Roadblock (wrestler)
| Birth name | Joseph D'Acquisto |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 30, 1952 Rochester, New York, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | little Joe Nasty Golden Terrier The Mummy Road Block The Rochester Roadblock Torre Infernal The Wild Thing Masked Inferno |
| Billed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Billed weight | 350 lb (160 kg)- 430 lb (200 kg) |
| Trained by | Larry Sharpe |
| Debut | October 28, 1987 |
| Retired | January 5, 2012 |
Joseph D'Acquisto (born October 30, 1952) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the 1990s under the ring name The Roadblock.
D'Acquisto debuted on October 28, 1987. He competed in New England and East Coast independent promotions during the 1980s and 1990s, most notably as a mainstay of International World Class Championship Wrestling, where he wrestled as The Rochester Roadblock. In 1990, D'Acquisto was the subject of an article by journalist Glen Duffy published in Rolling Stone.
In 1992, D'Acquisto made several appearances with the Japanese W*ING promotion, where he feuded with Jason the Terrible. He would also wrestle for the Universal Wrestling Association in Mexico, where he competed under the masked gimmick of Torre Infernal (Infernal Tower) and after months of chaos D'Acquisto lost his mask in a match against the legendary UWA World Heavyweight Championship El Canek.
During the late 1990s, D'Acquisto competed as a preliminary wrestler for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as The Roadblock. In keeping with his ring name, D'Acquisto would carry a roadblock or a sawhorse to the ring. Roadblock made his televised debut in WCW on the October 19, 1996 episode of Saturday Night by defeating Dale Wolfe, a replacement for D'Acquisto's originally scheduled opponent Randy Savage. Two nights later, Roadblock made his Monday Nitro debut in a loss to Lex Luger. He made his only pay-per-view appearance in WCW at World War 3 on November 24 by participating in the eponymous battle royal for a future World Heavyweight Championship opportunity. He was eliminated by the eventual winner The Giant.
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