More details about the horrific situation have come to light.
The KnokX Pro Wrestling incident continues to be a black mark in the otherwise wonderful world of professional wrestling. As we’re awaiting a verdict on whether the Los Angeles Police Department plans on charging Jackson or not, more news has come to light about the situation that makes the assault even more sinister.
This has more to do with AJ Mana, who’s getting a ton of heat over a video surfacing where he essentially encourages Jackson to give Stu his “receipt”. Mana has already released a statement about the situation claiming that he was in character when he told Raja to tag him for real, but it sounds like AJ may have had ulterior motives for the attack.
Doug Drago, the wrestler who pulled Jackson off of Skyo Stu (aka Stuart Smith), talked about the incident on the Scaling Up Podcast and believes that the situation was premeditated by AJ.
“I think the premeditation part comes on the side of AJ Mana. You brought somebody who was volatile, who you knew had issues. That’s the small *** chicken legged ***** with the cowboy hat.”
Drago is definitely not removing any fault from Raja and feels that he’s an asshole for what he did, but he feels that AJ is the bigger asshole because of the history that him and Smith had prior to the attack.
“I don’t like Raja. I think Raja is a **** person for what he did, but I think AJ is a bigger **** person for gassing him up and leading him to ruining his own ****ing life. To hurt somebody that AJ also has a problem with. I don’t believe in coincidences. Doug said he believes AJ was trying to get blood on someone else’s hands before stating, “He ruined two people’s lives.”
Drago recounted how he got involved in the first place and shares regret over not getting in there after the slam.
“I just got done with my match. I got whispered by somebody, ‘Something is not right. I might need you to go out there and check a scenario. This guy is going to do a spot?’ ‘What’s the spot?’ ‘We’ll let you know.’ You’ll let me know, but you’re not telling me when the cue is or when the spot is going to happen? You’re just going to let me know just in case? I’m waiting for this cue. I walk up to somebody with a radio, ‘Talked to the back.
When do you guys want me to go? What’s happening?’ I was informed of the beer can incident shortly before that. They told me that they made up, shook hands, hugged it out multiple times and it was going to be fine. I talk to the person up front with the radio, I walk back to the ring, I see the slam, the first punch, second punch, by then I have people in front of me. I just start moving. I wish I had sprung on the slam. There is nothing worse…you watch somebody you care about, he’s a veteran. These are people who are supposed to love him. I’m the only one on the outskirts being told to watch this, apparently? I’m in there, battling, trying to work this, telling the guy to calm down, and now he’s trying to fight me.”
At this point, all we can do is wait and see if charges will be filed. AJ Mana will likely get away from this scot free since he didn’t commit the crime itself, though it wouldn’t be surprising if his career went into the toilet after this.