Quinton Jackson says his patience has run out when it comes to how life has gone for him the past nine days or so. It’s been so bad for “Rampage” that he’s now taking to quoting Taylor Swift.
In a rambling social media post, “Rampage” alternated between harsh criticism of his son Raja and defense of him in the wake of a brutal assault of pro wrestler Stuart “Syko Stu” Smith caught on camera, and pre-planned and bragged about by Raja on a live stream.
“Rampage” said Smith, who only recently was released from the hospital after the attack, falls into the “play stupid games, win stupid prizes” category and the lesson Raja handed out was “keep your damn hands to yourself.”
In addition, “Rampage” said Smith “is lucky I wasn’t there when he hit my son over the head with a beer can the day after he got a concussion from sparring the day before! I wouldn’t have cared if a bunch of pro wrestlers would’ve jumped me.. I’m a father 1st.”
On Aug. 22, the 25-year-old Raja, who recently turned pro in MMA, was backstage at a Knokx Pro Wrestling event in Southern California and was live-streaming on Kick. After an altercation with Smith threatened to become a real-world feud, it appeared the misunderstanding was handled and a storyline was planned for Jackson to slam Smith during Smith’s match – most of which was streamed.
But when the time came, Raja appeared to slam Smith with full force, then mounted him and landed more than 20 punches to his face. Smith, a military veteran, was in the hospital with broken facial bones, lost teeth and several surgeries. Los Angeles police reportedly are investigating the incident, and some think Raja could be charged with attempted murder – but he remains free.
Now his father says his son is a “POS” (a common acronym for “Piece Of Sh*t”) for what he did – but also called Smith a “drunk,” said the incident with Smith was not the first time he’s been involved in such a thing, and said Raja should have called the police after the initial incident with Smith – because then he could have sued the pro wrestler.
In the initial backstage incident, Raja has his Kick live stream cameraperson with him and is talking to Smith. In one video, Smith is seen hitting Jackson over the head with a full beer can – though it appears Smith used the pro wrestling trick of absorbing much of the blow with his own hand on Smith’s head.
In a separate video, Raja is seen accepting a handshake and apology from Smith – who explained to him that he thought Smith was another professional wrestler and was there to set up a future staged beef, or “work.” Smith told Raja he saw his camera crew and thought that was the situation.
Still, according to a release from the promotion, it was agreed that during Smith’s match, Raja could get his “receipt” for the beer can by rushing into the ring from his seat to slam Smith. And that’s what happened – except Raja instead went allegedly off-script with more than 20 punches, almost all to Smith’s head, and almost all while he was unconscious, before anyone intervened. Smith was sent to the hospital in what early reports said was life-threatening condition.
In his Monday post, “Rampage” also laid blame for on the “low IQ people” who are falling for “clickbait” about his son, and said he’s “sick of being quiet” about it. (To wit, Jackson has been far from quiet in the wake of Raja’s incident with Smith, including multiple instances of live-streaming on Kick, the same platform Raja was streaming to during his attack on Smith, and his own podcast. He even found the need to not be quiet about it while at a bowling alley with Van Halen playing in the background.)
“Rampage” once said in an interview that he set aside college money for his two children born to a Japanese mother, and bail money for his two others – including Raja.
Check out his full post below.
“This has gone too far,I’m sick of being quiet and letting all the low IQ people fall for clickbait! Yes my son took things too far,and I’m pissed at him for being a POS and the way he handled it! But if psycho Stu wasn’t drunk and wouldn’t have hit my son over the head with a (real beer can) while he was live streaming on his own stream then Knox wouldn’t have felt like they had to make things right by letting Raja get his “get back” in the ring! If my son would’ve just went to the police when the beer can incident happened then the whole event could’ve gotten shut down and he could’ve sued! But no my son is not as smart as I’d liked for him to be! Now my family and i are getting racist threats because of all the misinformation being posted so content creators can get paid from viewers! People actually think my son just snuck in a ring in front of a live audience and picked psycho Stu up without permission to be there! Get smart people! It was staged! But Raja took it too far! He only shook his hand and accepted psycho Stu’s drunken apology because they said he could get in the storyline! He was told he could “fuck him up” i have witnesses that says this isn’t the 1st time that psycho Stu had done some drunk shit back stage to a fan! Now we have the back story that my son attacked an innocent military vet with PTSD like my son knew everything about the man that came up from behind him and hit him then asked him to sell it! I have other kids to protect,and i don’t take kindly to threats! I’m not scared of prison,or dying for my kids! And calling me names won’t hurt my feelings! My son should face the consequences for going too far,he knows better! That’s why he didn’t tell me anything about the story line. But psycho Stu is lucky i wasn’t there when he hit my son over the head with a beer can the day after he got a concussion from sparring the day before! I wouldn’t have cared if a bunch of pro wrestlers would’ve jumped me.. I’m a father 1st. Play stupid games win stupid prizes. Let’s all learn a lesson,keep your damn hands to yourself. If you get paid to do fake fighting don’t disrespect people that do the shit for real! Now i put myself in this shit! Dm me now!”
