Joseph Savoldi

Who is Joseph 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 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 in Puerto Rico, Mid-South Wrestling 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 1985.

Savoldi later reformed the S & S Express with Vic Steamboat in ICW 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 1940s, who also went by the name of "Jumping Joe" Savoldi.