Roadblock (wrestler)

D'Acquisto debuted on October 28, 1987.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlingzone.ru/star/r/roadblock/|title=Кирпич ("Brick")|publisher=WrestlingZone.ru|accessdate=May 31, 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. In 1991 he made some appearances in the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico.{{cite web|url=http://www.thevalkyrie.com/stories/dvnews/199909/thesis.htm|title=Professional Wrestling Thesis|publisher=TheValkyrie.com|author=Shea, J.|accessdate=May 31, 2007|year=1996|quote=For Joe D'Acquisto, who has gone under the names Big Joe Nasty, Torre Infernal, Masked Inferno, The Rochester Roadblock...}}

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 Champion El Canek, which Canek would win.

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/r/roadblock.html|title=Roadblock OWOW profile|publisher=OnlineWorldOfWrestling.com|accessdate=May 31, 2007|date=}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/19961021.htm|title=This Week In The WCW|publisher=DDTDigest.com|accessdate=May 31, 2007}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1997124s.htm|title=Saturday Night report on December 20 1997|publisher=DDTDigest.com|accessdate=May 31, 2007}} 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.

After leaving WCW in 1998, Roadblock appeared sporadically on the independent circuit, wrestling his final match to date in 2012.

• Eastern States Wrestling
• Eastern States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
• Ranked No. 199 of the 500 top wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1991{{cite web|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1991|url=http://www.profightdb.com/pwi-500/1991.html|publisher=Internet Wrestling Database|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}

{{See also|Lucha libre#Luchas de Apuestas|l1=Luchas de Apuestas}}

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