| Jason Ahrndt | |
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| Ring name(s) | Jason Ahrndt Joey Abs Venom |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Billed weight | 275 lb (125 kg) |
| Born | October 15, 1971 Carthage, North Carolina |
| Trained by | OMEGA MCW |
| Debut | 1995 |
Jason Ahrndt (born October 15, 1971) is a professional wrestler best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as part of the three man team known as the Mean Street Posse, where he was known as Joey Abs. He made his WWF debut on the June 21, 1999 episode of Raw is War and was released from the WWF in early 2001.
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Ahrndt began his career as a member of Matt and Jeff Hardy's Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA) in Cameron, North Carolina. Ahrndt also made some appearances as enhancement talent using his real name on WWF RAW in 1995. On August 2, 1997, he was defeated by Jeff Hardy to crown the first OMEGA New Frontiers Champion.[1]
In early 1999, he joined the WWF as Joey Abs. He was a part of the Mean Street Posse, a heel stable, with Pete Gas and Rodney, clad in sweater vests, loafers, and dress pants.[2] Although Gas and Rodney were childhood friends of Shane McMahon, Abs had a legitimate wrestling background.[2] They started off as a group from Greenwich, Connecticut of about ten people in early 1999, but then as the year went on the stable whittled its way down to three members. The group was closely allied with McMahon, often helping him defend the WWE European Championship throughout early 1999. At WrestleMania 2000, each member won the WWF Hardcore Championship for a short while.[3]
All three Posse members were briefly signed to the WWF developmental territory of Memphis Championship Wrestling (MCW), before being released from their contracts. In MCW in June 2000, Abs won the MCW Southern Heavyweight Championship from Lord Steven Regal. He, however, lost the title to K-Krush on August 19.[4]
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