JCW Lunacy

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JCW Lunacy
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Created by Insane Clown Posse
Juggalo Championship Wrestling
Presented by Joe Galli (play-by-play commentator)
Manny Fresh (color commentator)
Joe Dombrowski (play-by-play commentator)
Zac Amico (color commentator)
Mark Roberts (color commentator)
Starring JCW roster
Opening theme"Fight Club" by Violent J feat. Esham and Necro
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes36
Production
Executive producer Insane Clown Posse
Camera setup Multi-camera setup
Running timeapprox. 40 minutes to 2 hours
Production company Psychopathic Sports
Original release
Network YouTube
ReleaseAugust 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) 
present

JCW Lunacy is an internet professional wrestling show produced by the Insane Clown Posse's wrestling promotion Juggalo Championship Wrestling under the Psychopathic Sports department of Psychopathic Records. It features commentary by Manny Fresh and Joe Galli along with commentary by Joe Dombrowski and Zac Amico for the Train of Terror Tour. It acts as JCW's weekly wrestling program. On May 3, 2024, JCW's parent company, Psychopathic Records, announced that there would be TV tapings during the Juggalos Strike Back show at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio called JCW Lunacy and that they were planning to have it be on TV or streaming. [1] The show would initially be announced as a bi-weekly show that would have new episodes released every two weeks. [2] The first episode of Lunacy would premiere on August 28, 2024, on the Psychopathic Records YouTube channel. The show would later switch to a weekly format on September 4, 2024. Extra tapings for Lunacy were also announced to take place at the Harpos Theatre in Detroit, Michigan on June 22, 2024. [3]

JCW Lunacy would also join the Insane Clown Posse for their 8-day Train of Terror Tour with all the shows on the tour being streamed live on the Psychopathic Records YouTube channel and Insane Clown Posse's Facebook page beginning on October 23, 2024, as part of the build up to the Devil's Night pay-per-view at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. [4]

Lunacy also aired live on October 31, 2024 as part of the Hallowicked concert at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan. [5]

More episodes would air live as part of the March of Madness tour on the Psychopathic Records YouTube channel in Little Rock, Arkansas on December 4, 2024 and St. Louis, Missouri on December 5, 2024. Two episodes were taped at the Big Ballas Holiday Party at KEMBA Live! in Columbus, Ohio on December 21, 2024. [6]

Lunacy tapings were also part of a 3-day west coast tour on March 6, 2025 at the Fremont Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 7, 2025 at the Encore in Tucson, Arizona, and March 8, 2025 at the Sunshine Theater in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

On February 26, 2025, archived JCW programming was added to the Highspots TV streaming service along with the first eight episodes of Lunacy and the pay-per-views Spanksgivin and Deck The Jaws .

On February 14 and February 15, 2025, Lunacy tapings were part of Juggalo Weekend 2025 at the Worcester Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts. [7] On March 20, 2025, JCW aired two episodes of Lunacy which were taped on the final day of Juggalo Weekend 2025 at the Worcester Palladium in Worcester Massachusetts.

On March 13, 2025, a free Lunacy show was announced to take place on WrestleMania weekend on April 19, 2025 at Neonopolis in Las Vegas, Nevada. [8] The show was however cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances beyond JCW's control. [9]

Additional episodes were taped as part of the Insane Clown Posse's Hella Pain & Diamond Rain Tour on April 24, 2025 at the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, Illinois, April 25, 2025 at The Forge in Joliet, Illinois, April 26, 2025 at the Cleveland Masonic Temple in Cleveland, Ohio, and April 27, 2025 at the Columbus Athenaeum in Columbus, Ohio. [10]

On the April 26, 2025 taping in Joliet, Illinois, the Backseat Boyz were attacked by a fan who got in the ring. Tommy Grayson explained in an interview with Strange Suspicion on YouTube that he told the fan to leave the building after the fan had jumped the barricade but was spotted. However, the fan didn't budge. Security was called to escort the fan out of the venue. [11]

References

  1. "Juggalo Championship Wrestling Presents: The Lunacy TV Taping The Juggalos Strike Back". Insane Clown Posse. March 15, 2024.
  2. "JUGGALO CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING LAUNCHING BI-WEEKLY 'LUNACY' LIVE EVENTS". PWInsider. June 10, 2024.
  3. "JCW Lunacy TV Taping at Harpos's Tickets on Sale Now". Insane Clown Posse. May 15, 2024.
  4. Muelhausen, Steven (October 30, 2024). "EXCLUSIVE: Insane Clown Posse Reveal Why They Left WWE, Talk Wednesday's Wrestling Event". Sports Illustrated.
  5. Justice, Josh (November 1, 2024). "Insane Clown Posse's Hallowicked 2024 show in Detroit was a glorious, Faygo-drenched mess". Detroit Metro Times.
  6. Pascal, Belinda M. (December 18, 2024). "Need plans? Check out these 10 cool events in Columbus and central Ohio". Columbus Dispatch.
  7. "Need plans? Check out these 10 cool events in Columbus and central Ohio". Brooklyn Vegan. November 1, 2024.
  8. "FREE JCW LUNACY SHOW APRIL 19TH!". Insane Clown Posse. March 13, 2025.
  9. "Although Yesterday's Vegas Tapings of "JCW Lunacy" Was Cancelled, John Cena Still Walks Out of WrestleMania XLI with Him 17in'". undergroundhiphopblog.com. April 20, 2025.
  10. "Juggalo Championship Wrestling Presents The Hella Pain & Diamond Rain Tour". Insane Clown Posse. February 26, 2025.
  11. "FAN RUSHES THE RING at JCW & GETS DESTROYED! Backseat Boyz React in Cleveland". Strange Suspicion. April 30, 2025.