Rocco Rock
| Rocco Rock | |
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Rocco Rock in March 2002
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| Birth name | Theodore James Petty |
| Born | September 1, 1953 Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, United States |
| Died | September 21, 2002 (aged 49) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The Cheetah Kid Colonel DeKlerk The Leopard Mask Rocco Rock Flyboy Rocco The Rock The Executioner |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Billed weight | 250 lb (110 kg) |
| Billed from | Compton, California |
| Trained by | Afa Anoa'i |
| Debut | 1978 |
Theodore James "Ted" Petty (September 1, 1953 – September 21, 2002) was an American professional wrestler better known as "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, one half of The Public Enemy.
Petty graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in nutrition.
Following a brief boxing career, Petty started wrestling in 1978 as "The Cheetah Kid".
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.
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, 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.
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