{"id":134230,"date":"2022-03-01T11:36:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T17:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=134230"},"modified":"2022-03-01T11:36:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T17:36:29","slug":"cain-velasquez-charged-with-attempted-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/03\/01\/cain-velasquez-charged-with-attempted-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Cain Velasquez charged with attempted murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1927284713\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Former UFC Heavyweight Champion and WWE star, Cain Velasquez, has been charged with attempted murder after a shooting incident on Monday in San Jose.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/03\/01\/ufc-legend-cain-velasquez-arrested-booked-attempted-murder-charge\/\">TMZ<\/a> is reporting that Velasquez spent the night in jail and was arrested on charges. The report indicates that he was still in custody as of Tuesday morning with a court date set for Wednesday of this week.<\/p>\n<p>Velasquez appeared for WWE in 2019 and was a major reveal on Smackdown&#8217;s Fox debut. On that night, Velasquez confronted former UFC rival Brock Lesnar in the ring and then wrestled Lesnar in a match during a Saudi Arabia show. 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