A fan has been arrested after they attacked Seth Rollins on Raw.
On Monday’s edition of Raw which emanated from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, Seth Rollins was walking up the ramp following his in-ring segment with Finn Balor when a fan jumped the guardrail and attacked him. Officials were quick to intervene the situation, with the fan being taken away while Rollins stood on the ramp.
Another angle of the fan who attacked Seth Rollins pic.twitter.com/wxhJGAdbah
— HeelByNature.com (@HeelByNatureYT) November 23, 2021
In an update from ESPN’s Marc Raimondi, NYPD arrested the fan, named Elisah Spencer, and charged him with attempted assault and attempted violation of arts and cultural affairs (disrupting live sporting event).
Elisah Spencer, 24, has been charged with attempted assault and attempted violation of arts and cultural affairs (disrupting live sporting event) for his attack on WWE wrestler Seth Rollins during the Raw television show Monday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, per the NYPD.
— Marc Raimondi (@marc_raimondi) November 23, 2021
The report from NYPD noted that Rollins suffered swelling to the lip as a result of the attack, however he refused medical attention.
Per police, Rollins suffered swelling to his lip, but refused medical attention. More coming to @espn.
— Marc Raimondi (@marc_raimondi) November 23, 2021
The attacker has now taken to his Instagram account to comment on the situation, revealing private messages from 2019 in which a fake account pretending to be Seth Rollins scammed and catfished him.
The attacker also posted a video to his Instagram story in which he thanked various wrestlers, claimed his cousin was Roman Reigns and claimed that Goldberg and Vince McMahon booked him to attack Rollins. The video can be seen below.
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