The wrestlers who stopped Raja Jackson’s attack on Syko Stu believe it was ‘premeditated’ and claim that people are being told not to speak to the police.
On August 23, the son of former UFC star Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, Raja Jackson, got involved with an independent wrestling show while live on Kick. Jackson had initially been hit with a drink by wrestler Syko Stu as part of a planned stunt, and was then encouraged to get into the ring.
The son of the UFC legend then laid blow after blow to Stu’s head, and even threw him to the ground. This violent beatdown forced other wrestlers to intervene as Syko Stu, real name Stewart Smith, was losing teeth and blood.
Jackson’s behavior was criticized by the hosts of the show, KnokX Pro, saying: “What was supposed to be a planned and agreed upon wrestling spot, turned into a selfish, irresponsible act of violence.” However, one of the wrestlers involved in breaking things up, has some other ideas.
The Epic points finger at AJ Mana over Syko Stu incident
The Epic, real name Douglas Malo, who trained with Smith for 11 years, claimed it was another wrestler, AJ Mana, who prompted the attack.
“I think the premediation part comes on the side of AJ Mana. You brought somebody that was volatile, you knew had issues,” Malo said on the Scaling Up Podcast, before calling the situation “attempted murder” rather than a fight.
“I think Raja is a sh*t person for what he did. But I think AJ’s a bigger s**t person, for gassing him up to be in that f***ing ring, to leading him, to ruin his own f***ing life, to hurt somebody that AJ also has a f***ing problem with. You can’t f***ing tell me that’s not I don’t believe in coincidence,” he said.
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Another wrestler, Ian Knoxxx, claimed that wrestlers involved in the show are being told not to speak to police about the beatdown.
“The most disgsuting thing is that people at this school are being encouraged to not cooperate with the police,” Knoxxx said, with these messages being shown.
“From what I hear, the police were investigating the scene shortly after Stu was removed and there has been multiple requests that have gone downstream from upper management to not talk with the police directly if they are contacted and to only let a certain group of individuals interact with the police. That is extremely dishonest.”
The apparent messages sent to wrestlers.
Smith’s family has provided an update on his condition, noting that he is “conscious” in hospital. A GoFundMe has been set up to help the former army veteran’s recovery.
KnokX Pro has had its association with WWE removed since the viral incident too. While there have been claims about Jackson being arrested, this has not been confirmed.
