Reason Behind Insane Clown Posse’s WWE Departure Revealed

Shaggy 2 Dope & Violent J were highlights of WWE television back in the 90s as they brought a whole different energy to the product during their time in the company. However, they ultimately walked out on WWE and the reason behind their departure has been revealed.

The Insane Clown Posse would eventually walk out on WWE and this shocked fans. While speaking on the Kliq This podcast, Violent J noted that despite Insane Clown Posse’s appearances on WWE, they missed several tour dates and built a wrestling fanbase that was unaware of their rap career. He and Shaggy 2 Dope worried that fans might perceive their appearances as merely a wrestling gimmick rather than recognizing them as actual rappers.

Violent J explained that they had created a 30-second commercial featuring their music, which WWE had promised to air. They became more focused on having this commercial played than on the financial compensation they were receiving. WWE writer Vince Russo assured them that the commercial would be shown regularly, but this never happened.

Violent J expressed frustration, saying they wanted the commercial to be aired without further payment, just to let fans know they had real music available. Despite Russo’s repeated promises, the commercial was not aired. This led their manager to advise them to leave WWE. Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope decided to walk out after being told the commercial wouldn’t be shown as promised.

“But we were missing tour dates, you know what I’m saying? I mean, not missing, we were loving it coming there, but technically we kept having to fly out from our tour, you know what I’m saying? Luckily, they were doing it every other week, you know what I’m saying, because they would film, you get what I’m saying? But anyway, we did that for two months and we kept saying, ‘Listen, man, this is awesome, we’re getting all this exposure,’ but the thing is, most of these new fans we’re getting don’t really know we’re actually rappers.

They don’t know we have product in the store, you know what I mean? They might think it’s just a gimmick—and it is a gimmick, but you get my point. We said, ‘Forget the money, just play the video.’ So Russo was like, ‘Alright, let me talk to him,’ then he said, ‘Alright, we’ll do it next week, it’s going to play next week.’ He kept saying that for literally the last month, probably the last five shows.

No, just a 30-second commercial, but a commercial for the record. We were like, ‘That’s all we want, you know what I’m saying? Don’t pay us, just air that 30-second commercial we got where it says available at Coconuts. So you get what I’m saying? So they know we really got music out.’ That’s all we wanted, and he was like, ‘Done deal, done deal.’ I don’t know why he kept lying, and that’s why I want to get on a podcast with him. Remember I was telling you I want to be like, ‘Bro, admit it, you kept saying that.’ And that’s why, when we met again in WCW, he was cool. Even though we walked out of WWE, we got there, we were told what we were going to do. Our manager was like, ‘Walk out. They didn’t air it last night. Walk out.’ They were supposed to air it last night, and they didn’t. So we walked out. We were like, ‘Alright, we’re paid up and everything.’ We walked out.”

Interestingly enough, The Insane Clown Posse have also received support for a WWE Hall of Fame induction. Nevertheless, some fans can empathize with what the Insane Clown Posse felt was they were never correctly labeled as rappers, so their stance is certainly valid.

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