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A Brooklyn male was arrested Monday night adhering to an attack on a WWE wrestler, a New York Police Section spokesperson advised ESPN.
Elisah Spencer, 24, ran at WWE star Seth Rollins and tackled him for the duration of the stay broadcast of WWE’s Monday Evening Raw at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The attacker and Rollins fought on the ground momentarily right up until safety and WWE officers, which includes referees, broke up the skirmish.
Spencer is getting billed with tried assault and attempted violation of arts and cultural affairs (disrupting a dwell sporting event), according to the NYPD. Law enforcement say that at about 9:20 p.m. neighborhood time, Spencer still left his seating segment, jumped the metal barricade and attacked Rollins, who suffered swelling to his lip.
Rollins refused health-related focus, in accordance to police.
The altercation could be viewed reside on television to begin with, but WWE cameras speedily lower absent when it was clear it wasn’t aspect of the script. A lot of spectators captured the incident with their cellphone cameras and posted it to social media.
“WWE usually takes the safety of its performers incredibly very seriously,” WWE reported in a assertion to ESPN. “The personal who attacked Seth Rollins has been turned around to the NYPD and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the legislation.”
Rollins, one of WWE’s largest stars and a previous WWE winner, was going for walks again towards the entrance way adhering to a Uncooked section with wrestler Finn Balor. As Rollins arrived at the best of the ramp, the attacker arrived operating at total velocity and around tackled Rollins, whose authentic name is Colby Lopez, to the ground. Rollins was able to stroll absent underneath his individual ability as soon as officers contained the attacker.
