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Tony Puccio
Birth nameAnthony Puccio
Born(1962-01-09)January 9, 1962
Bronx, New York
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Tony Puccio
Henchman
Mayhem
Double Trouble #2
Billed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Billed weight265 lb (120 kg)
Trained byTony Altomare
Debut1987
Retired1997

Anthony Puccio was a

professional wrestler best known under the ring names Tony Puccio and Henchman and teaming with his brother Val Puccio
as "The Undertakers" and later as "Double Trouble".

Professional wrestling career

Early career

Trained by Tony Altomare, Puccio began his wrestling career in 1987 and worked for various northeast U.S. independent promotions.

International World Class Championship Wrestling (1989 - 1991)

Teaming with his brother Val the duo formed a

the Dynamic Duo (Phil Apollo and Eric Sbraccia) defeated them on a show in Portland, Maine.[1][2] In March 1990 the Undertakers won the championship again, this time renamed the IWCCW Tag Team Championship.[1][2] Almost a year later, on February 20, 1991, the Undertakers lost the championship to a team known as The Billion Dollar Babies (Mike Sampson and G.Q. Stratus).[1][2]

Japan (1991-1992)

After this the twins toured Japan, working for

Nitron.[3] They also faced Mighty Inoue & Rusher Kimura, as well as Dean Malenko and Joe Malenko. In November 1992 they wrestled for Wrestle Association R losing the teams of Haku and The Berzerker; and Genichiro Tenryu and Takashi Ishikawa
.

World Wrestling Federation (1991-1994)

At this point in time the team changed their name after the

Wrestling Challenge taping.[5] They won another dark match against preliminary opposition in Huntington, WV at a WWF Superstars
taping.

In June 1992 they began teaming regularly on WWF house shows. The tour was part of the settlement that they reached with the WWF over "The Undertaker" name.

High Energy, and in September they received title matches against WWF Tag-Team Champions The Natural Disasters. After going winless, Double Trouble finally gained their first victory of the year on October 2, 1992, in Poughkeepsie, NY when they defeated Mark Thomas and Phil Apollo. They finished the year facing Road Warrior Animal
in handicap matches.

In 1993 they wrestled only one match, losing to

The Headshrinkers in Landover, MD.[8]
Following two more matches against The Headshrinkers the duo left the promotion.

Century Wrestling Alliance (1993-1997)

During their hiatus from the WWF in 1993, the duo also worked in the CWA. On September 23, 1993, the duo defeated The Interns to become the first ever CWA Tag Team Champions for Century Wrestling Alliance.[9][10] On March 25, 1994, the team of Vic Steamboat and Ray Odyssey defeated Double Trouble to end their title run.[9][10] In 1994 the team worked as "the Trouble Makers" with Val being known as Chaos and Tony working as Mayhem. Their final match in the CWA came on December 12, 1994, when they defeated Alex Shane & Cherokee Renegade in Elizabethton, Tennessee.[11]

In 1995, his brother Val worked in Extreme Championship Wrestling and they split up. Tony would go on his own working for Northeast Wrestling and Century Wrestling Alliance until his last match in 1997.

Personal life

Tony made the announcement on Facebook that his brother, Val passed away on January 7, 2011, at 45. It was believed to be from obesity.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference IWCCWTagBook was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference IWCCWTagWeb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Tag Teams Database » Undertakers » Matches Cage Match
  4. ^ a b "Puccio, original Undertaker, passes away". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  5. ^ "1991". thehistoryofwwe.com.
  6. ^ "1992". thehistoryofwwe.com.
  7. ^ "1993". thehistoryofwwe.com.
  8. ^ "1994". thehistoryofwwe.com.
  9. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference CWATagBook was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference CWATagWeb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Tag Teams Database » Undertakers » Matches Cage Match

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