Rocco Rock | |
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![]() Rocco Rock in March 2002 | |
Birth name | Theodore James Petty |
Born | September 1, 1953 Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, United States |
Died | September 21, 2002[1] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | (aged 49)
Alma mater | Rutgers University |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Antonino Rocca Jr. Cheetah Kid[2] Colonel DeKlerk The Executioner Flyboy Rocco The Leopard Mask[2] Mario Savoldi Rocco Rock The Rock |
Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[2] |
Billed weight | 250 lb (113 kg)[2] |
Billed from | Compton, California, United States South Africa (as Colonel DeKlerk) |
Trained by | Afa Anoa'i |
Debut | 1978 |
Theodore James Petty (September 1, 1953 – September 21, 2002) was an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name "Flyboy" Rocco Rock. Rock is best known for his appearances in Eastern Championship Wrestling / Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) alongside Johnny Grunge as the Public Enemy during the 1990s. He was a four-time ECW World Tag Team Champion, a one-time WCW World Tag Team Champion, and a one-time NWA World Tag Team Champion.