Rocco Rock
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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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[edit] Career
Ted Petty started wrestling in 1978 as The Cheetah Kid after graduating from Rutgers University with a degree in nutrition and a brief boxing career.
In 1993, he used the name Rocco Rock and formed the team of The Public Enemy with Johnny Grunge in Extreme Championship Wrestling. They feuded with the "Gangstas" and won 4 ECW Tag Team Titles.
In 1996, they wrestled in World Championship Wrestling where they won the tag team titles and feuded with The Nasty Boys. They had many violent hardcore rules matches with them.
They were briefly in the World Wrestling Federation in 1999 and competed in the short-lived Xtreme Wrestling Federation as the "South Philly Posse" with Jasmin St. Claire as their manager.
Petty was competing as a singles wrestler in the independents when he died of a heart attack on September 21, 2002. He was 49 years old.
Every year IWA-MS celebrates him by holding the Ted Petty Invitational. Previous winners include AJ Styles and Matt Sydal.
[edit] Profile
- Height: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
- Weight: 251 lb (114 kg)
- Birthday: September 1, 1953
- Date of death: September 21, 2002 (Heart attack)
- Hometown: Woodbridge, New Jersey
- Resided: Middlesex, New Jersey
- Billed from: Compton, California
- Trainer: Afa Anoai
- Debut: 1978
- Previous identities: Colonel DeKlerk, The Cheetah Kid, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, The Executioner
[edit] Wrestling facts
[edit] Finishing and signature moves
- Drive By (assisted somerault senton, with Rocco Rock being thrown by Johnny Grunge)
[edit] Managers
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- 1-Time WCW World Tag Team Champion (with Johnny Grunge)
- 4-Time ECW World Tag Team Champion (with Johnny Grunge)
- 1-Time NWA Tag Team Champion (with Johnny Grunge)
- 1-Time NWA United States Tag Team Champion (with Johnny Grunge)
- 2-Time Superstars of Wrestling Tag Team Champion (with Johnny Grunge)
- 1-Time TCW Tag Team Champion (with Johnny Grunge)
- 1-Time MECW Tag Team Champion (with Johnny Grunge)
- 1-Time NWCW Tag Team Champion (with Johnny Grunge)
- 1-Time WCCA Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time IWA Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time WWWC Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time Tri-State Brass Knuckles Champion
[edit] Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 457 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
- Previous PWI 500 Rankings: #215(1999), #197(1998), #166(1997), #119(1996), #90(1995), #207(1994), #315(1993), #285(1992), #206(1991)
