Marty Jannetty :- Life And Times Rocker & Intercontinental Champion

Marty Jannetty :- Life And Times Rocker & Intercontinental Champion

Marty Jannetty :- Life And Times Rocker & Intercontinental Champion

Fredrick Jannetty^[1] (born February 3, 1960)^[1] is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in theWorld Wrestling Federation as part of tag team The Rockers with partner Shawn Michaels, and later as a singles competitor. While in the WWF, he became a one time Intercontinental Champion and a one time Tag Team Championwith the 1-2-3 Kid, and headlined Survivor Series 1989. With Michaels, The Rockers became two time World Tag Team Champions in the American Wrestling Association.

Jannetty was an amateur wrestler in the state of Georgia, qualifying for the state championship tournament his last three years of high school. He also boxed while in high school, and won many Golden Gloves events. After high school Jannetty went on to wrestle at Chattahoochee Valley Community College in Alabama where he was a two time NJCAA qualifier. He then went on to Auburn University where he was going to wrestle, but was informed upon being accepted that Auburn would be dropping their wrestling program. Jannetty then thought about trying football, but was instead coaxed into trying professional wrestling by Henrique Cataldi who trained him.