Rocco Rock

Education

Petty graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in nutrition.

Career

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.

The team first wrestled in the Universal Wrestling Federation and Extreme Championship Wrestling.

The teams"s success in 1995 earned him his highest placement in the annual PWI 500, in which he was ranked #90. They continued to use some of the hardcore tactics that had made them famous in ECW, including the frequent use of tables in matches.

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 Saint Claire as their manager. Petty then competed as a singles wrestler on the independent circuit.

Petty died of a heart attack on September 21, 2002, at the age of 49, while en route to a Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling show where he was scheduled to wrestle against Gary Wolfe in a match for the promotion"s heavyweight title.

Every year the International Water Association-Mid South professional wrestling promotion memorializes him by holding the Ted Petty Invitational tournament. Previous winners include A. J. Styles, Matt Sydal, Low Ki, and Mike Quackenbush. Finishing moves

Powerbomb, usually through a table

Managers

Tod Gordon

Jazzy/Jasmin Saint Clair

Kenny Casanova

Nicknames

"Flyboy"

Cauliflower Alley Club

Other honoree (1995)

Eastern Championship Wrestling / Extreme Championship Wrestling

ECW World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Johnny Grunge

Hardcore Hall of Fame (2002)

i-Generation Superstars of Wrestling

i-Generation Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Johnny Grunge

Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South

International Water Association Mid-South Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Main Event Championship Wrestling

MECW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Grunge

National Wrestling Alliance

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

NWA New Jersey

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

New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame

Class of 2010

New-Wave Championship Wrestling

NWCW 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

Superstars of Wrestling

SOW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Johnny Grunge

Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling

TCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Grunge

Tri-State Wrestling Alliance

Trans World Airlines Brass Knuckles Championship (1 time)

Universal Wrestling Alliance

University of Western Australia Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

University of Western Australia Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Grunge

Universal Wrestling Association

University of Western Australia Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

World Championship Wrestling

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

Other titles

IPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Grunge

MCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Grunge

WCCA Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

WWWC Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time).

Achievements

• In ECW, the team feuded with Terry Funk and The Gangstas and won the ECW Tag Team Championship four times. In 1996, The Public Enemy signed with World Championship Wrestling, where they won the tag team title and feuded with The Nasty Boys.