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UPDATED: WWE ID Affiliation Reportedly Pulled From KNOKX Pro Wrestling
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UPDATE: KnokX Pro Wrestling is no longer a WWE ID-affiliated school following the incident involving Raja Jackson, per a new report. F4W Online’s Bryan Alvarez reports that according to his sources, WWE has pulled KnokX Pro’s ID affiliation over the matter.
This comes after KnokX Pro pulled the WWE ID branding from hits social media and the WWE ID Twitter account unfollowed KnokX Pro, Rikishi, and head trainer Black Pearl.
ORIGINAL: WWE has removed KNOKX Pro from their Talent Recruitment website, reports PWInsider. KNOKX Pro was listed on the site as recently as yesterday.
This follows KNOKX Pro removing the WWE ID branding from their social media accounts earlier today and the WWE ID X account unfollowing the KNOKX Pro X account, as well as the accounts of Rikishi, who owns KNOKX Pro, and Black Pearl, who is the head trainer at the school.
For what it’s worth, KNOKX Pro continues to display the WWE ID logo on their website, though it appears as if the website has not been updated recently.
This all comes in the aftermath of this weekend’s incident that saw Raja Jackson, the son of UFC legend Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, legitimately attacked independent wrestler Stewart Smith at the KNOKX Pro show in California on Saturday night. The vicious beatdown went viral on social media. KNOKX Pro issued an apology over the incident, as did Rampage Jackson. And the LAPD has opened an investigation into the incident.