Insane Clown Posse

The Insane Clown Posse (ICP) are a two-piece horrorcore rap group from suburban Detroit, consisting of Violent J (Joseph Bruce) and Shaggy 2 Dope (Joseph Utsler). The group almost always professionally display themselves in full black and white "evil clown" makeup that could be compared to the corpse paint of black metal musicians or the makeup of the rock group KISS. Violent J's makeup is usually drawn as a smiling face, while Shaggy's is an angry face. The group are also well known for antics such as dousing the audience with Faygo–brand soda at their shows.

Professional wrestling

ICP have long been involved in professional wrestling. In 1998 they were brought in by World Wrestling Entertainment in a musical role for the stable The Oddities, a group of freak wrestlers led by Golga, a masked John Tenta, formerly known as Earthquake. ICP entered WCW around 2000 and teamed with wrestler Vampiro, forming the group the Dark Carnival. It was the first time fans saw ICP in a nationwide wrestling role, making their debut with a run-in on Rey Mysterio and Konnan. One of their more infamous moments in WCW was a handicap hardcore match against Mike Awesome (using the That 70s Guy moniker) where in a spot gone wrong Shaggy 2 Dope was powerbombed on top of the "70's Bus" and slid off the side falling to the ground below. They also run their own independent promotion, JCW or Juggalo Championshit Wrestling. JCW was modeled after the backyard wrestling of Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope's youth, as well as the Japanese hardcore wrestling matches featured in bootleg-style videos released by ICP. They are also main characters in the video game series Backyard Wrestling by Eidos for the Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation 2. ICP was also in Extreme Championship Wrestling and Xtreme Pro Wrestling

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Professional wrestling - 1998 - World Wrestling Entertainment - John Tenta - WCW - 2000 - Vampiro - Run-in - Rey Mysterio - Konnan - Mike Awesome - Powerbomb - Juggalo Championshit Wrestling - Backyard wrestling - Eidos - Microsoft Xbox - Sony - PlayStation 2 - Extreme Championship Wrestling - Xtreme Pro Wrestling

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Signature moves

• Shaggy 2 Dope = Triple Lindy From The Rafters (Top Rope Leg Drop)
• Violent J = 720 Moonflip (Moonsault)

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