Juggalo Championship Wrestling Stranglemania: Viva Las Violence: You Know What’s Coming
Strangle-Mania: Viva Las Violence
Date: April 17, 2026
Location: Horseshoe Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Joe Dombrowski, Mark Roberts, Zac Amico,
Why not end it with some Juggalo Championship Wrestling? This is the last indy show of the week that I’ll be covering and I’m coming into it completely blind. Vince Russo is now a big force in this company and that means if I’m going out, I’m going out on a ridiculous show. Let’s get to it.
A car with Texas license plates arrives and drops someone in a body bag out of the trunk before driving off.
The opening video looks at gambling.
Then we play the two videos again, with the audio fixed.
The regular opening video shows us some of the bigger names set for the card.
Here is half owner Violent J to get things going. J welcomes the fans and we’re ready with the opener.
In the back, Jasmin St. Clair yells at Vince Russo, who says the Monster Corporation is split up if they lose tonight. St. Clair is their manager so she’s issuing a challenge for a six person tag against some legends.
George South/Rock N Roll Express vs. St. Clair Monster Corporation
The Corporation is Beastman/Kongo Kong/Mr. Happy. And yes South has his face painted like a clown. The Monsters jump them to start as commentary says the legends have something like 130 years experience. That actually might be true and that’s insane. Beastman gets staggered with a knee lift and Kong is taken into the corner for some alternating wristlocks.
Kong gets knocked down but comes back with a shot to Morton. Happy comes in and knocks Kong out by mistake, leaving South to fight back on Beastman. Kong is back up but crashes into his partners as everything breaks down. Kong and Beastman crash into each other in the corner with Happy (who isn’t that bright) thinking it’s a game. He splashes both of them and Kong falls down for the pin at 4:41.
Rating: D+. This was a comedy match and I think you know where this show is going. The match was the mess you would have expected, though it’s always nice to see the Express. Thankfully they kept this short, with Happy being little more than a comedy goof and the other two not being much better.
Commentators preview the rest of the card.
Kerry Morton says he is Mr. JCW and knows Mickie Knuckles wants to face him. Vince Russo wants to get rid of him because no one can hang with him. Knuckles is getting in the ring with a Japanese legend as Morton was on a Japanese tour.
Here is Claude, an odd artist, as played by Wrestling With Wregret’s Brian Zane. He doesn’t like the fans and they don’t like him either but he’ll be here for the next match.
Mickie Knuckles vs. Kerry Morton
And apparently Claude is guest referee for this Kamikaze Death Match. Before the match, Morton tells the fans to shut the f*** up while he talks. He sees some women here for a change and some of them are actually good looking. Morton can’t believe he has to look at TWO women in his sport, meaning Knuckles and the ring announcer.
Now he’s going to show the men what it’s like to whip a woman. Knuckles slugs away to start and knocks him outside where Morton gets in a cheap shot. The weapons are already thrown in but Knuckles grabs him low to cut him off. Some trashcan shots to the head have Morton staggered but he gets in a hard shot of his own to take over again. Knuckles bites him low (“It’s not the biggest target but Mickie found it!”) and it’s a running hip attack in the corner.
A running dropkick sends a trashcan into Morton’s face and Claude is ordered to help set up some weapons. That takes too long and Morton fights back again, only to spend too much time thrusting his pelvis in her face. Knuckles shoves him through a door…but Claude stops to sneeze. Morton knees Claude down by mistake and Knuckles rolls some suplexes for two. Knuckles thrusts back at Morton and gets sent through a door, with the rest being broken over her head. A trashcan shot gets the pin at 8:58, with Morton using the rope.
Rating: C-. This was the weapons mess you would expect and that’s all it needed to be. Morton is great at being a jerk and the fans want to see him get beaten up. Knuckles got to do that and then Claude was able to make it even worse, which is exactly the idea. It wasn’t a good match, but the angle was fine.
The Outbreak don’t do well in their urine test. Yep. Because they’re zombies.
Outbreak vs. Brothers Of Funstruction
The Outbreak (again, zombies, named Abel and Jacksyn, with Barnabas The Bizarre) are apparently addicted to cocaine, hence the drug test. The Brothers (Ruffo and Yabo, a pair of clowns) bring in a bunch of balloons…and hang on as here is Violent J to make it a triple threat.
Outbreak vs. Brothers Of Funstruction vs. Backseat Boyz
The Outbreak goes after the Boyz to start fast and they take out Abel before moving on to the Brothers. That earns the Boyz a double atomic drop but the Outbreak are up to fire off elbows in the corner. The Boyz come back with a top rope G9 to Jacksyn but the Brothers make the save with their balloons. We pause for some tickling but it doesn’t work on the undead Outbreak. As Above So Below (Skull & Bones) finishes Ruffo at 7:45 (counting the two on two tag part).
