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Theodore James "Ted" Petty
Statistics
Ring name(s)	The Cheetah Kid Colonel DeKlerk Rocco Rock Flyboy Rocco The Executioner
Billed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Billed weight	251 lb (114 kg)
Born	September 1, 1953[1] Woodbridge, New Jersey[1]
Died	September 21, 2002 (aged 49)[2] Philadelphia, PA
Resides	Middlesex, New Jersey
Billed from	Compton, California
Trained by	Afa Anoa'i[1]
Debut	1979

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.^[2]

Contents 1 Career 2 Wrestling facts 2.1 Finishing and signature moves 2.2 Managers 3 Championships and accomplishments 4 References 5 External links

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.^[2]

Petty wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance in 1990, appearing at Starrcade as Colonel DeKlerk. Along with Sergeant Krueger, he represented Africa in a tag team match, but the team lost to The Steiner Brothers.^[3]

In 1993, he used the name Rocco Rock and formed the team of The Public Enemy with Johnny Grunge in the Universal Wrestling Federation and Extreme Championship Wrestling.^[2][1] In ECW, the team feuded with the The Gangstas and won the ECW Tag Team Championship four times.^[4] Petty's success in 1995 earned him his highest placement in the annual PWI 500, in which he was ranked #90.^[5]

In 1996, The Public Enemy signed with World Championship Wrestling, where they won the tag team titles and feuded with The Nasty Boys.^[2] They continued to use some of the "extreme" tactics that had made them famous in ECW, including the frequent use of tables in match.^[1]

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.^[2]

Petty was competing as a singles wrestler in the independents when he died of a heart attack on September 21, 2002.^[2]

Every year IWA-MS celebrates him by holding the Ted Petty Invitational. Previous winners include AJ Styles and Matt Sydal, Low Ki, Danny Daniels and Mike Quackenbush.

• Drive By (assisted somerault senton, with Rocco Rock being thrown by Johnny Grunge)

• Tod Gordon
• Jasmin St. Clair

• Eastern Championship Wrestling | Extreme Championship Wrestling

• ECW Tag/ECW World Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Johnny Grunge

• Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South

• IWA Mid South Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Main Event Championship Wrestling

• MECW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Johnny Grunge

• NWA New England

• NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Johnny Grunge

• NWA New Jersey

• NWA United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Johnny Grunge

• Superstars Of Wrestling

• SOW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Johnny Grunge

• Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling

• TCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Johnny Grunge

• World Championship Wrestling

• WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Johnny Grunge

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him # 457 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003.^[6]

• Other Titles

• NWCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Johnny Grunge
• Tri-State Brass Knuckles Championship (1 time)
• WCCA Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• WWWC Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

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