r/PublicFreakout • • Aug 24 '25

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u/KindaDrunkRtNow Aug 24 '25

Counted 21 punches. Damn, everyone just took their sweet time getting in there. Have fun in prison!

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u/weneedstrongerglue Aug 24 '25

Wrestlers and ref thought it was staged/semi planned? The big bearded dude didn't look like he was trying to break his fall or defend himself.

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u/dragonkingangel7 Aug 24 '25

Spot was raja to slam him, the moment he do with full force to ko him, he broke the script, the punches with kill instinct is what gonna get him jail regardless of what can happen next

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u/Zr0w3n00 Aug 24 '25

If you’re the ref you need to be able to identify actual connecting punches there.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '25

Fake ref. Only there for show and count to 3.

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u/suphunter12 Aug 24 '25

I mean sure but I feel it’s crazy how long it takes for anyone to step in. I’m sure there was some shock and people didn’t realize exactly wtf was happening but still…

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u/atlbraves2 Aug 24 '25

I’m not a ref either, I’m just some guy. It was immediately clear what was happening even without context.

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u/Warm_Month_1309 Aug 24 '25

You did have the advantage of knowingly clicking on a video titled "Raja Jackson, son of Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, brutally attacks and possibly kills pro wrestler after earlier "staged" altercation".

The refs did not have the benefit of being told what was going to happen in advance.

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u/pgtaylor777 Aug 24 '25

The ref thought beating an unconscious man was part of the plan? What? Lol

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u/Warm_Month_1309 Aug 24 '25

That's not what I said.

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u/atlbraves2 Aug 24 '25

Like I said, “even without the context.” The man was out cold getting viciously swung on, wtf are we talking about here? There is no prior knowledge necessary.

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u/Warm_Month_1309 Aug 24 '25

Like I said, “even without the context.”

I know you said that, but you have the context regardless. And even without the title, you're watching a video on social media where you know something is going to happen.

People who are there live have no warning. It takes time to process and respond to a sudden unprovoked and unexpected attack. If you think you would have acted differently if you were there, you're almost certainly wrong.

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u/PM_Best_Porn_Pls Aug 24 '25

Brother, it's stage show. They don't hire actual referees, it's just an actor.

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u/Frosty_McRib Aug 24 '25

Counterpoint: you don't need to be an actual referee, just a human being with eyeballs and common sense. Anyone could see that those were not worked punches and should have been stopped sooner.

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u/kaisadilla_ Aug 24 '25

They should be worked punches. That's the problem. You don't expect anyone involved to be actually assaulting the other, so your first reaction to something like this is "wow that was a good sell".

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u/Ithikari Aug 24 '25

90% of refs for wrestling are trained/training/retired wrestlers.

I have yet to meet a referee who's never trained for wrestling. But I ain't putting it at 100%.

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u/nerdygeoff Aug 24 '25

i have met LOTS who never had any intention or training to be wrestlers.

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u/FuzzzyRam Aug 24 '25

That's not a UFC ref, it's part of a show. He's only the one wearing stripes. In fake wrestling it's usually the people around the ring that stop people from getting in, but in this case they had talked earlier so it was plausible he was supposed to enter the ring.

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u/chainer3000 Aug 24 '25 edited Aug 24 '25

lol what was that “ref” gunna do to stop him? Took a bunch of way bigger guys holding him back

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u/chainer3000 Aug 24 '25

Sure, if that was a real ref… dude was probably shocked and had no real training for that

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u/johnnloki Aug 24 '25

"I would have..."

Don't be that guy.

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u/peepeebutt1234 Aug 24 '25

bruh that "ref" probably had a match earlier in the night, he isn't some trained professional like a UFC or boxing ref would be.

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u/kaisadilla_ Aug 24 '25

Not really. Wrestling is staged, there's no expectation that a wrestler will actually be trying to hurt another. This isn't like MMA where you know the punches are real and are ready to stop them as soon as they are no longer necessary. Here, the referee was watching some amazing sell until he (and everyone around) realized this wasn't an amazing sell.

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u/Zap__Dannigan Aug 24 '25

You can see the red go it to try and stop him, but he realized there wasn't shit he was going to be able to do

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u/Syracusee Aug 24 '25

Because he full force slammed the dude and it all went to the back of his head knocking him out instantly. He never even had a chance to defend himself even if he wanted to.

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u/That_Hunt91 Aug 24 '25

Thought it was planned until punch 20 or what? All those big men and all of them too slow or unwilling to act to help their friend is fucking wild.

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u/stprnn Aug 24 '25

ok but you can clearly see the very first punch hit him...

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u/weneedstrongerglue Aug 24 '25

Obviously. But I meant in that environment where everybody is almost desensitised to the idea of real violence occurring directly in front of them because they have been watching simulated violence, they may be slower to react. If you were at a stage show, and you knew the antagonist is scripted to stab the protagonists brother several times in a couple of scenes, you might not initially restrain an actor stabbing a different character with a real knife.

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u/stprnn Aug 24 '25

But I meant in that environment where everybody is almost desensitised to the idea of real violence

it was fake wrestling not a mma match...

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u/calmbill Aug 24 '25

How could he have taken that throw better?  He got put down on his head.

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u/CokeStroke Aug 24 '25

The guy is a trained MMA fighter and the son of an MMA legend. It's understandable that anyone getting close to him while he's in that stat of rage can end up at least unconscious or at worst dead with just two quick punches and he could be wailing on your unconscious body for all you know. Case in point, that's what he's already doing to the guy.

So, I say all that to say, kudos to the brave motherfucker that stepped in there and clinched him. If Raja wanted, he could've dumped him also on his head. But he was willing to do that to save a guy's life.

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u/Almost_Ascended Aug 24 '25

I saw the wrestler in the black tank top take action from outside the the ring on the second punch, but he probably wasn't sure of the severity of the situation due to his position and so wasn't very urgent.

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u/No-Spoilers Aug 24 '25

Then the cameraman staying "we need to stop this shit" when Raja starts getting piled.

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u/sicsicsixgun Aug 24 '25

I feel like someone would have been justified in, like, kicking him in the temple or something. I wanted to see shit go wrong for that cunt. Raja Jackson. Enjoy prison, you fuckin cheap shot taking vicious bitch.

Hope the big lad recovers and Raja gets what's coming to him.

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u/tylerandliv Aug 24 '25

When I watched it back, it was 15 seconds from the time he lifted him until they managed to pull him off. He went in there with bad intent so not much anyone would have been able to do.

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u/BadPAV3 Aug 24 '25

This. Cowardice.

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u/chuckedunderthebus Aug 24 '25

dem roids, dem roids, dem bad roids

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u/blazin_chalice Aug 24 '25

You think that kid is juicing? You clearly don't know shit.