Rating: C. This was all about the insanity and ridiculous gimmicks and that’s exactly what it came off as, which is…good? I guess? It’s certainly memorable and while “cocaine addicted zombies” might not be the most traditional gimmick, it’s better (I think) than some of the terrible ideas we could be seeing.
Post match the Outbreak celebrate with cocaine. Of course they do.
Big Vito (yes that Vito) pays off PCO to help him in the main event against Vampiro. PCO isn’t in but Vito has another idea.
American Title: Disco Ray vs. Mikey Avalon vs. Mecha Wolf vs. Ninja Mack vs. Facade
Facade is defending and goes to the floor as the other four do a test of strength. Ray starts dancing and Wolf is mesmerized by the hips. Some tambourines to Avalon (the Man Of 1000 Gimmicks) have him in trouble for a change and it’s Facade back in to take over on Ray. That leaves Facade to do a handstand in the corner and then kick Ray down. Wolf slugs away at Facade and Avalon pushes Mack off the top.
Avalon is back in with his surfboard, which he throws at Facade’s head followed by…a surfboard. Wolf gets in a frog splash for two, with Ray making the save. Avalon side slams Wolf for two but Wolf is back with some mist. Mack backflips into a dive to the floor and Ray Downward Spirals (Panic At The Disco) Facade. Hold on as Ray’s Ring Rat (yes that’s her name) comes in to hit him low. Facade chairs Ray down and hits a Sabu Triple Jump Moonsault to retain at 10:21.
Rating: C+. This is pretty easily the best match of the night thus far, mainly because it was more about a wrestling match than all of the ridiculous stuff. Yes you had the stuff with the Rat (because her name is Ring Rat) and the mist, but I’ll take that over the other stuff we’ve seen thus far. The athleticism was certainly good.
Post match the Rat leaves with Steven Flow.
Violent J and Big Vito yell at the Vampiro retirement match. Vince Russo comes in to ask what happened to Vampiro’s honor and Vito yells a lot. With Russo and J gone, Vito pays someone off to do…something. The guy calls Vito horrible and Vito says don’t you forget it or it could be you next.
Here is the Green Phantom. He doesn’t do anything, but he’s here. Then he leaves.
Women’s Title: J-Rod/Nyla Rose vs. Alice Crowley/Dani Mo
Crowley is defending and yes it’s a tag match for the singles title (whomever gets the fall gets the pin), with Katie Forbes as guest referee. After a long weapons check, it’s Crowley suplexing J-Rod to start and hitting an Emerald Flosion for an early two. Mo comes in to kick J-Rod in the head but Crowley tags herself in to face Rose.
The usually bigger Crowley gets thrown around by Rose, so Mo tags herself in and gets powerslammed for two. J-Rod comes back in to strike away on Mo before it’s back to Rose, with Mo giving her a Code Red for two more. That doesn’t get her very far as it’s J-Rod with a running elbow in the corner. Crowley is drawn in and a double chokeslam gives J-Rod the pin and the title at 8:12.
Rating: C. As usual, the stipulations don’t make a ton of sense and the reason for them being added didn’t really get explained. That’s where things get complicated because it leaves you wonder why you’re watching this. I wanted to see more of Crowley, who has impressed me in the limited time I’ve seen her, while J-Rod looks like an amazing prospect. At the same time, it’s nice to see Rose, as she’s too good to leave sitting on the sidelines.
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2 Tuff Tony/Rob Van Dam/Willie Mack vs. Kenta/Good Brothers
Tony’s entrance takes forever and Van Dam (who does not age) has Bill Alfonso with him. Anderson and Tony start things off with Tony stopping for a drink. It seems to work, with Anderson shouldering him down and Gallows coming in to face Mack. The power exchange doesn’t get either of them very far so it’s off to Kenta vs. Van Dam.
Believe it or not, Kenta runs his mouth before getting pulled into the corner for the tag off to Tony. Everything breaks down (I’m shocked it took that long) and we settle down to Mack Stunnering Anderson. Gallows is back in to strike away but he gets caught with a Van Daminator. Not to be outdone, Tony lights something on fire and knocks Gallows down. The Five Star finishes for Van Dam at 8:59.
Rating: C. They were probably better off keeping things a bit nuts here rather than trying to do a regular match. Van Dam continues to defy all things involving time and aging as he’s still about the same as he was ten years ago. The others didn’t really add much here but the Good Brothers kind of come packaged in with a show like this one.
Vince Russo gives Caleb Konley (Russo’s chosen one) a pep talk, telling him to be less relaxed. Konley says he’s done everything Russo has asked him to do and now he gets yelled at again. That’s what Russo wanted to hear.
