Eddie CAPELLI

British Welterweight Champion

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	Eddie Capelli's entry in "The Who's Who of Wrestling"

	Feature from "The Wrestler", April 1962

	Feature from "The Wrestler", July 1962	Feature from "The Wrestler", March 1964

	Feature from "The Wrestler", April 1967

	Feature from "The Wrestler", November 1967

	Portrait	With Ken Joyce: European Tag Champions	Backbreaker on Leon Fortuna	Double knee drop to the arm from Jackie Pallo

Sequence of 5 pictures showing Eddie Capelli against the genius of George Kidd:

	Capelli with back to camera holds Kidd in side headlock	Kidd spins on his back - Capelli holds on to side headlock	Kidd applies arm hold with support on Capelli's shoulder

	Kidd brings left leg up to the arm support against Capelli's back. Capelli's foot leaves canvas in attempt to keep balance		Kidd spins right 90deg under off-balance Capelli catching him in a head scissors

Eddie Capelli vs Steve Grey was shown on satellite television's The Wrestling Channel on Saturday 29th July 2006. The channel shows re-runs of the old Saturday afternoon "World of Sport" wrestling. Here are some stills of Eddie Capelli from that match, which he won by the single pinfall required.

	Eddie Capelli's introduction	Side head chancery	Backhammer to Grey	Grey begins an armlock

	Squaring up	Semi-Japanese stranglehold	... continued with knee in back		Short arm scissors

	Close up of same hold	Grey tries to escape	Waiting for Grey to get up	More pressure from Capelli

	Towelling down from cornerman	Grey suffering in backhammer	Capelli grimaces	Grey works on Capelli's leg

	Capelli dishes out the punishment	Forearm smash catches Grey	No respite from Capelli's onslaught		Another perfect forearm smash

	And Grey has been softened up enough for Capelli to gain the winning pinfall	The winner, Capelli takes the applause

Many thanks to David Franklin for scanning and sending in the articles featuring Eddie Capelli from "The Wrestler" magazines.
Thanks to "The Wrestling Channel" for re-airing the old "World of Sport" match, from which the colour 'stills' were taken.

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