Antonino Rocca
Rocca in 1956 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Antonino Biasetton 13 April 1921 |
| Died | 15 March 1977 (aged 55) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Antonino Rocca Argentina Rocca |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Billed weight | 224 lb (102 kg) |
| Billed from | Argentina |
| Trained by | Stanislaus Zbyszko |
| Debut | 1942 |
| Retired | 1976 |
Antonino Biasetton (13 April 1921 – 15 March 1977) was an Italian-Argentine professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Antonino Rocca. He innovated the "high-flying" style of wrestling in the United States, and was best known for his work with Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC), later known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWF), both as a singles wrestler and in a tag team with Miguel Pérez.
Rocca proved especially popular with Hispanic and Italian audiences in New York, where he was long based. He was a one-time NWA World Tag Team Champion (with Pérez) and the inaugural NWA/WWWF International Heavyweight Champion. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 1995 and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996.