New Jack charged with aggravated battery

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Georgia wrestler accused of stabbing opponent 14 times

 

The Associated Press - JACKSONVILLE, Fla.

 

A professional wrestler from Georgia, accused of stabbing his opponent 14 times with a prop during a match, has been arrested on a charge of aggravated battery.

 

Both wrestlers in the local Thunder Wrestling Federation event told police the prop was brought in as part of what in wrestling is known as "hard-core," where it is not uncommon to see such props as knives, chains, bats and barbed wire.

 

The event's promoter said it wasn't supposed to be hard-core.

 

Police charged Jerome Young, 41, of Smyrna, Ga., who goes by the ring name of New Jack, with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. He was being held under $40,003 bond Tuesday in the Duval County Jail. A court appearance was set for Nov. 2.

 

Young told police he and his opponent, William Jason Lane, 37, of Fruit Cove, planned before the match to use a piece of metal to inflict some injury. Lane, treated and released at Shands Jacksonville hospital, told officers he wasn't sure what happened but that "this is a dangerous sport," according to a police report.

 

Lane did not want to talk about the incident Tuesday, but a woman who said she was his girlfriend told The Florida Times-Union that the event was supposed to be hard-core but not violent.

 

"It wasn't supposed to happen like that. But it did, and he got hurt pretty bad," said Meghan Hancock.

 

Promoter Maurice Williams said he doesn't promote hard-core. "We wrestle. You won't see any barbed wire bats and chains."

 

Williams said wrestlers will be checked closely before future bouts.

 

"There will be nothing ever coming near Thunder again," he said.

 

Witnesses, including a Brunswick, Ga., police officer who videotaped the match, said it looked like it went past a routine wrestling match. Another witness said it looked like one wrestler lost control when he thought the other was "intentionally trying to hurt him," according to the police report.

 

A fan scooped up the metal object, which has not been recovered by police.

 

Jail records Tuesday gave no information on Young's legal representation.

[snuffbox 0]

The fuck?

 

I thought New Jack was retired...

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

He is........that was just an attempted homicide......so technically he's still retired.

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

This story is too stupid and poorly done for me to think it's real.

[Slickster 0]

http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=53153

 

It's real.

[Guest netslob]

oh, it's real...it was on the news here in Jacksonville.

 

DAMMIT, i could've been there!! i new about the show, but i flaked on the date and missed it. FUCK, i could've seen this live!

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

The event's promoter said it wasn't supposed to be hard-core.

 

Yet the promoter hired New Jack. Right.

 

Young told police he and his opponent, William Jason Lane, 37, of Fruit Cove, planned before the match to use a piece of metal to inflict some injury.

 

But it wasn't meant to be a hard core match.

 

Lane, treated and released at Shands Jacksonville hospital, told officers he wasn't sure what happened but that the sport is dangerous.

 

So...if this guy wanted to really press charges (since he'd likely be the one to make the complaint, right?) why would he basically kayfabe the police?

[The Amazing Rando 0]

I love the fact that a fan grabbed the weapon and took it. That's just bizarre in a sick sort of way.

[teke184 0]

This made it onto Drudge today... I was looking at the headlines at work and, when I saw that, I joked to myself that it was probably New Jack again.

 

Turns out I was right.

 

 

I move that New Jack be sterilized to prevent little dipshits showing up down the road.

[1234-5678 0]

The event's promoter said it wasn't supposed to be hard-core.

 

Yet the promoter hired New Jack. Right.

 

Ditto. So so ditto.

[thuganomics 0]

Let me get this straight... they hired New Jack, but didn't expect a hardcore match.

 

WTF was the promoter smoking?

[Slingshot Suplex 0]

Whatever opinion anyone has of New Jack and his "wrestling", this is a total bullshit charge.

 

The promoter is either a damn bold faced liar covering his own ass (probably) or a novice idiot promoter who booked New Jack without knowing what he does.

[Elbarto997 0]

Let me get this straight... they hired New Jack, but didn't expect a hardcore match.

Like, all of New Jack's matches are Hardcore Matches, has there ever been a match where he hasn't used a weapon.

[teke184 0]

Let me get this straight... they hired New Jack, but didn't expect a hardcore match.

Like, all of New Jack's matches are Hardcore Matches, has there ever been a match where he hasn't used a weapon.

At least one or two in Smokey Mountain...

 

However, he was notoriously lazy as a wrestler in ECW because he'd want to brawl instead of wrestling and doing spots. (Saturn and others have said this)

[Jingus 0]

Bill Behrens says that apparently the promotion knew it was a hardcore match and Jack's opponent wasn't that badly injured, so why he was arrested is anybody's guess.

 

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[LucharesuFan619 0]

Once in ECW, Tommy Dreamer vs. Jack was scheduled. Dreamer came out and got on the mic, saying Jack, tonight we're not going to do any hardcore; it's gonna be strictly wrestling. And they put on a 10 or 15 minute wrestling match with no weapons whatsoever.

[Scroby 0]

This really makes no sense to me. Who is pressing charges, the promoter or the guy he was "wrestling" in the ring? And does anyone know what New Jack used?

[Guest frowned]

Was I the only one who thought that this thread was just going to be based around a really bad pun?