In August 2025, Psycho Stu’s (Stewart Smith) life changed forever. when the wrestling angle became real. Raja Jackson, the son of UFC legend Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, brutally attacked Smith and left him unconscious and with severe facial injuries. in may Jackson agreed and served 90 days in prison. He was released on September 29. Jackson also owes Smith more than $81,000 in restitution and will serve two years of probation.
In his first interview, Smith spoke about the incident SOSPodcast:. The Army veteran is still struggling to remember all the details of that night because of the severe injury he suffered. Smith remembers Jackson being filmed backstage and somewhere with a can of beer, but not much after that. She also remembers them finishing and Jackson punching her because of the can stain. Smith explained that it was supposed to be a wrestling kick. He’s not sure why Jackson decided to attack him the way he did. Smith, in turn, is responsible.
“You know, after I realized he wasn’t another employee, I realized I’m old enough to admit when I’m wrong. So you know, “hey, sorry, I thought you were working.” It is what it is. But everything that happened after that is a little bit,” he says before walking back.
They had shaken hands before the incident in the ring and he hadn’t expected things to escalate as they did. After the beer can be noticed, they decided to turn it into a corner.
“This is the angle we’re going to take (sorry for losing our minds). So we understood the angle and wrote it after the beer is stored, you want to get your trust back or whatever. So I think it should have been one shot and that was it.
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