Mark Hussey
Acting · Born May 11, 1951 · Died Jul 30, 2020 (69) · Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Mark Hussey was an English professional wrestler who competed for Joint Promotions, All Star Wrestling and the second BWF as Mark "Rollerball" Rocco and as the original masked Black Tiger in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) during the 1970s and 1980s. A fourth-generation wrestler, he was the son of British wrestler "Jumping" Jim Hussey and the father of boxer Jono "Rocco" Hussey. Regularly appearing on ITV's World of Sport and the later standalone ITV Wrestling show, he feuded with many of the top light heavyweight wrestlers of the era including Marty Jones, The Dynamite Kid, "Iron Fist" Clive Myers, Kendo Nagasaki and Satoru Sayama (billed in the UK as "Sammy Lee") in England. He and Sayama also feuded in Japan while both under masks, Sayama as Tiger Mask and Rocco as his nemesis Black Tiger.