JCW World Title: CoKane vs. Matt Riddle vs. Nic Nemeth vs. Caleb Konley
CoKane, a cocaine addicted Kane enthusiast, is defending and this is elimination rules. Hold on though as here is Jeeves to bring out EC3 as guest referee. Because that’s a thing that he can do. And apparently Jeeves and EC3 are cousins. Konley has Vince Russo with him and Nemeth has his face painted. Actually Russo jumps on commentary because of course he does.
Konley drops to the floor to start and it’s Riddle coming in to clean house. CoKane kicks him down but gets suplexed for his early efforts. Konley comes in and has to block the straws to the head. CoKane’s rope walk is cut off and Konley elbows him in the back of the head. Nemeth is back in to knock Konley down and drops the big elbow. Nemeth’s superkick puts CoKane down but Konley kicks Nemeth low.
A Burning Hammer pins Nemeth at 5:20. Riddle is back up to kick away, with a fisherman’s buster getting two on CoKane. A Broton hits CoKane as Konley heads outside again. Riddle Tombstones CoKane but Konley kick Riddle low, with another Burning Hammer finishing him off at 7:21.
We’re down to one on one as Russo rants about commentary not praising Konley enough. Konley knocks the referee down by mistake and gets caught with CoKane’s Lethal Injection. The cocaine is loaded up but Steven Flo takes it away. The Burning Hammer only gets two and Russo is ticked. CoKane sits up, has some cocaine, and hits a chokeslam to retain at 11:21.
Rating: C-. The cocaine stuff is dumb and I don’t know how else to say it. Maybe they’re going for the idea of “well we don’t know exactly what it is” but it’s still just a dumb story no matter how they present it. CoKane is at least a funny character, but to have him as the top name in the company is…yeah there’s a reason this place isn’t taken the most seriously. Throw in Russo being his usual self on commentary and this wasn’t going to work.
Post match Russo gets in the ring to yell and it means nothing.
We recap Vampiro’s retirement match. Vampiro returned to help Violent J and then wanted to retire. For some reason Vito hates him and is sending PCO to get him. Vito wants to get rid of him as well and…yeah I’m not sure if this makes sense either. Eh you take what you can get.
Vampiro vs. Big Vito vs. PCO
Vito, wrestling in most of a suit, insults the crowd and the ICP fans, which is more complicated as the ICP come out with Vampiro. Before the match, Vampiro thanks the fans for staying around and thanks the ICP for working with him for so many years. PCO has him scared and he doesn’t know Vito very well (Then why is he here?) so let’s fight. Vampiro chops away at PCO to limited avail so PCO helps him knock Vito down.
They go outside with PCO and Vito being sent into the post before the brawl heads out into the crowd. They come back to ringside with Vampiro being knocked into a chair, leaving Vito’s shots to PCO to not have much effect. J gets in and cue the man Vito paid off earlier (Shane Mercer), who hits Vito by mistake.
PCO is back in with a headbutt to Vito so Vampiro comes in to steal a cover. Vito’s crossface goes on so PCO makes the save and stomps away on Vampiro. Vito yells at PCO for trying to go after Vampiro and gets chokeslammed for his efforts. Vampiro cuts PCO off and it’s the Nail In The Coffin to finish Vito at 10:42.
Rating: D. I watched this show and I’m not sure if I know why these people are fighting or what is going on. That’s something that might make sense after a big time World Title match, but this was a simple retirement match. Why do we have this much going on in Vampiro’s retirement match? Ah yes: Russo is booking and it’s a bunch of people who were past their primes decades ago (ok maybe not PCO) so what else were you expecting?
Post match Vampiro gets the streamers and a trophy to end the show.
Overall Rating: D. Yeah this was as bad as you would have expected, with some fun/funny ideas in there but so much stuff that was just either bad or made no sense. I still don’t get the idea of running angles during what should be your biggest show of the year but that’s always been a Russo thing. This really did not work and while the weekly show might be better, this had way too many of the Russo issues and tropes dragging it way down.
Results
Rock N Roll Express/George South b. St. Clair Monster Corporation – Splash to Kong
Kerry Morton b. Mickie Knuckles – Trashcan to the head
Outbreak b. Brothers Of Funstruction and Backseat Boyz – As Above, So Below to Ruffo
Facade b. Disco Ray, Mikey Avalon, Mecha Wolf and Ninja Mack – Triple jump moonsault to Ray
J-Rod/Nyla Rose b. Alice Crowley/Dani Mo – Double chokeslam to Mo
Rob Van Dam/2 Tuff Tony/Willie Mack b. Good Brothers/Kenta – Five Star Frog Splash to Gallows
Vampiro b. Big Vito and PCO – Nail In The Coffin to Vito
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