A 24-year-old man from Brooklyn has been arrested following an attack on wrestler Seth Rollins during the live broadcast of WWE's Monday Night Raw at the Barclays Center last night. Thankfully, Rollins walked away relatively unharmed.
The attacker, named by police as Elisah Spencer, came at Rollins as he was walking ringside during the event. As can be seen in the tweeted footage below, Spencer tackled Rollins to the floor where the pair remained until security and WWE officials were able to separate them.
Seth Rollins just attacked by fan??? #RAW #WWE pic.twitter.com/FIv6csAW28
— Tommy Lavelle (@tomlavelles) November 23, 2021
According to the NYPD (as reported by ESPN) Spencer is being charged with an attempted violation of arts and cultural affairs (for the disruption of a live sporting event) as well as attempted assault on Rollins. In the article, the NYPD confirmed that the event had taken place at around 21:20 local time, at which point Spencer jumped the metal barricade that separates fans from the action before attacking Rollins.
The wrestler is said to have refused medical attention despite suffering swelling to his lip and was able to walk away from the incident once the attacker had been restrained.
Despite footage of the altercation appearing on social media, WWE cameras were relatively quick to cut away from the scene. "WWE takes the safety of its performers very seriously," the wrestling organization told ESPN in a statement. "The individual who attacked Seth Rollins has been turned over to the NYPD and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.