Roadblock (wrestler)
| Roadblock | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Joseph D'Acquisto |
| Born | October 30, 1960 Rochester, New York, United States[1][2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Little Joe Nasty[3] Masked Inferno[3] Roadblock[1][2] The Rochester Roadblock[1][2] Torre Infernal[1] The Wild Thing[3] Golden Retriever[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 10 in (208 cm)[4] |
| Billed weight | 375 lb (170 kg)[4] |
| Billed from | Rochester, New York, United States |
| Trained by | Larry Sharpe[1] |
| Debut | October 28, 1987[5] |
| Retired | January 5, 2012[6] |
Joseph D'Acquisto (born October 30, 1960) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling from 1996 to 1998 under the ring name Roadblock (also spelled Road Block).
Professional wrestling career
[edit]Early career (1987–1996)
[edit]D'Acquisto debuted on October 28, 1987.[5] He competed in New England and East Coast independent promotions during the 1980s and 1990s, most notably as a mainstay of International World Class Championship Wrestling, where he wrestled as "The Rochester Roadblock". In 1990, D'Acquisto was the subject of an article by journalist Glen Duffy published in Rolling Stone. In 1991 he made some appearances in the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico.[3]
In 1992, D'Acquisto made several appearances with the Japanese W*ING promotion, where he feuded with Jason the Terrible. He would also wrestle for the Universal Wrestling Association in Mexico, where he competed under the masked gimmick of "Torre Infernal" ("Infernal Tower"). D'Acquisto's final match in the UWA was a mask versus mask match against UWA World Heavyweight Championship El Canek, which Canek would win.
World Championship Wrestling (1996–1998)
[edit]During the late 1990s, D'Acquisto competed as a preliminary wrestler for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as "Roadblock". In keeping with his ring name, D'Acquisto would carry a roadblock or a sawhorse to the ring.[2] Roadblock made his televised debut in WCW on the October 19, 1996 episode of Saturday Night by defeating Dale Wolfe, a replacement for D'Acquisto's originally scheduled opponent Randy Savage. After the match, Roadblock challenged Lex Luger to a match to take place two nights later on Monday Nitro, which Acquisto lost. He made his only pay-per-view appearance in WCW at World War 3 on November 24 by participating in the namesake battle royal for a future World Heavyweight Championship opportunity. He was eliminated by the eventual winner The Giant.[7][8] Roadblock spent the next two years in WCW working mainly on WCW Saturday Night, WCW Pro, and WCW Monday Nitro against the likes of Meng, Chris Benoit, The Giant, Lex Luger, Jim Duggan, and Diamond Dallas Page. Roadblock defeated Jim Powers in his last WCW match on the August 1, 1998 episode of Saturday Night.
Late career (1998–2012)
[edit]After leaving WCW in 1998, Roadblock appeared sporadically on the independent circuit, wrestling his final match to date in 2012.
Championships and accomplishments
[edit]- Eastern States Wrestling
- Eastern States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Luchas de Apuestas
[edit]| Wager | Winner | Loser | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masks | Mitsuteru Tokuda and Yukihiro Kanemura | Super Invader and Masked Inferno | Tokyo, Japan | August 2, 1992 |
| Mask | El Canek | Torre Infernal | Naucalpan de Juárez, Mexico | November 15, 1992 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Road Block". Cagematch.net. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Roadblock OWOW profile". OnlineWorldOfWrestling.com. Retrieved May 31, 2007.
- ^ a b c d Shea, J. (1996). "Professional Wrestling Thesis". TheValkyrie.com. Retrieved May 31, 2007.
For Joe D'Acquisto, who has gone under the names Big Joe Nasty, Torre Infernal, Masked Inferno, The Rochester Roadblock...
- ^ a b "Wrestlingdata.com – The World's Largest Wrestling Database". WrestlingData.
- ^ a b "Кирпич ("Brick")". WrestlingZone.ru. Retrieved May 31, 2007.
- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Genickbruch.com". genickbruch.com (in German). Retrieved April 15, 2022.
- ^ "This Week In The WCW". DDTDigest.com. Retrieved May 31, 2007.
- ^ "Saturday Night report on December 20 1997". DDTDigest.com. Retrieved May 31, 2007.
- ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1991". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Joseph D'Acquisto at IMDb
- Roadblock's profile at Cagematch.net
- 1952 births
- American male professional wrestlers
- Living people
- Professional wrestlers from New York (state)
- 20th-century male professional wrestlers
- 20th-century American professional wrestlers
- 21st-century male professional wrestlers
- 21st-century American professional wrestlers
- 1987 professional wrestling debuts