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Birth name
  
Theodore James Petty

Debut
  
1978

Weight
  
113 kg

Billed height
  
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Name
  
Rocco Rock

Education
  

Billed weight
  
250 lb (110 kg)

Role
  
Professional wrestler

Trained by
  
Afa Anoaʻi

Billed from
  
Height
  
1.88 m

Martial art
  
Boxing

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Ring name(s)
  
The Cheetah KidColonel DeKlerkThe Leopard MaskRocco RockFlyboy RoccoThe RockThe Executioner

Died
  
September 21, 2002, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Theodore James Petty (September 1, 1953 – September 21, 2002) was an American professional wrestler better known as "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, one half of The Public Enemy.

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Early life

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Petty graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in nutrition.

Professional wrestling career

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Following a brief boxing career, Petty started wrestling in 1978 as The Cheetah Kid.

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Petty wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance in 1990, appearing at Starrcade as Colonel DeKlerk. Along with Sergeant Krueger, he represented South Africa in a tag team match, but the team lost to The Steiner Brothers.

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In 1993, under the name Rocco Rock and formed a tag team named The Public Enemy with Johnny Grunge, with a gimmick of inner city criminals. The team first wrestled in the Universal Wrestling Federation and Extreme Championship Wrestling. In ECW, the team feuded with Terry Funk and The Gangstas and won the ECW Tag Team Championship four times. The teams's success in 1995 earned him his highest placement in the annual PWI 500, in which he was ranked #90.

In 1996, The Public Enemy signed with World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where they won the tag team title and feuded with The Nasty Boys. They continued to use some of the hardcore tactics that had made them famous in ECW, including the frequent use of tables in matches. He also made a few single-competition appearances as The Cheetah Kid during that time.

They were briefly in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1999 and competed in the short-lived Xtreme Wrestling Federation as the "South Philly Posse" with Jasmin St. Claire as their manager. Petty then competed as a singles wrestler on the independent circuit.

Death

Petty died of a heart attack on September 21, 2002, at the age of 49, while en route to a Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling show where he was scheduled to wrestle against Gary Wolfe in a match for the promotion's heavyweight title.

Legacy

Every year the IWA-Mid South professional wrestling promotion memorializes him by holding the Ted Petty Invitational tournament. Previous winners include A. J. Styles, Matt Sydal, Low Ki, and Mike Quackenbush.

In wrestling

  • Finishing moves
  • Powerbomb, usually through a table
  • Managers
  • Tod Gordon
  • Jazzy/Jasmin St. Clair
  • Kenny Casanova
  • Nicknames
  • "Flyboy"
  • Championships and accomplishments

  • Cauliflower Alley Club
  • Other honoree (1995)
  • Eastern Championship Wrestling / Extreme Championship Wrestling
  • ECW World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Johnny Grunge
  • i-Generation Superstars of Wrestling
  • i-Generation Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Johnny Grunge
  • Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
  • IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Main Event Championship Wrestling
  • MECW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Grunge
  • National Wrestling Alliance
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Grunge
  • NWA New Jersey
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Grunge
  • New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • Class of 2010
  • New-Wave Championship Wrestling
  • NWCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Grunge
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #457 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
  • Superstars of Wrestling
  • SOW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Johnny Grunge
  • Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling
  • TCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Grunge
  • Tri-State Wrestling Alliance
  • TWA Brass Knuckles Championship (1 time)
  • Universal Wrestling Alliance
  • UWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • UWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Grunge
  • Universal Wrestling Association
  • UWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • World Championship Wrestling
  • WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Grunge
  • Other Accomplishments
  • IPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Grunge
  • MCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Grunge
  • WCCA Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • WWWC Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Hardcore Hall of Fame (2002)
  • References

    Rocco Rock Wikipedia


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