Matt Cappotelli

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Matt Cappotelli


Statistics
Ring name(s)	The Flava Matt Cappotelli
Billed height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Billed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Born	November 12, 1979 Rochester, New York
Resides	Kalamazoo, MI
Billed from	Kentucky
Trained by	Al Snow Bill DeMott Ivory Nick Dinsmore
Debut	January 27, 2003
Retired	Unknown

Matthew Lee Cappotelli (born November 12, 1979 in Rochester, New York) is an American professional wrestler, currently working in Ohio Valley Wrestling, a developmental territory of World Wrestling Entertainment. He has postponed his career, due to a malignant brain tumor. It is unknown at this time whether Matt Cappotelli will rejoin the WWE or find a career outside of wrestling.

1 Career
2 Finishing and signature moves
3 Personal Life
4 Trivia
5 Championships and accomplishments
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Career

Cappotelli, along with John Hennigan, won a WWE contract by winning Tough Enough III. He was then sent to OVW in order to continue his training and work on his vocal skills. In OVW, Cappotelli formed a face tag team known as The Thrill Seekers with Johnny Jeter.

Cappotelli was embroiled in controversy when one of the Tough Enough trainers, Bob "Hardcore" Holly, assaulted him in the course of a practice match, leaving him bruised and bloody. Holly later accidentally concussed Cappotelli while wrestling him at a live event on April 24, 2004.

On July 31, 2005, Cappotelli suffered a broken fibula during a match against The Blond Bombers (Chad and Tank Toland) at an OVW event in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, in which he landed awkwardly after a suplex. He was out of action for approximately eight weeks.

His entrance theme is entitled "The Slam" and is performed by Toby Mac.

On November 9, 2005, at an OVW television taping, Cappotelli captured the OVW Heavyweight Championship by defeating his former tag team partner, Johnny Jeter, who would later be called up into WWE as part of the Spirit Squad.

WWE were planning to bring Cappotelli up into the main roster but before this could happen, he was diagnosed with a grade 2 astrocytoma in December 2005. He was scheduled to undergo tests to further diagnose the tumor and plan treatment.

On February 8, 2006, he announced the brain tumor was indeed cancerous and surrendered the title to OVW owner Danny Davis during an emotional speech at a television taping in Louisville, Kentucky. Since then he was due to have the brain tumor removed. Matt Cappotelli is planning on surgery when he starts to show symptoms.

Cappotelli is a frequent guest on The Pain Clinic pro wrestling radio talk show in his hometown of Rochester, New York. Cappotelli also recently opened up a Christian clothing company, Faith Ink.

Matt was on R News on September 12, 2006 to talk about his new company. He was also on The Pain Clinic the following Saturday.

Matt Cappotelli announced to OVW wrestlers and fans April 4th that he will be undergoing surgery for brain cancer in Boston, MA on May 1.

[edit] Finishing and signature moves

Cappotelli Kick (Superkick)
Atomic drop
Powerbomb
Leg drop

[edit] Personal Life

He married Lindsay Seeders on March 14, 2006, in Maui, Hawaii.

He has been diagnosed with a two of four brain cancer and is waiting for himself to show symptoms before doing anything about it. Matt said that it will most likely be chemo for him.

He is a Born Again Christian.

[edit] Trivia

Cappotelli opened Faith Ink, for reasons of his faith in God and Jesus. Many celebrities, WWE Superstars and members of various bands have been seen wearing shirts from the store.