When Pacman Jones makes his first television appearance in professional wrestling tonight, George Petraski wonders if the tables will be turned on the Titans cornerback.

Petraski and his friend Tom Urbanski have been pro wrestlers. They were also co-workers at a Las Vegas strip club on Feb. 19 when a melee was followed by gunfire that hit Urbanski and paralyzed him from the waist down.

Jones was also present. Later he was charged with two counts of felony coercion because he used threat or force to prevent bouncers from doing their jobs, authorities said. Two others were charged in the strip club melee, but no one has been charged with the shooting. Jones has a hearing in Las Vegas on Oct. 29.

Suspended by the NFL for an accumulation of off-field problems, Jones signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and appears tonight on TNA's iMPACT! (8 p.m., Spike). Sunday night he'll appear in a TNA pay-per-view show.

Petraski said he wonders if TNA co-founder Jeff Jarrett "has something up his sleeve" for Jones. Petraski said he and Urbanski have worked with Jarrett in the past.

"Maybe the joke might be on Pacman,' Petraski said. "Because Jeff knew us and he knew Tom and maybe he is saying, 'Hey, this guy is a clown, let's get him in here and hurt him.'

"In the wrestling business it's called a 'shoot,' and that is when it is real, when they try and take you out. A lot of guys know Tom, and us guys in wrestling are like a clique. They might beat Pacman into submission."

Jarrett wouldn't reveal Jones' role. The player's agent and attorney have insisted that Jones won't actually be wrestling, which could violate his contract with the Titans.

Urbanski remains hospitalized in Denver but is expected to return to his home in Las Vegas next week, Petraski said.