Rock wrestled in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1990, appearing at Starrcade as Colonel DeKlerk. Along with Sergeant Krueger, he represented South Africa in a tag team match, but the team lost to The Steiner Brothers.
In 1993, under the name Rocco Rock, he formed a tag team named The Public Enemy with Johnny Grunge, with a gimmick of inner city criminals. The team first wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling. In ECW, the team feuded with Terry Funk and The Gangstas and won the ECW Tag Team Championship four times.
In 1996, The Public Enemy signed with World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where they won the WCW World Tag Team Championships and feuded with The Nasty Boys. They continued to use some of the hardcore tactics that had made them famous in ECW, including the frequent use of tables in matches.
They were briefly in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1999.
On September 21, 2002, Rock passed away.