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Rampage Jackson addresses son Raja’s attack of Syko Stu

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Rampage Jackson doesn’t condone his son’s actions.

In a livestream on Tuesday, the former UFC star addressed the incident that took place over the weekend between son Raja and independent wrestler Syko Stu. A previously planned angle at a KnokX Pro Wrestling event on Saturday turned into straight out assault when Raja took down Stu and hammered him with multiple unguarded punches until other wrestlers pulled him off.

“I feel bad about what happened to Syko Stu,” Rampage said. “I don’t condone what my son did, very unfortunate…I wasn’t there. I’m a father, I gotta have my son’s back. I’m going to let justice play out, take this to court…I can’t talk about any details or stuff like that. I can’t really go into nothing. This s*** has put me in a bad mood. I feel bad about Syko Stu and his family, his family had to see that s***. I just wish I could have been there.”

Rampage said that while there are moments where a father is proud of their son and times where they are not, at the end of the day he is still Raja’s father.

“Hopefully one day I can meet Syko Stu and shake his hand and have a man-to-man with him and stuff. I’m just going to get back to being myself,” he said. “I don’t got the right words to say, the haters are going to twist my words…I wasn’t there. Ya’ll need to know I don’t condone Raja’s conduct. And I hope Syko Stu can forgive me, myself, as a dad, for not understanding everything.”

Stu suffered serious injuries and remains hospitalized following the incident, which is currently under investigation by the LAPD. A GoFundMe has since been launched to help cover Stu’s medical expenses.

Mr. Beast, Chris Jericho, more donate to Syko Stu GoFundMe campaign

Posted on by Joseph Currier

After saying that he wanted to help out Syko Stu in the wake of Raja Jackson’s attack, YouTuber Mr. Beast has followed through with a big donation.

Mr. Beast (Jimmy Donaldson) made a $10,000 donation today to a GoFundMe campaign to help Stu, whose real name is Stuart Smith. The campaign has raised more than $90,000 so far with the money going toward medical expenses, recovery support, and helping Stu with the loss of income he’s going to experience during his recovery.

The attack happened on Saturday at a show for KnokX Pro Wrestling in Los Angeles, with the promotion calling it a planned spot that turned into a “selfish, irresponsible act of violence.” Raja Jackson, the person who attacked Stu, is the son of UFC legend Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.

With the incident making international news, it caught the attention of Mr. Beast, who has the most-subscribed to channel on YouTube with more than 420 million subs on his main channel alone.

“Dang man, this hurts to see. Especially because I read he was a veteran that used wrestling as an outlet to get over ptsd,” Mr. Beast tweeted earlier this week. “Genuinely, if anyone connected to him knows of a way I can help please reach out. If his kid is a fan or I can help with hospital bills idk but I’ll help.”

Stu’s GoFundMe has also received a $2,500 donation from Chris Jericho and a $1,000 donation from Swerve Strickland. Rusev, Ariya Daivari, and NBA player Kristaps Porzingis are among the other donors.

In an update last night, Stu’s brother Andrew Smith said Stu is “currently conscious and able to talk but will have a difficult recovery ahead.” He noted that Stu appreciates all of the love and support he’s received.

KnokX Pro was part of the WWE ID program prior to having its affiliation pulled after the incident.

An investigation into the attack by the LAPD remains ongoing.

Mark Henry: Syko Stu shares blame for Raja Jackson incident

Posted on by Ian Carey

Mark Henry says Syko Stu shares some of the blame for the incident at a KnokX Pro event on Saturday that left him with serious injuries.

Stu was injured after being knocked unconscious by a slam and then repeatedly punched by Raja Jackson, son of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. As of the latest update, Stu is awake and able to remember some of what happened but remains in critical care.

Henry spoke with TMZ about the incident, saying Stu should not have agitated Jackson by hitting him with a beer can before the show.

“You’ve got to be careful, one, who you’re messing with,” Henry said. “And, two, what kind of example are you as a veteran for inciting a riot with a kid?”

Henry was referring to a pre-show altercation where Stu, believing Jackson was a wrestler, hit him with a worked beer can shot to the head. Another video shows Jackson later accepting Stu’s apology.

“If indeed what I saw was what I saw, which is people before the show, during the day time, drinking and intoxicated or partially intoxicated,” Henry continued. “And you bust a bottle over a guy’s head and talk trash like that guy was not going to do nothing, yeah, you’re at fault.”

As of this writing, the GoFundMe page for Stu has raised over $73,000. Donors include Chris Jericho, Rusev, Ariya Daivari, Cezar Bononi, and others.

Henry’s interview with TMZ is available below:

WOR: Syko Stu, RAW report, Takeshita, more!

Posted on by Bryan Alvarez

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including more on the Syko Stu/Raja Jackson incident, all of the fallout and how you can help, plus Takeshita’s IWGP Title match, the RAW report, NXT preview, ratings, mailbag and more. A packed show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:
Start: Raja Jackson/Syco Stu update
19:11: NJPW cards
22:44: Swerve, Will Ospreay getting surgeries
27:11: Ratings
30:17: WWE Raw recap
59:25: Q&A

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YouTuber Mr. Beast offers to help Syko Stu after attack

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Mr. Beast — the most popular YouTuber in the world — is offering to help indie wrestler Syko Stu after the horrifying incident that happened over the weekend.

Stu (Stuart Smith) is recovering after being legitimately attacked by Raja Jackson — the son of UFC legend Rampage Jackson — at a show for KnokX Pro Wrestling in Los Angeles on Saturday. LAPD is now investigating the incident, which KnokX Pro said originally was supposed to be a planned spot that turned into a “selfish, irresponsible act of violence.”

Mr. Beast (Jimmy Donaldson) heard about the situation and said he would like to help Stu if possible.

“Dang man, this hurts to see. Especially because I read he was a veteran that used wrestling as an outlet to get over ptsd,” Mr. Beast tweeted. “Genuinely, if anyone connected to him knows of a way I can help please reach out. If his kid is a fan or I can help with hospital bills idk but I’ll help.”

Mr. Beast has 425 million subscribers on YouTube and is known for his contests and charitable endeavors. He also has a competition reality show on Amazon Prime Video called “Beast Games.”

In a Facebook post last night, Stu’s brother Andrew said Stu is in stable but critical care. Andrew thanked everyone for their prayers and asked that everyone continue to keep Stu in their thoughts.

Rampage Jackson issued a statement on the incident yesterday, saying he’s concerned for everyone involved and does not condone his son’s actions.

Update on wrestler attacked by Raja Jackson, LAPD investigating incident

Posted on by Bryan Rose

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.