He was eliminated by the eventual winner The Giant.
WCW ROADBLOCK EWR FULL
Roadblock defeated Jim Powers in his last WCW match on the Augepisode of Saturday Night.ĭ'Acquisto retired from wrestling in 1999 after disappointment in not being signed to a full time contract with WCW, and reaching the age of 40 and working for the City of Rochester.Ĭhampionships and accomplishments 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. Eastern States Heavyweight Championship (1 time).Ranked No.“My Mom was a police officer,” Bruce told us about the gimmick.We went out and bought everything that looked real. You never check your ‘wrestler bag’, because if you lose it? You can’t work.” I can’t tell you how many times we were stopped in the airport. “I got stopped many a time at the airport,” he laughed. “And then one time, we got stopped at a roadblock in Florida. Then, when they got us back to the police station? They asked us for some autographs and let us go.” Solo Runīruce would later be re-packaged as a solo performer. Over the course of the next few years, he would portray a military style character. He also appeared as Braun the Leprechaun as part of Kevin Sullivan’s Dungeon of Doom stable. “I had earned the respect of all the top guys,” Bruce said. “So, I didn’t get any flak or anything (as a single performer). In fact, I could work with guys and lean things a different direction. And nobody ever fought back with me on it. Unfortunately, singles success would also elude him. At that point, he was already putting his skills and wrestling acumen to work in a different way. Bruce’s greatest achievements would come later, at the WCW Power Plant, where he molded several, significant careers. Originally founded by ‘The Assassin’ Jody Hamilton in 1989, the Power Plant would officially become WCW’s talent factory two years later. Originally fueled by such luminaries as Hamilton and Ole Anderson, Bruce would eventually take over as its lead trainer. “People think I was appointed to that spot that wasn’t the case,” Bruce said. Nothing was just handed to me there.”ĭuring his time there, he would work with names like Diamond Dallas Page, The Giant ( Paul Wight), and Bill Goldberg. He also helped produce a crop of young stars like Shane Helms, Elix Skipper, and Molly Holly.
“Some people say the Power Plant wasn’t successful. But if you look at who graduated, there’s like 80 people who went on to have good careers. “I also trained football players,” Bruce continued. “Kevin Greene, Steve McMichael, Bill Kazmeier… Then, you look at the athletes (from other sports) like Kevin Nash, DDP, and The Giant. We took a lot of people from other sports and turned them in to wrestlers.
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