Mark Rocco
English professional wrestler (1951–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mark Hussey (11 May 1951 – 30 July 2020)[1] was an English professional wrestler who competed for Joint Promotions, All Star Wrestling and the second BWF as Mark "Rollerball" Rocco and as the original masked Black Tiger in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) during the 1970s and 1980s. A fourth-generation wrestler, he was the son of British wrestler "Jumping" Jim Hussey and the father of boxer Jono "Rocco" Hussey.
Mark Rocco | |
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Birth name | Mark Hussey |
Born | (1951-05-11)11 May 1951 Manchester, England |
Died | 30 July 2020(2020-07-30) (aged 69) Warrington, Cheshire, England |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Mark Rocco Black Tiger |
Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Billed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Trained by | Colin Joynson |
Debut | 1969 |
Retired | 1989 |
Regularly appearing on ITV's World of Sport and the later standalone ITV Wrestling show, he feuded with many of the top light heavyweight wrestlers of the era including Marty Jones, the Dynamite Kid, "Iron Fist" Clive Myers, Kendo Nagasaki and Satoru Sayama (billed in the UK as "Sammy Lee") in England. He and Sayama also feuded in Japan while both under masks, Sayama as Tiger Mask and Rocco as his nemesis Black Tiger.[2][3]