LOS ANGELES \u2014\u00a0A son of former UFC champion Quinton \u201cRampage\u201d Jackson appeared to brutally attack a pro wrestler during an indie show in Los Angeles on Saturday night in what the elder Jackson called a case of \u201cbad judgement, and a work that went wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
Video of the incident shows Raja Jackson entering the ring at a KnokX Pro Wrestling Academy event during a match and slamming wrestler Stuart Smith, whose ring name is Syko Stu, to the mat. Jackson then mounts Smith in the video and punches him in the face almost two dozen times before other wrestlers pull him off.<\/p>\n
Smith, who seemed to lose consciousness and was not able to try to protect himself from the punches, lay motionless in the ring, blood streaming from his face. <\/p>\n
In a Facebook post Monday, his brother said Smith was “conscious and does have some recollection of events from the day of the attack.”<\/p>\n
“He\u2019s currently resting and says, \u2018Thank you for the love and support,'” Andrew Smith added.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles police spokesperson Norma Eisenman confirmed that officers responded to the 8500 block of Lankershim Boulevard and took a report. KnokX Pro Wrestling lists its address as 8548 Lankershim Blvd. <\/p>\n
An LAPD spokesperson said Monday that a felony battery report had been completed but that no arrests had been made.<\/p>\n
Raja Jackson did not respond to a request for comment sent through social media. Smith also did not respond to a similar request.<\/p>\n
Quinton Jackson said on X<\/a> that the incident was \u201cbad judgement, and a work that went wrong,\u201d using the wrestling term \u201cwork,\u201d which refers to something that is scripted. <\/p>\n \u201cRaja is a MMA fighter not a pro wrestler and had no business [being] involved in an event like this,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t condone my son\u2019s actions AT ALL!\u201d<\/p>\n In a statement on Facebook, KnokX Pro Wrestling sent thoughts and prayers to Smith and apologized to fans. The promotion seemed to confirm the incident was not planned.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat was supposed to be a planned and agreed upon wrestling spot, turned into a selfish, irresponsible act of violence against Mr. Smith,\u201d it said. \u201cThis egregious act is reprehensible and never should have occurred.\u201d<\/p>\n KnokX did not answer calls seeking comment Sunday night. <\/p>\n The attack was streamed on Kick. In a statement, a spokesperson for the livestreaming platform said Raja Jackson’s account had been suspended. <\/p>\n “KICK\u2019s community guidelines make it clear that excessive violence is not permitted,” the statement said. “Content in breach of our guidelines is removed and users will be suspended or banned.”<\/p>\n Video preceding the attack showed Smith crushing a can on Raja Jackson\u2019s head, seemingly not knowing Jackson was not a wrestler. Jackson got angry, but another video showed the pair apparently making up. <\/p>\n A third video after that showed another wrestler telling Jackson to give someone a \u201creceipt.\u201d It was not clear in the video whether the wrestler was referring specifically to Smith; a \u201creceipt\u201d in pro wrestling parlance means a legitimate strike or attack, usually as a form of retribution for a wayward spot during a match. <\/p>\n Quinton Jackson referred to that altercation in his post on X, saying his son, who he said had sustained a concussion during sparring just days earlier, was told he could get his \u201cpayback\u201d in the ring. <\/p>\n \u201cAs a father, im deeply concerned with his health AND the well being of Mr. Smith,\u201d Quinton Jackson wrote. \u201cThat being said I\u2019m very upset that any of this happened, but my main concern now is that Mr. Smith will make a speedy recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n The elder Jackson is a decorated mixed martial artist who has held championship gold in the UFC and has dabbled in pro wrestling. Raja Jackson, 25, has a professional MMA record of one win and one loss<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rudy Chinchilla<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n Jean Lee, Janhvi Bhojwani , Nollaig O’Connor and Joe Kottke contributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES \u2014\u00a0A son of former UFC champion Quinton \u201cRampage\u201d Jackson appeared to brutally attack a pro wrestler…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-99141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}