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The Mean Street Posse (from left to right) Pete Gas, Rodney, and Joey Abs

The Mean Street Posse was a heel professional wrestling stable, clad in sweater vests and dress pants, that formerly wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation. 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. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links MSPosse. ... Image File history File links MSPosse. ... Peter Gasperino (born May 29, 1970) is an American professional wrestler, better known simply as Pete Gas from his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation. ... Rodney Leinhardt (born January 1, 1970 in Rutherford, New Jersey) is an American professional wrestler, better known simply as Rodney from his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation. ... Jason Arhndt (born October 15, 1971) aka Joey Abs is a professional wrestler, best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment, as part of the three man team known as The Mean Street Posse. ... In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character who is portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner; sometimes they are humorously referred to as evil. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are often bad guys in pro wrestling storylines. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... Location in Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA Bridgeport-Stamford Region South Western Region Settled 1640 Joined Connecticut 1656 Government type Representative town meeting  - First selectman James A. Lash  - Town administrator Edward Gomeau  - Town meeting moderator Thomas J. Byrne Area    - City 174. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Members

• Pete Gas
• Rodney
• Joey Abs
• Shane McMahon
• Willie Green - friend that was never actually shown on television, but mentioned in debut promos.

They were closely allied with Shane McMahon, often helping him defend the WWF European Title throughout early 1999. They also attempted to help Shane defeat Test at SummerSlam '99, but failed. The Posse were largely known as jobbers. However, Posse leader Joey Abs and Rodney are very accomplished wrestlers. 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. Peter Gasperino (born May 29, 1970) is an American professional wrestler, better known simply as Pete Gas from his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation. ... Rodney Leinhardt (born January 1, 1970 in Rutherford, New Jersey) is an American professional wrestler, better known simply as Rodney from his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation. ... Jason Arhndt (born October 15, 1971) aka Joey Abs is a professional wrestler, best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment, as part of the three man team known as The Mean Street Posse. ... Shane Brandon McMahon, (born January 15, 1970) is an American executive and part-time professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ... In professional wrestling, a promo is short for promotional interview, a dialogue or monologue used to advance a storyline. ... Shane Brandon McMahon, (born January 15, 1970) is an American executive and part-time professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ... The WWE European Championship belt The WWE European Championship is an inactive title competed for in World Wrestling Entertainment. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1999 Jeff Jarrett pinned DLo Brown to win the Intercontinental and European Championships The Acolytes (Farooq and Bradshaw) defeated Edge & Christian, Hardy Boyz, Hardcore and Crash Holly, Droz & Prince Albert and Mideon & Viscera Al Snow pinned Big Boss Man to win the Hardcore Championship Womens Champion Ivory pinned... A job is professional wrestling slang referring to a performer who loses a match. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

Landmark Moments

• Gas pinning Crash Holly for the WWF Hardcore title 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.
• The Posse were managed briefly by Terri Runnels.
• Oliver Connell was a member of the orginal Possé, but parted ways with the rest of the guys due to artistic differences.

At WrestleMania 2000 each member won the WWF Hardcore Title 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. Michael John Lockwood (August 25, 1971 – November 6, 2003) was a professional wrestler best known as Crash Holly, the storyline cousin of Hardcore Holly in the World Wrestling Federation. ... The original WWE Hardcore Championship belt World Wrestling Entertainments Hardcore Championship was a championship defended under hardcore rules: No Disqualifications, meaning all weapons are legal. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Edge and Christian (E&C) is a former tag team of on-screen brothers made of real life best friends Adam Joseph Copeland (Edge) and William Jason Reso (Christian), who wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation. ... One of NWAs World Tag Team Championship belts The World Tag Team Championship is the name given to a number of unrelated professional wrestling tag team (multi-wrestler team) titles . ... WWE Heat (formerly known as WWE Sunday Night Heat) is a professional wrestling show for World Wrestling Entertainment, showcasing talent from the Raw roster with lower-card matches. ... Stephanie Marie McMahon-Levesque (born September 24, 1976) is the daughter of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Chairman Vince McMahon and WWE CEO Linda McMahon. ... Terri Ann Boatwright Runnels (born October 5, 1966) is a former American professional wrestling manager. ... WrestleMania 2000 (chronologically known as WrestleMania XVI) was the sixteenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation. ... The original WWE Hardcore Championship belt World Wrestling Entertainments Hardcore Championship was a championship defended under hardcore rules: No Disqualifications, meaning all weapons are legal. ... Memphis Championship Wrestling (MCW) was a professional wrestling promotion ran by Terry Golden, based in Memphis, Tennesse. ...

Trivia

• Pete Gas & Rodney were legitimate school friends of Shane McMahon, but Joey Abs was not.

• In 2005 and 2006, a quartet of Rochester, New York, comedians began doing a spoof on the group called the Upper Class Posse. Consisting of A.I. Carruthers (Andy Boccacino), Delver Wilmington XVIII (Multiple people played this gimmick), Mikey Pecks (Kevin Pittinaro), and Mike Jaworski (Character played by different people at times) the group wore sweater vests and wrestled for Rochester, New York based RWA (Rochester Wrestling Assosciation). Like their WWE counterparts, each member of the Upper Class Posse held the RWA RX title, which is RWA's equivalent of the hardcore title. They disbanded in winter 2006.