Son of UFC legend 'Rampage' Jackson gets plea deal in wrestling beatdown case - BERITAJA

Raja Jackson — the boy of mixed martial arts fable Quinton “Rampage” Jackson — pleaded nary title Wednesday for his domiciled successful a bloody beatdown of a master wrestler past twelvemonth successful an incident that blurred the lines betwixt existent and scripted combat.

Jackson, 25, is expected to service 90 days successful jailhouse for misdemeanor artillery aft slamming Stuart Smith to the crushed and striking him about 20 times, according to a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County territory attorney’s office. The master grappler, who performs nether the sanction Syko Stu, suffered cuts, trauma to his jaw and the nonaccomplishment of respective teeth.

Jackson will besides beryllium placed connected 2 years probation and must salary about $81,000 successful restitution to the victim, according to the spokesperson. A sentencing proceeding is scheduled for precocious June successful the San Fernando Courthouse.

Jackson’s lawyer declined to comment. Smith did not instantly respond to a telephone seeking comment.

The territory attorney’s agency spokesperson did not instantly respond to a mobility about whether disorder complete Jackson’s knowing of the scripted quality of the arena played a domiciled successful the plea deal. Jackson was primitively charged pinch felony artillery and aggregate sentencing enhancements that could person landed him successful authorities prison.

The incident happened connected Aug. 23, 2025, astatine a KnokX Pro Wrestling Academy arena successful Sun Valley. Jackson was a impermanent astatine the arena and livestreamed his sojourn connected the level Kick erstwhile he was approached by Smith backstage.

Smith slammed a brew could complete Jackson’s head. Video of the incident show the 2 men opinionated look to look successful confrontation, but Smith would later apologize to Jackson, motioning to the livestreaming camera and explaining he thought Jackson was “a worker,” aliases personification progressive successful staged matches.

Professional wrestling unit is usually scripted, meaning some parties work together to deed each different pinch punches, kicks, throws and moreover sometimes weapons to show a convulsive communicative successful the ring. Wrestlers are expected to enactment successful characteristic successful the beingness of fans and erstwhile connected camera, a conception known arsenic “kayfabe.”

Other wrestlers who witnessed the incident past twelvemonth told The Times they believed Smith was successful character. It was unclear if Jackson understood that.

Later successful the show, erstwhile Smith was successful the ringing moving his scheduled match, Jackson ran retired from backstage. Part of Jackson’s watercourse captured different wrestler, Andre Joel Hudson, telling Jackson what to do erstwhile he confronted Smith.

“Give him his receipts,” Hudson, who invited Jackson to the show, says connected the video. “You retrieve what a receipt is?”

In wrestling parlance, a “receipt” refers to retribution for a perceived flimsy aliases unnecessary usage of beingness unit during a match. But Jackson said connected his livestream he wasn’t pursuing immoderate preset plan.

Jackson could beryllium heard saying it “isn’t going to beryllium scripted,” earlier hitting the ring, lifting Smith complete his enarthrosis and slamming him to the mat.

Smith appeared to suffer consciousness almost instantly. Jackson past mounted the crumpled wrestler and punched him successful the caput and look much than 20 times, according to the video.

Times Staff Writer Sal Hernandez contributed to this report.