Ken Anderson Describes “Great Working Relationship” With JCW

“Mister” Ken Anderson recently had a chance to hold a championship again, this time in Juggalo Championship Wrestling. The promotion, run by the Insane Clown Posse, recently gained more prominence by hiring Vince Russo and getting Tony Khan’s attention, and now it seems to be attracting top indie talent as well.

On Chris Harris’ “Tagging in” podcast, Anderson talked a little but about the atmosphere in JCW and what it’s like working there.

On comparisons to ECW:

“I was around in the business for the tail end of ECW and I guess that feeling of just a diehard fan base and the locker room, just a bunch of renegades, all walks of life, you know, like one of the things about pro wrestling in general, that I’m really proud of is the diversity that we have in the wrestling industry. You know, it’s not just a bunch of jocks hanging out with one another. You got literally people from all walks of life that just converge, and we we all are passionate about the wrestling industry and I feel like JCW really embodies that. There’s a little flavor of ice cream for everybody, you know, and and it’s a really positive, fun locker room to be in.”

On the differences between the JCW locker room now versus others in his career:

“There really haven’t been many locker rooms that I’ve ever been in that were brutal, right? They say don’t meet your heroes, but I’ve not had many bad experiences with meeting people in the wrestling business. Like everybody’s cool. And I think it that goes back to, we will, at least we used to, police our own. If somebody started to get a little too big for their britches, the boys would make sure that that person was brought back to the atmosphere quickly. Maybe there were more egos back in the day because there was that thing where people were very protective of, if you’re going to lose, well, is it personal, are they are they [messing] with me? You got to stand up for yourself, and I feel like that’s gone away with this new generation of people. They just don’t have those egos the way that the way that people used to. Now, there’s other problems with people, I think. entitlement and stuff like that, but that’s a completely different panel.”

On his overall relationship with JCW and future there:

“I love working with JCW. I’m not really there — I was there for a while on a weekly basis and I’m not there now, but it’s just because of a scheduling thing, you know, like just unable to make it work at this current time. We’ve got a great working relationship and I hope to be back there soon.”