What is Matt Cappotelli?
'''Matthew Lee Cappotelli''' (November 12, 1979 – June 29, 2018) was an American [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. He was born in [[Caledonia, New York]]. He won the ''[[WWE Tough Enough#Tough Enough III|Tough Enough III]]'' with [[John Morrison (wrestler)|John Hennigan]]. He worked in [[Ohio Valley Wrestling]] (OVW), the primary developmental territory for [[WWE]]. In July 2017, Cappotelli was diagnosed with [[glioblastoma]], a rare form of [[brain cancer]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/matt.cappotelli/posts/10155814054621151 |title=Matt Cappotelli |date=2017-07-14 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en |access-date=2017-07-13}}</ref> He stopped his cancer treatment in May 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/news.html|title=Slam! Wrestling News|date=May 21, 2018|access-date=May 21, 2018|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6zaSrvXDO?url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/news.html|archive-date=May 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pwinsider.com/article/117610/matt-cappotelli-to-discontinue-treatments-in-his-battle-against-cancer-how-you-can-assist-his-family.html?p=1|title=Matt Cappotelli to discontinue treatments in his battle against cancer, how you can assist his family|date=May 21, 2018|last=Johnson|first=Mike|access-date=May 21, 2018|work=PWInsider}}</ref> He died on June 29, 2018 in [[Louisville, Kentucky]], aged 38.<ref>{{cite web|last=Xu|first=Linda|url=https://www.thewrap.com/matt-cappotelli-former-wwe-wrestler-tough-enough-winner-dies-38/|title=Matt Cappotelli, Former WWE Wrestler and ‘Tough Enough’ Winner, Dies at 38|date=June 29, 2018|access-date=June 29, 2018|website=[[TheWrap]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cappotelli, Matt}} [[Category:1979 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from glioblastoma]] [[Category:American professional wrestlers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from New York (state)]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}