Syko Stu

Stuart Smith (born August 22, 1986), better known as Syko Stu, is an American retired professional wrestler and military veteran best known for getting assaulted in a wrestling match by UFC legend Quinton “Rampage” Jackson's son Raja Jackson.

Syko Stu
Born	Stuart Smith (1986-08-22) August 22, 1986 (age 39)[1] Sacramento, California, U.S.
Other names	Syko Stu
Fighting out of	California, U.S.
Years active	2009–2025

Smith joined KnokX Pro after retiring from the military in 2009. According to Smith, this was to help deal with the PTSD he suffered after serving.^[2]

Raja Jackson incident

In August 2025, Smith was involved in an incident with Raja Jackson, son of Quinton Jackson.^[3] Raja knocked Smith unconscious during an incident where Raja slammed Smith and proceeded to punch him a total of 22^[a] times, 18 of which were to his head, at a KnokX Pro Wrestling event.^[5] Smith was sent to the hospital and was later reported to be in “stable but critical” condition, reportedly awake but missing teeth, and suffered broken bones in his face.^[2] Raja had been livestreaming to Kick at the time of the attack. KnokX Pro described it as "a planned and agreed upon wrestling spot, turned into a selfish, irresponsible act of violence".^[6] Quinton Jackson said he was "deeply concerned" and "very upset that any of this happened" and described it as a "work gone wrong".^[6]

After the incident, KnokX Pro removed mentions of WWE ID and WWE NIL from their branding, with Mike Johnson of Pro Wrestling Insider writing that it "would appear WWE has severed ties with the promotion and academy as part of the fallout of the Raja Jackson incident".^[7] On August 25, the KnokX Pro Academy was removed from the list of WWE ID-affiliated schools featured on the WWE Recruit site.^[8] In addition, Raja was banned from Kick.^[9]

On September 2, Smith was released from the hospital and returned to his home to recover.^[10] In October, he retired from wrestling.^[11]

Notes

1. Some sources claim it was 23 punches^[4]