Val Puccio
| Val Puccio | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 9, 1965 Bronx, New York |
| Died | January 7, 2011 (aged 45) Bronx, New York |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Big Malley Big Val Puccio Henchman Double Trouble #1 Chaos |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 475 lb (215 kg) to 530 lb (240 kg) |
| Trained by | Johnny Rodz |
| Debut | 1989 |
| Retired | 1997 |
Valentino "Val" Puccio (June 9, 1965 – January 7, 2011) was a professional wrestler best known under the ring names Val Puccio and Henchman and teaming with his twin brother Tony Pucci as "The Undertakers" and later as "Double Trouble".
Trained by Johnny Rodz, Puccio began his wrestling career in 1989 and worked for various northeast U.S. independent promotions for most of his career.
===International World Class Championship Wrestling (1989 - 1991) Teaming with his twin brother Tony the duo formed a tag team called "The Undertakers", with Val using the ring name Henchman and Tony worked as Punisher. The duo started in International Championship Wrestling (ICW; later renamed International World Class Championship Wrestling or IWCCW). On December 11, 1989 the Undertakers defeated a team known as the S & S Express (Vic Steamboat and Joe Savoldi to win the ICW Tag Team Championship. Their run with the championship only lasted 17 days as the Dynamic Duo (Phil Apollo and Eric Sbraccia) defeated them on a show in Portland, Maine. In March 1990 the Undetakers won the championship again, this time renamed the IWCCW Tag Team Championship. Almost a year later, on February 20, 1991 the Undertakers lost the championship to a team known as The Billion Dollar Babies (Mike Sampson and G.Q. Stratus).
After this the twins toured Japan, working for All Japan Pro Wrestling in February and March 1991. Their first match came on February 23, 1991 when they faced "The Land of Giants" duo of Butch Masters and Nitron. They also faced Mighty Inoue & Rusher Kimura, as well as Dean Malenko and Joe Malenko.
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