Update on wrestler attacked by Raja Jackson, LAPD investigating incident
The LAPD is investigating an attack that took place during an independent wrestling event on Saturday that left a wrestler hospitalized.
According to TMZ, cops were called to the KnokX Pro event that took place near Los Angeles and took a police report after Raja Jackson, MMA fighter and son of Rampage Jackson, assaulted a wrestler in a planned angle that turned into a violent assault. As of now, the incident is being investigated.
During the event, which was livestreamed on Kick, Syko Stu (Stuart Smith) was taken down by Jackson. This appeared to knock out Stu cold. Despite this, Jackson continued to pummel and bloody Stu with punch after unprotected punch until others were able to pull him off.
Douglas Malo, a wrestler who attempted to intervene during the assault told USA Today that Smith was awake and talking on Sunday but had broken bones in his face and lost “a lot of teeth.”
“He was choking on his own blood and teeth,” Malo said. “Somebody reminded me there’s kids there and then I was like ‘oh my God.'”
Malo confirmed on Reddit that Stu would also be going home.
KnokX Pro released a statement following the incident saying “What was supposed to be a planned and agreed upon wrestling spot, turned into a selfish, irresponsible act of violence against Mr. Smith. This egregious act is reprehensible and never should have occurred. In the 17 years of operation of KnokX Pro Wrestling Academy, there has never been anything as heinous take place such as this and we apologize to our patrons and fans.”
Rampage also released a statement on social media, writing that he doesn’t condone his son’s actions at all and apologizing on his behalf, Raja had no business being in the ring due to suffering a concussion from sparring days prior to the angle.
Bryan Rose is an editor from California that has been covering professional wrestling for well over a decade. He officially joined F4WOnline as an editor in 2017.