The brother of WWE star Kurt Angle has been charged with assault for picking up a young wrestler by the neck and throwing him to the ground after he lost a match.

Eric Angle, 51, was caught on camera picking up the 12-year-old boy by his neck at the Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling championships in Pittsburgh on Saturday.

Witnesses said the wrestling coach was angry the boy had just lost a match.

Eric Angle, 51, was caught on camera picking up the 12-year-old boy by his neck at the Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling championships in Pittsburgh on Saturday

Footage of the incident shows Angle lifting the boy by his neck before throwing him towards the mat.

Angle could be seen screaming in the boy's face when he got back up on his feet.

The wrestling coach was escorted from the competition and charged with assault by University of Pittsburgh Police.

'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.

Witnesses said the wrestling coach was angry the boy had just lost a match. Footage of the incident shows Angle lifting the boy by his neck before throwing him towards the mat

Angle (pictured above), who is a former pro wrestler and brother of WWE star Kurt Angle, was escorted from the competition and charged with assault by University of Pittsburgh Police

Angle, who runs the Angle Elite Wrestling, said he was trying to keep the boy from making a mistake in the tournament.

Footage of the incident appeared on social media soon after and had people calling for Angle to be banned permanently from the sport.

Angle is the brother of professional WWE wrestler Kurt Angle.

He is also a former pro wrestler himself and appeared in the WWE in 2003.