Antonino Rocca
Italian professional wrestler (1921–1977)
安東尼奧·羅卡 · アントニオ・ロッカ
- Born
- 13 April 1921, Treviso
- Died
- 15 March 1977, New York City
- Citizenship
- Italy, Argentina, Kingdom of Italy
- Sport
- amateur wrestling, professional wrestling
- Occupation
- professional wrestler, actor, film actor, amateur wrestler
- Height
- 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
- Weight
- 100 kg (220 lb)
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 (WWWF), 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.
Awards and honours
- WWE Hall of Fame
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q599260 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.