Ex-WWE star 2 Cold Scorpio arrested over stabbing incident at Kansas City gas station, pleads not guilty

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI: Former WWE star 2 Cold Scorpio has been taken into custody after allegedly stabbing a man.

Born as Charles Scaggs, he was reportedly involved in an argument with a customer at the gas station over a lit cigarette, per court documents.

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The confrontation took place at a Love's Travel Stop on 3201 Ameristar Dr in Kansas City, Missouri, according to the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department.

Scaggs, who was working as a security guard at the store, asked the customer to stop smoking inside, which escalated the tension between the two. 

They both went outside, where Scaggs took out his knife and allegedly attacked the customer. The authorities were called around 3.40 am at a gas station over the wounding, reported TMZ.

As per documents, the customer denied having lit a cigarette inside the store, and the ex-wrestler was slapped with a first-degree assault charge, and one count of armed criminal action, per the outlet.

Scaggs, who was arrested on June 15, had denied the charges and will be presented in court in July.

"The victim had numerous cut and stab wounds and was transported to the hospital for treatment," police said in a statement to The US Sun.

The 58-year-old, who was also known as "Flash Funk," made a breakthrough in the wrestling arena in 1985, and dominated the wrestling scene in the 1990s.

Scaggs had also won several other major championships like the ECW World Tag Team Championship and ECW World Television Championship.

Steven Mendoza: Gas station clerk killed during overnight shift

In a related attack, MEAWW previously reported four teenagers in Houston were facing capital murder charges in connection with the tragic shooting of convenience store clerk Steven Mendoza.

Mendoza, lovingly called "Fluffy" by others, was fatally shot during an overnight shift at a gas station near Hobby Airport on March 20, 2024.

The arrests of two suspects, aged 16 or younger, occurred over the past two and a half weeks and were announced by the Houston Police Department.

Two 14-year-olds were apprehended by HPD's Southeast Division Crime Suppression team approximately a week after the murder.