This past Saturday, scripted entertainment and real combat collided in the worst way possible. At the KnokX Pro Wrestling event in California, a staged storyline spiraled into violence that hospitalized one performer and prompted a police investigation. Former military veteran and independent wrestler Stuart Smith, better known by his ring name Syko Stu, suffered a brutal attack from Raja Jackson. During the live-streamed show, Smith threw a prop soda can at Raja to hype the crowd.

However, upon realizing that Jackson wasn’t a pro wrestler but a trained MMA fighter, Smith apologized three separate times before their scheduled match and even shook hands in an attempt to settle things — all of which was visible on the live stream. Once inside the ring, Raja Jackson vowed to “payback” Syko

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