ROCCO AND DUPREE MEET IN BRISTOL
‘Rollerball’ Mark Rocco with
Canada’s 'French Phenom' Rene Dupree
Canada’s 'French Phenom' Rene Dupree
Bristol has long been regarded as one of Britain’s foremost wrestling cities and local fans showed last Monday that hadn't forgotten one of the most explosive stars of British wrestling, ‘Rollerball’ Mark Rocco, who was welcomed back to the ring at the Hippodrome Theatre, Monday 16 March, 2009.
The occasion also gave Mark a chance to meet Quebec-born Rene Dupree, another star upholding a proud family wrestling tradition.
Both men began their ring careers in the footsteps of famous wrestling fathers, Rocco starting while his dad Jim Hussey was still one of the foremost heavyweights, while French Canadian Rene’s father, Emile Dupree, had a career spanning more than 30 years in North American rings.
Along with a crowd of more than 800, the ‘Rollerball,’ these days a businessman in Tenerife, Canary Islands enjoyed seeing heavyweights James Mason (vs Dupree), Doug Williams and Gladiator Goliath in action, together with ’Wrestler of the Year’ title winner Dean Allmark (source All Star Wrestling, UK).
Rene's match against bruiser James Mason in Bristol included this hommage (left - Rocco tied up by The Amazing Kung Fu).
