Strangle-Mania is a professional wrestling event produced by Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW), first promoted in 1997 by the Northern States Wrestling Alliance (NSWA) and most recently by JCW in 2026 under the name Strangle-Mania: Viva Las Violence.
| Strangle-Mania | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Insane Clown Posse |
| Promotions | Northern States Wrestling Alliance (1997) Juggalo Championship Wrestling (2000, 2016, 2026-present) |
| First event | 1997 |
History
editAfter the release of ICP's Strangle-Mania, a tape that featured matches from the Outrageously Violent Wrestling From Japan video collection, overdubbed with Insane Clown Posse's (Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope) humorous commentary (as Diamond Donovan "3D" Douglas and Handsome Harley "Gweedo" Guestella) on March 12, 1996, the duo partnered with the Northern States Wrestling Alliance and their owner and booker Dan Curtis to present Strangle-Mania Live at a sold-out St. Andrews Hall in Detroit, Michigan.[1] The show's main event featured the Insane Clown Posse (Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J) taking on The Chickenboys (N/A and Chickenboy Cletus) in a steel cage tag team match.[2]
On December 19, 1999 the Insane Clown Posse would team up with bookers Brian Gorie and Dave Prazak to hold the first "Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling" show which would be taped and be released as JCW Volume 1 on May 9, 2000 with commentary provided by the Insane Clown Posse as 3D and Gweedo and Twiztid's Jamie Madrox as Johnny Stark.[3] The show would be main evented by the Insane Clown Posse fighting team of two Doink the Clowns (played by Tarek The Great and Truth Martini) to become the inaugural JCW Tag Team Champions.[4] When the video was released, it lasted 38 weeks on the Billboard Sports and Recreation Top Sellers list with it charting as high as number 2 at one time.[5][6] However, Prazak would leave the promotion due to financial issues, leaving Gordie to book a 15-day Strangle-Mania Live tour from April to May 2000 with dates spanning from Detroit, Michigan to Denver, Colorado. JCW Volume 2 would be taped in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on April 19, 2000[7] and in Cleveland, Ohio on May 4, 2000.[8]
Events
editReferences
edit- ↑ Bruce, Joseph; Hobey Echlin (August 2003). "Life on the Road". In Nathan Fostey (ed.). ICP: Behind the Paint (second ed.). Royal Oak, Michigan: Psychopathic Records. pp. 353–365. ISBN 0-9741846-0-8.
- 1 2 "NSWA/Psychopathic Stranglemania". Cagematch. December 18, 1997.
- ↑ Insane Clown Posse (Wrestlers) (2000). Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling Volume 1 (DVD). Royal Oak, Michigan: Psychopathic Video. UPC 756504220092.
- ↑ "JCW Volume 1". Cagematch.
- ↑ "Video Sales – Recreational Sports: Juggalo Championsh-t Wrestling". Billboard. May 12, 2001. Retrieved August 11, 2008.[dead link]
- ↑ "Video Sales – Recreational Sports: Juggalo Championsh-t Wrestling". Billboard. June 24, 2001. Retrieved August 11, 2008.[dead link]
- 1 2 "JCW Volume 2 - Tag 1". Cagematch.
- 1 2 "JCW Volume 2 - Tag 2". Cagematch.
- ↑ "JCW Stranglemania Live - Opening Night". Cagematch. April 14, 2000.
- ↑ "JCW StrangleMania Live Tour - Tag 2". Cagematch.
- ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (January 6, 2026). "Lineup Announced For GCW The Collective 2026". Fightful.
- ↑ Vetter, Chris (April 18, 2026). "JCW "Strangle-Mania" results (4/18): Vetter's review of Vampiro vs. Big Vito vs. PCO, Cokane vs. Caleb Konley vs. Matt Riddle vs. Nic Nemeth in an elimination match for the JCW Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 18, 2026.
- ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (April 18, 2026). "JCW Strangle-Mania: Viva Las Violence Results (4/17): Vampiro Retirement Match, Nic Nemeth Compete". Fightful.