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Personal Data
Birthday:
01.09.1953
Birthplace:
Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, USA
Day of death:
21.09.2002 (at the age of 49)
Cause of death:
Herzinfarkt
Gender:
male
Height:
5' 10" (178 cm)
Weight:
251 lbs (114 kg)
Background in sports:
Boxen

Career Data
Roles:
Singles Wrestler (1978 - 2002)
Tag Team Wrestler (1978 - 2002)
Beginning of in-ring career:
1978
End of in-ring career:
2002
In-ring experience:
24 years
Wrestling style:
Allrounder
Trainer:
Nicknames:
"Flyboy"
Signature moves:
Table Bomb

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6.02
Current Total Rating (?)
Valid votes: 64
Number of comments: 16
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Average rating: 6.02  [64]
Average rating in 2025: 6.33  [3]
Average rating in 2024: 4.00  [1]
Average rating in 2023: 5.13  [8]
Average rating in 2022: 5.50  [2]
Average rating in 2021: 5.40  [5]
Average rating in 2020: 6.00  [3]
Average rating in 2019: 6.00  [1]
Average rating in 2018: 5.00  [3]
Average rating in 2017: 5.50  [2]
Average rating in 2016: 6.25  [4]
Average rating in 2014: 7.00  [1]
Average rating in 2013: 5.50  [2]
Average rating in 2012: 7.50  [2]
Average rating in 2011: 7.00  [3]
Average rating in 2010: 6.00  [1]
Average rating in 2009: 6.00  [1]
Average rating in 2008: 6.86  [7]
Average rating in 2007: 6.27  [15]
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Conquistador37 wrote on 20.04.2025:
[5.0] "This is going to be a very short & straight forward review. There is the Cheetah Kid material (very good, 8! ) and the "Flyboy" Rocco Rock Material (1.5). The math equals 4.75"
Itayboi wrote on 25.07.2024:
[4.0] "The better of the 2 public enemy and my a fair bit aswell. He could move pretty well and had the basics down but still did not wow me ofte, could cut a good promo but most of the time he was doing the public enemy silly fast tallking idiot bit that i am not a fan of, not a guy i hate to see but i cant say im exited when i see him either"
Shadow Explosion wrote on 19.09.2023:
[1.0] "Look I don't know how he is a singles guy, I know he had his own memorial tournament which is nice and all. But man I never liked watching him and Grunge wrestle at all, the Public Enemy were super boring even as hardcore wrestlers. Here Comes the Hotstepper is a top tier track and really shows anyone could've gotten over using that theme."
Giantfan1980 wrote on 26.05.2023:
[4.0] "I rate him about the same as Grunge. Both were at home doing the spotty weaponized brawling street fights."
AnB wrote on 03.05.2021:
[5.0] "Marginally better than his tag team partner Johnny Grunge, but main selling points are still the same, ability to take a beating. WIthout the team and a certain brilliant manager, there's not much here."
JEK 1991 wrote on 02.03.2019:
[6.0] "Not the greatest. Best peak was with Johnny Grunge as the Public Enemy. He was not bad as the Cheetah Kid who wrestled as a crusierweight back in the day. You could say he was a pioneer of the high flyers and crusierweights."
RatingsMachine wrote on 18.11.2018:
[4.0] "Ted looked a lot better than he actually was because he was tagged up with a really bad wrestler in Johnny Grunge. Not that Petty was bad, because he wasn't. But once he died, people started talking like he was one of the greats, which he wasn't."
DaWizWithAD wrote on 08.07.2018:
[6.0] "The worker of Public Enemy, he was the one usually taking the big bumps and doing the big moves. I used to think he has the greater potential to break out between the 2 but having learned he was actually in his 40s at Public Enemy's peak I've backtracked on that."
DanTalksRasslin wrote on 04.07.2016:
[7.0] "Somewhat of a late-bloomer, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock competed for well over a decade in both the US and Japan before gaining notable recognition as half of the popular ECW tag team Public Enemy. The smaller and faster of the duo, he was perfect for the role as face-in-peril when his team was on the defensive, and wowing the crowd with his high spots when on the offensive. While he could perhaps have been successful in a cruiserweight division as a single, his age at the time he really hit ensured he would remain primarily in the tag team ranks - and that wasn't a bad thing, as it earned him a plethora of tag team championships, including four reigns in ECW as well as short runs with the WCW and NWA tag straps."
Leone wrote on 06.10.2012:
[8.0] "An underrated wrestler who spent a majority of his physical prime working in Japan as the Cheetah Kid, Rocco Rock didn't gain much recognition as a wrestler until Paul Heyman decided to do something completely different with him. He was paired up with Johnny Grunge, and given a hip hop gimmick. Something that you would not expect a 40 year old (and white) wrestler to be doing at that point in his career, and in that point in time, and yet, he managed to pull it off very effectively, and they went on to become 1 of the most popular tag teams of the mid 1990s. Rocco was easily the more agile of the 2 wrestlers, and also took more risks, such as rolling sentons through tables or a moonsault off the top of a cage through 2 tables. When other 40+ year olds were adjusting their style to suit their age/injury-based limitations, Rocco Rock was still pulling out lucha libre moves and mixing them with the hardcore style of the time. Overall, a good wrestler, fun to watch, and is missed."
Witchfinder wrote on 20.08.2012:
[7.0] "Rocco Rock was a very good wrestler, but in 2002 he had his last match and in the same year he died."