2 Cold Scorpio has been arrested over a stabbing in Kansas City (Picture: WWE)
2 Cold Scorpio, a former wrestling champion, has been arrested over the stabbing of a man during a fight at a petrol station.
The 58-year-old WWE star, real name Charles Scaggs, claims the attack in Kansas City, Missouri, on June 15 was an act of self-defence.
He was working as a security guard at Love’s Travel Stop when at 3.40 am, a man reportedly lit up a cigarette inside the store.
Scaggs stated he told the man he couldn’t smoke inside but was rebuffed with thevictim becoming angry and stating ‘F you the f*** you gonna do?’
The victim claimed to TMZ that he did not spark the cigarette in the store, instead believing it to have been put out before he headed into the building.
After the confrontation, the two men are said to have gone outside where Scaggs claims the man tried to fight him.
Charles Scaggs has claimed it was all in self-defence (Picture: WWE)
During this scuffle, the former wrestler claimed he pulled a knife on the man and ‘violently stabbed him’, according to TMZ.
They continued to fight for several more moments and Scraggs is said to have stabbed him multiple times.
When the police arrived on scene the unnamed victim was found on the ground, having been stabbed in his head, chest, buttocks, legs and abdomen.
He passed in and out of consciousness and was taken to the local hospital, once stable he told cops that Scaggs had been the aggressor.
He last wrestled in 2021 but was prominent in the 80s and 90s (Picture: WWE)
Scaggs was issued with two felony charges; one count of first-degree assault and one count of armed criminal action.
He was released on bail and has pleaded not guilty, with a court date set for next month.
Also going by the name Flash Funk, Scaggs broke into wrestling in 1985 and competed for several promotions including WWE.
In the early 90s, Scaggs as 2 Cold Scorpio won a WCW Tag Team Championship with Buff Bagwell, real name Marcus.
Scaggs was last in the professional ring in 2021, losing to The Blood Hunter in his PCW Ultra debut in October 2022.
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