Joe D'Acquisto

Infobox Wrestler
name=Joe D'Acquisto


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names=Big Joe Nasty
The Mummy
Roadblock
Road Block
The Rochester Roadblock
The Wild Thing
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real_weight=convert|350|lb|kg|abbr=on|lk=on cite web|url=http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/19961021.htm|title=This Week In The WCW|publisher=DDTDigest.com|accessmonthday=May 31|accessyear=2007] -
convert|430|lb|kg|abbr=on|lk=on cite web|url=http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1998075s.htm/|title=WCW Saturday Night - Saturday, 07/25/98|publisher=DDTDigest.com|accessmonthday=May 31|accessyear=2007]
birth_date =birth date and age|1952|10|30
birth_place =Rochester, New York, United States
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debut=October 28, 1987
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Joseph "Joe" D'Acquisto born on (October 30, 1952 in Rochester, New York) is an American professional wrestler who has competed in New England and East Coast independent promotions during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, most notably as a mainstay of International World Class Championship Wrestling. During the early 1990s, D'Acquisto had a brief stint in the Japanese W*ING promotion.

However, he is perhaps best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Roadblock between 1996 and 1998. Although sometimes used as a preliminary wrestler, he was a regular on WCW Saturday Night, WCW Thunder and Monday Night Nitro during his time with the promotion.

D'Acquisito has a son, his relationship with whom was strained as a result of his burgeoning career as a professional wrestler.

Career

D'Acquisto debuted on October 28, 1987. cite web|url=http://www.wrestlingzone.ru/star/r/roadblock/|title=Кирпич ("Brick")|publisher=WrestlingZone.ru|accessmonthday=May 31|accessyear=2007] 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". cite web|url=http://www.thevalkyrie.com/stories/dvnews/199909/thesis.htm|title=Professional Wrestling Thesis|publisher=TheValkyrie.com|author=Shea, J.|accessmonthday=May 31|accessyear=2007|date=1996|quote=For Joe D'Acquisto, who has gone under the names Big Joe Nasty, The Rochester Roadblock, The Wild Thing, and The Mummy, the quest to make it big in professional wrestling has come at the expense of his relationship with his son. In a 1990 article for Rolling Stone, Glen Duffy examined D'Acquisto's attempts to achieve stardom and the prices he's had to pay. "The occasional visits home to Rochester," Duffy wrote, "has revealed only an increasing distance from things that mattered - especially his son, who brooded, unappeased by explanations of the new person his father was becoming and a career plan that perplexed even the adults around him." His son even refused to go watch his father wrestle, since he views it as "...just something Daddy does when he's not home."]

In 1992, D'Acquisto made several appearances with the Japanese W*ING promotion, where he feuded with Jason the Terrible.

During the late 1990s, D'Acquisto competed as a preliminary wrestler for World Championship Wrestling regularly appearing on "WCW Saturday Night", "WCW Thunder", and "WCW Monday Nitro". In keeping with his name, D'Acquisto would carry a roadblock or sawhorse to the ring. cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/r/roadblock.html|title=Roadblock|publisher=OnlineWorldOfWrestling.com|accessmonthday=May 31|accessyear=2007|date=] cite web|url=http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1997124s.htm|title=WCW Saturday Night - Saturday, 12/20/97|publisher=DDTDigest.com|accessmonthday=May 31|accessyear=2007|date=]

Following WCW's close in 2001, D'Acquisto began competing in the National Wrestling Alliance.

In wrestling

*Finishing and signature moves cite web|url=http://www.deathvalleydriver.com/bbbowm/part1.htm|author=Duffy, R.|title=The Page of 1,000 Holds - Holds|quote=Slam, Reverse Fallaway...Used by...Roadblock...AKA : Dead End Drop (Roadblock)...Description : The attacker lifts the victim up so that the victim is chest to chest with the attacker at a 90 degree angle. The attacker falls foward and slams the victim to the canvas.|accessmonthday=May 19|accessyear=2007|date=2001]
**"Dead End Drop" (Reverse fallaway slam)
**"Dead End Splash" (Splash, backflipping from the ring apron)

Championships and accomplishments

*Pro Wrestling Illustrated:*PWI ranked him # 422 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1993:*PWI ranked him # 248 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1992:*PWI ranked him # 199 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1991

References

External links

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