to feel it. the crowd and knowing how to make them reach their peak.
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Violent J of Insane Clown Posse attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for MTV)
Violent J said there is nothing he can compare professional wrestling to. But “male soap opera” might be the best description.
He said that being able to watch professional wrestling is something that gives him peace.
“There are so many things I don’t know what else to compare them 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 I’ve loved my whole life. And now, at 53, I enjoy watching it. Especially when I see the s**t I grew up with.
Calm my anxiety. Like I’ve been there all my life. So it’s like looking at those old images, it’s like therapy for me. It’s been there all my life. And so even in my studio, I have posters of old wrestlers everywhere and everything, that calms my anxiety. It’s like something that takes me back to my childhood, you know? So, wrestling is in my heart. It’s in my blood. It’s in my DNA. You know what I mean? As much as music, but music is the real therapy for me. “I need to make music or I’ll explode.”
Violent J of Insane Clown Posse performs during the 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 will celebrate Bloodymania 19 at the Gathering of Juggalos in Missouri next month. His promotion, Juggalo Championship Wrestling, streams “Lunacy” every Thursday night on YouTube.
