Raja Jackson, the son of former UFC champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, has been arrested and charged with a felony after brutally attacking a professional wrestler during an event in California this past August.
Los Angeles County jail records show that Raja Jackson was arrested Thursday morning around 9 a.m. local time and booked shortly before 2 p.m. He is being held on $50,000 bail and remains in custody. TMZ first broke the news of his arrest.
The charge stems from Jackson’s violent assault on pro wrestler Stuart Smith, known by his ring name Syko Stu, at a KnokX Pro Wrestling event in Los Angeles. Jackson stormed the ring, slammed Smith to the canvas, and continued to rain down punches even after Smith appeared to be unconscious. Other wrestlers eventually dragged him away.
Smith was hospitalized and spent several days in intensive care. His family later revealed that he suffered trauma to both jaws, a laceration to his upper lip, a fractured maxilla bone, and the loss of several teeth.
The incident was fueled by an earlier altercation that same day. Smith mistakenly struck Jackson with a beer can, believing he was another wrestler helping to hype the show. A video later showed Smith apologizing and shaking hands with Jackson, but the damage was already done. Hours later, Jackson went live on social media, promising to get revenge “for real” during the match.
Los Angeles police confirmed that an investigation into the assault began shortly after the event, but it took several weeks before charges were filed. With Jackson now in custody, the felony case against him is officially underway.
The fallout has extended to his family. Rampage Jackson admitted in an interview with Ariel Helwani that he cut contact with his son following the attack.
“He dishonored my name,” Rampage said. “I know he’s my f–king son. I’m not cutting him off for forever. I just haven’t talked to him. I talked to him after this s–t happened and he hid the fact that he did this s–t and you know put my other kids at danger based off what other people said. I just can’t talk to him right now.”
Raja Jackson now faces serious consequences for the violent outburst that left Smith badly injured and put his own career and family ties in jeopardy.
