Raja Jackson, who defeated a professional wrestler in a scripted contest that was supposed to be held in Sun Valley, was arrested on Thursday on felony charges, according to prison records.
Prison records show the 25-year-old mixed martial arts fighter was booked for $50,000. Records did not show what Jackson was booked, but the arrest was due to police investigations into the incident in Sun Valley on August 23.
During the live broadcast of the event, Jackson was seen encountering the ring at Knokxpro Wrestling Academy and hitting wrestler Stuart Smith onto the mat.
Smith’s stage name was Syko Stu, and Jackson then quickly slammed him 23 times, with many hits hitting him in the face.
Since the wrestlers seem uncertain about what is going on and what is real, it took four wrestlers to get Jackson out of Smith and realize what. Events are not part of the show.
A few days after the show, the gymnasium wrestler told The Times that the incident appeared to be triggered by a previous confrontation between Smith and Jackson, who smashed beer on Jackson’s head during a live broadcast of Raja’s kick account before the show.
Smith later apologized to Jackson, telling him that he believed he was “working” on the show and pointed to the live camera.
Jackson initially refused to hold Smith’s hand, refused to shake hands after the incident, and shook hands after the wrestler fell, seemingly agreeing that Jackson would encounter Smith’s script and interrupt it.
But wrestlers in the gym Tell the Times Jackson’s “run-in” was supposed to be a scripting event, but turned into a real brute-force attack.
