Vince McMahon Told This WWE Tag Team To "Beat The Sh*t" Out Of Insane Clown Posse
Why Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J caught a beatdown from this old WWE tag team.
Remember Insane Clown Posse? They of "f*cking magnets, how do they work?" fame? Did a little wrestling here and there. Faygo, Juggalos, etc.
Turns out Vince McMahon once asked The Headbangers to beat the sh*t out of them in a match.
Headbanger Mosh recently revealed as much in conversation with Wrestling Shoot Interviews' James Romero. Vince personally requested that he and partner Thrasher knock the tar out of Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope, who, according to Mosh, had angered the WWE Chairman by asking for more money following what they perceived to be well-received appearances alongside The Oddities in 1998.
Perhaps the fans received aid appearances more positively than McMahon (h/t Sportskeeda):-
“The story we were told was that the next day ICP went into Vince and basically said, ‘Hey, did you hear that? The reaction we got, such a big buzz. We need more money.’ Vince said, ‘Let me think about it, I’ll get back to you tomorrow.’ We had an agent come to us and say, ‘You guys go out there and beat the s*** out of them."
ICP's three-month WWE run ended shortly after this, with the paint-clad duo jumping ship to WCW the following year. Regardless, it doesn't sound like there was lasting beef between the Clowns and 'Bangers, who reunited at Shaggy and J's Gathering of the Juggalos festival years later, according to Mosh:-
“They came up to us and they were like, ‘It’s so great to see you guys. That match we had where you guys beat the s*** out of us, you really beat the s*** out of us, but that was so much fun. We loved it. We’re so happy to have you here.'"
The Headbangers have wrestled for ICP's Juggalo Championship Wrestling several times over the years, with their last appearances coming in February 2017. Still active on the independent scene today, Mosh and Thrasher returned to WWE for a brief WWE run in late 2016, competing in three matches.