Stephanie Ingersoll

USA TODAY NETWORK – TENNESSEE

CLARKSVILLE — A professional wrestler known as "Crimson" is accused of headbutting his wife outside a Clarksville hotel early Sunday morning.

According to an arrest warrant, Clarksville police were called to a domestic assault outside Mid Town Inn on Kraft Street at 1:33 a.m. after someone called 911 and said a man in a while T-shirt headbutted a woman. When police arrived, the woman told them everything was fine as she attempted to pull her husband away from officers.

She had blood coming from her nose and lip, according to an arrest warrant.

Her husband, Anthony Gregory Mayweather, 31, was charged with domestic assault. He is a professional wrestler best known for his work with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. His stage names have been "Tommy Mercer" and "Crimson."

His wife, Heather Mayweather, told police that she fell down and nothing physical happened between the two, according to an arrest warrant.

Anthony Mayweather also said nothing physical happened but "was very defensive about officers asking his wife questions about what happened," the warrant states.

A security guard from a nearby restaurant told police he witnessed Anthony Mayweather headbutt Heather Mayweather in her face.

Anthony Mayweather, who gave a Dabney Lane address, was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on $2,500 bond.

Heather Mayweather, 32, was also arrested and charged with public intoxication. According to her arrest warrant, she had slurred speech and was uneasy on her feet. The warrant states she was a danger to herself. She was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on $439 bond.

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