So you’re jaded with the Insane Clown Posse shtick. You think you’ve seen it all – all the songs, all the albums, all the concerts, all Faygo, all the Juggalo wrestling, all the ICP gear. Everything there is to do ICP, you’ve been there, done that.
But wait, what are you referring to when you say you’ve seen all the Juggalo wrestling? Are you only considering the Juggalo wrestling you’ve witnessed at the Gathering of the Juggalos? Or maybe not only the Juggalo wrestling, but also the Juggalette oil wrestling? Because if that’s the only ICP-oriented wrestling you know about, you’re missing out! Especially on when Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope were ECW wrestlers!

Which brings me to my point – if you only know about the above mentioned types of Juggalo wrestling, then you don’t know about ECW Wrestlers or JWO wrestling, two kinds of Juggalo wrestling that are pretty big but not directly under ICP’s musical property umbrella. And if you don’t know about ECW wrestlers of JWO wrestling, then you must not have any of that Juggalo wrestling ICP gear, available in the ICP online merch store with the rest of the ICP gear.

We’ll get to the available ICP gear in a minute, but for now let’s look at the background of these types of Juggalo wrestling. Don’t forget that both Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope were aspiring wrestling stars in their own right before they grew disillusioned with the politics of ECW wrestlers and management and gave it all a rest.

Back in those days (90s), both competed in amateur wrestling rings independently from 1990-1997, and then formed the Insane Clown Posse wrestling team in 1998 when they began competing as ECW Wrestlers.  After this stint as ECW wrestlers, they moved onto compete in WWF wrestling for a while, but it didn’t last very long.

Regardless of the reason why they didn’t compete long as ECW wrestlers, it’s clear that Juggalo wrestling is something they are passionate about, seeing as they’ve made every effort to create new Juggalo wrestling programs and leagues over the past 10 years. Their most recent effort in the arena is the JWO (Juggalo World Order), a professional wrestling stable that feeds into another ICP project, JCW (Juggalo Championship Wrestling). These wrestlers might not be as well known as ECW wrestlers, but they’re still important on the amateur wrestling scene.

It’s difficult to follow, I know, but once you do a little more research on various Juggalo wrestling entities it will all make more sense. Let’s focus on the related ICP gear available.

If you didn’t believe yet that Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope were ICP gear marketing masterminds by now, then you don’t have an excuse for not knowing now! The guys have designed a plethora of ICP gear for Juggalo wrestlers – JWO shirts and stickers, hats, and a ton of DVDs featuring JCW matches, some of which include wrestlers that had stints as ECW wrestlers, just like Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J did way back when.

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ECW wrestlers, fans of all Juggalo wrestling and wrestling in general, the guys in ICP have made sure not to leave the wrestling component of their careers out of the ICP gear store. To learn more about ICP gear for wrestling enthusiasts, please visit http://www.hatchetgear.com/bands/jcw.html.

The Insane Clown Posse wrestling promotion, known as JCW -- once short for Juggalo Championshit Wrestling -- has become a major force in the indie pro wrestling world in recent years. Yes, that's Insane Clown Posse, the Detroit rap duo known for performing outrageous lyrics in circus-worthy face paint. But Insane Clown Posse wrestling isn't as far-fetched as it sounds!

In fact, the history of Insane Clown Posse wrestling goes back several decades to the beginning of ICP's career. In fact, Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J, the members of ICP, began their entertainment careers as indie pro wrestlers. Eventually they moved on to making music, but the Insane Clown Posse wrestling love remained.

After sponsoring several one-off matches throughout the years, the group finally founded its own Insane Clown Posse wrestling promotion in 1999. It was initially known as Juggalo Championshit Wrestling.

Early Juggalo Championshit Wrestling matches drew heavily from backyard and hardcore styles. But most of the early Juggalo Championshit Wrestling stars were actually performers from other disciplines performing under fake names. In fact, most of Juggalo Championshit wrestling generally consisted of parody matches meant to be humorous.

Over the years, though, Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J decided Juggalo Championshit Wrestling needed to take the sport a little more seriously. In 2006, Juggalo Championshit Wrestling officially became the more printable Juggalo Championship Wrestling.

Also, the old parody-type focus of Juggalo Championshit Wrestling was dropped in favor of a new juggalo wrestling promotion that featured actual wrestlers. The new Insane Clown Posse wrestling roster grew to include known names from the indie pro and hardcore wrestling circuits.

These days, there are numerous juggalo wrestling events throughout the country on a regular basis. Many Insane Clown Posse wrestling shows also combine a musical element.

For example, juggalo wrestling shows scheduled in October 2011 also included performances by Psychopathic Records acts like Dark Lotus. As such, Insane Clown Posse wrestling shows are much sought after by fans of both these musical acts, and fans of indie pro wrestling in general.

The best way to see juggalo wrestling is, of course, to buy tickets to a live performance. However, this may be hard depending on your location, as many juggalo wrestling events take place in the northeast and the midwest.

Once a year, though, the biggest juggalo wrestling event takes place at ICP's annual summer Gathering of the Juggalos event in Illinois. If you're a huge juggalo wrestling fan, it may be worth saving up for a ticket -- the other musical performances activities at the festival justify the price, anyways.

If an in-person show isn't possible, though, don't worry. Every Insane Clown Posse wrestling show is also available as a pay-per-view online.

You can order a code in advance that will allow you to watch a stream of the events through the various official Insane Clown Posse sites. What's more, all of these juggalo wrestling pay-per-views are archived online so you can order them and watch them any time afterwards.

Finally, you can get a bunch of juggalo wrestling DVDs through Insane Clown Posse and Psychopathic Records. The company's online stores offer DVDs of both past juggalo wrestling pay-per-views and huge matches at the Gathering of Juggalos.

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If you want to learn more about juggalo wrestling in general, the best place to start is the Insane Clown Posse web site at http://www.insaneclownposse.com.

That's where you'll find basic information about all of ICP's projects, as well as a link to their online store, where you can also purchase Insane Clown Posse wrestling DVDs and merchandise.