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Antonino Rocca

1921 - 1977

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Antonino Rocca is the 111th most popular wrestler (up from 119th in 2024), the 3,315th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,663rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Antonino Rocca ranks 111 out of 1,027. Before him are Finn Bálor, Bayram Şit, Braun Strowman, Olle Anderberg, Väinö Kokkinen, and Charlotte Flair. After him are Martin Klein, Road Dogg, Buddy Rogers, Ignazio Fabra, Verner Weckman, and Mijaín López.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Antonino Rocca ranks 265. Before him are Ted Schroeder, Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Paco Godia, Ken Adam, Mustafa Ben Halim, and Kazimierz Górski. After him are Elizabeth Wilson, Jack Kramer, John Agar, Ida Fink, Buddy Rogers, and Yevgeniya Rudneva. Among people deceased in 1977, Antonino Rocca ranks 168. Before him are Siegfried Buback, André Labatut, Gustave Gilbert, Philipp Etter, Edward Van Dijck, and Richard Addinsell. After him are Louis Clarke, Casimiro Torres, Kōichi Kido, Brian McGuire, Vladimir Tributs, and Paul Bernays.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Antonino Rocca ranks 3,316 out of 5,161. Before him are Attilio Giovannini (1924), Franco Riccardi (1905), Stefano Gabbana (1962), Julia Balbilla (72), Giulio Cabianca (1923), and Steno (1917). After him are Radoald of Benevento (650), Silvio Orlando (1957), Gian Piero Ventura (1948), Gaetano Savi (1769), Sylvano Bussotti (1931), and Francesco Mario Pagano (1748).

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Among WRESTLERS In Italy

Among wrestlers born in Italy, Antonino Rocca ranks 3. Before him are Bruno Sammartino (1935), and Enrico Porro (1885). After him are Ignazio Fabra (1930), Angelo Parisi (1953), Lou Albano (1933), Ezio Gamba (1958), Vincenzo Maenza (1962), Emanuela Pierantozzi (1968), Andrea Minguzzi (1982), Giuseppe Maddaloni (1976), and Odette Giuffrida (1994).

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