Big Rocco James Tilquist is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Big Tilly . He is best known for being a member of the tag team Phi Delta Slam as well as his appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . In early 2009 he returned to TNA under ring name Big Rocco as one half of The Main Event Mafia ' s ( and later Mick Foley ' s ) personal security force . Career . Tilly worked for World Championship Wrestling throughout the mid - 1990s as a jobber . He later began wrestling primarily on the Floridian independent circuit , where he formed a tag team with Bruno Sassi known as Phi Delta Slam . Phi Delta Slam used the gimmick of a pair of boisterous fraternity members . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2005 , 2007 , 2009 - 2010 ) . Phi Delta Slam were introduced to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) after Dusty Rhodes told his two competing assistants , Traci Brooks and Trinity , to each find a tag team . The tag teams would wrestle one another at Destination X , with the winning tag team ' s sponsor becoming Rhodes ' sole assistant . Trinity selected Phi Delta Slam , and they debuted in February 2005 , wrestling dark matches . They made their on - screen debut on March 13 at Destination X , where they lost to Traci ' s choice , The Harris Brothers . Phi Delta Slam remained in TNA for several weeks afterwards , but were unable to get over with fans , and began appearing only sporadically with the promotion . In September 2005 , their profiles were removed from the TNA website , confirming that the team was gone from TNA . Tilly and Sassi later made a cameo appearance in a series of comedy segments on the December 20 , 2007 episode of " Impact ! " where they were seen at Eric Young ' s Christmas party , which also involved the likes of Luke Williams , Kevin Nash , ODB , and Awesome Kong . Return . In early 2009 , both Tilly and Sassi returned to TNA as the personal security of The Main Event Mafia in order to help them fend off The TNA Front Line . In order play into the mafia aspect of the stable , Tilly was renamed to Rocco ( before it was later tweaked to Big Rocco ) , he began wearing sunglasses at all times , he dyed his normally brown hair to black and began sporting a goatee . On the March 13 edition of " Impact ! " , Sal and Kurt Angle accompanied Rocco as he wrestled Front Line member Eric Young in the main event , which he lost after Young pinned him following a Death Valley driver . On the April 2 edition of " Impact ! " , Rocco and Sal challenged and lost to Team 3D . On the May 7 edition of " Impact ! " they were defeated in a handicap match by Matt Morgan . On the May 28 edition of " Impact ! " Sting , the new leader of the Main Event Mafia , fired Rocco and Sal . On the June 4 , 2009 , edition of " Impact ! " Rocco and Sal were hired by Mick Foley . The two of them have since made only sporadic appearances as security men . On August 8 , 2010 , at ECW reunion show , Hardcore Justice , Tilquist portrayed a fake version of the Blue Meanie , using the name Blue Tilly , and , along with Hollywood Nova , accompanied Stevie Richards to the ring . Later in the night Tilly and Nova attacked Tommy Dreamer during his match with Raven . Independent circuit . Phi Delta Slam is currently wrestling with the South Florida - based Coastal Championship Wrestling . In addition , all three members of Phi Delta Slam ( Sassi , Tilly and Evans ) operate a professional wrestling school called " Bodyslam University " in Fort Lauderdale , Florida .