Joseph Savoldi

Infobox Wrestler
name=Joseph Fornini


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names="Jumping" Joe Savoldi
height= 6'0"
weight= 220 lbs.
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:"For the "original" professional wrestler known as "Jumping Joe" Savoldi, see Joe Savoldi."

Joseph Fornini, known by his ring name "Jumping" Joe Savoldi is an American professional wrestler and the son of wrestler Angelo Savoldi. He has also been claimed to be the grandson [ cite web |url=http://www.oklafan.com/bios/646/profile.html |title=Joe Savoldi |accessdate=2007-04-05 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=The Oklahoma Fan's Wrestling Resource Center |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] or grandnephew of the original "Jumping" Joe Savoldi, however this has since been disputed.

Savoldi has competed in North American and international promotions since the 1980s, most notably for his father's International World Class Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Council, Mid-South Wrestling (later Universal Wrestling Federation) and the National Wrestling Alliance. He has been part of two team teams, the New York Rockers with Al Perez and the S & S Express with Steve Simpson who would later hold the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship in 1985cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=4th Edition 2006 | id=ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 ] .

Savoldi later reformed the S & S Express with Vic Steamboat in ICW (the precursor to IWCCW) and would hold the tag-team titles twice during 1988 and 1989.

Contrary to the claims made by various wrestling publications over the years, neither Joseph nor anyone in his family is related to the wrestling star of the 1930s and '40s who also went by the name of "Jumping Joe" Savoldi.

Championships and accomplishments

*International Championship Wrestling :*ICW Heavyweight Championship (4 times) :*ICW Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Vic Steamboat

*International World Class Championship Wrestling:*IWCCW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

*National Wrestling Alliance:Regional:*NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Steve Simpson

*World Wrestling Council :*WWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Al Perez

*Pro Wrestling Illustrated:*PWI ranked him # 281 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1995:*PWI ranked him # 240 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1994:*PWI ranked him # 160 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1993:*PWI ranked him # 164 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1992:*PWI ranked him # 190 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1991

References

External links

* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/j/joe-savoldi.html Online World of Wrestling: Joe Savoldi]