Eric Angle, the younger brother of WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle, has been charged with assault after being captured on video picking up a student he was coaching at an amateur wrestling meet by his neck at The Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, PA. Video shows Angle lifting the child off the ground and then throwing him back down on the mat.
WTAE reported that Angle claimed he was trying to "keep the child from messing up" but made things worse.
Angle was escorted from the venue after the incident and was charged by police with assault.
"I should have just walked away and let him get thrown out. Instead, I'm the one who embarrassed myself even more," Angle told Pittsburgh's Action News 4.
Angle was signed to a WWE developmental deal in 2000 after making an appearance at that year's Survivor Series PPV where he impersonated his brother during a match against The Undertaker. He was assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling at the time and wrestled for several years before being released in 2003. He worked a handful of post-WWE independent bouts in the Pittsburgh area before leaving pro wrestling.
Angle issued a statement via social media, but later deleted the post.
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