Mean Street Posse
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| Mean Street Posse | |
| Stable | |
|---|---|
| Members | Pete Gas Rodney Joey Abs |
| Name(s) | MSP |
| Debut | 1999 |
| Disbanded | 2000 |
| Promotions | WWE |
The Mean Street Posse (MSP) was a heel professional wrestling stable that formerly wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation.
[edit] History
The Mean Street Posse's gimmick was that they were a street gang from Greenwich, Connecticut, a town known for its affluence . As such, their ring gear was comprised of sweater vests and dress pants. The stable was originally made up of 10 members |1, but it was whittled down to three soon after their debut.
They were closely allied with Shane McMahon, often helping him defend the WWE European Championship throughout early 1999. They became part of The Corporation and later The Corporate Ministry but were not considered major forces by any means. They also attempted to help Shane defeat Test at SummerSlam '99, but failed. The Posse were largely known as jobbers.
Pete Gas and Rodney were legitimate school friends of Shane McMahon, whereas Joey Abs was a professional wrestler who was brought in to be the 'worker' of the group. Rodney was also an accomplished wrestler. Abs got his start in Omega Pro with the Hardy Boyz and worked his way through the WWF. Abs even owns a win over Steve Austin in 1996. After the Posse split up in 2000, Abs went to Ohio Valley Wrestling and had a somewhat successful run. After the break up, Rodney became Rodrageous, and Gas continued the Pete Gas gimmick. All three were released in June 2001 and have not been heard from since. To this day, there is still a cult following of the group.
At the RAW 15th anniversary show on December 10, 2007; Pete Gas made a return to wrestle in a 15 man battle royal featuring different wrestlers from RAW's 15 years.
[edit] Landmark moments
- Gas pinning Crash Holly for the WWF Hardcore Championship in March 2000 on RAW.
- The Posse was involved in a short lived program with Edge and Christian, where E&C hired them to steal back the tag team titles from the Hardy Boyz on Heat.
- Joey Abs was involved in a short-lived storyline with Stephanie McMahon where it was revealed that they were ex lovers. He also became the first person in the WWF to be slapped by her.
- At WrestleMania 2000 each member won the WWF Hardcore Championship for a short while. All three members were briefly signed to the WWF developmental territory of Memphis Championship Wrestling, before being released from their contracts.
- Pete Gas is the only former member who won the Hardcore Championship more than once (twice).
[edit] In wrestling
- Other members
- Willie Green - friend that was never actually shown on television, but mentioned in debut promos.
- Billy P - Appeared with the posse the week before Wrestlemania XV, as well as at the actual event.
- Managers
