Rodney Leinhardt Rodney Lienhardt ( January 1 , 1971 ) is an American professional wrestler , better known simply as Rodney from his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation . He is currently working on the independent circuit as RodRageous . Career . Lienhardt trained under Tom Prichard and debuted in 1998 . In 1999 he was hired by the World Wrestling Federation along with his friend Pete Gas . Lienhardt ( known simply as " Rodney " ) and Gas were both childhood friends of Shane McMahon , the son of WWF owner Vince McMahon , and were placed in a stable . The duo debuted on WWF television on the March 22 , 1999 episode of " Raw is War " as the " Mean Street Posse " , and began assisting Shane in his feud with Test and helping him retain the European Championship . Joey Abs was added to the faction three months later . Shane eventually turned face and briefly feuded with his former allies before leaving WWF television . The Posse took part in a tag team battle royal for the number one contendership to the WWF World Tag Team Championship at Armageddon 1999 , and gained an advantage by switching places with the third wrestler behind the referees ' backs , thus enabling them to outnumber the other teams three to two . Despite this advantage , they failed to win and were the first team eliminated . In early - 2000 , the Posse repeatedly tried to defeat Crash Holly for the WWF Hardcore Championship , attacking the champion in unlikely venues such as an airport , a circus and his hotel room . At WrestleMania 2000 on April 2 , the trio took part in a Hardcore battle royal for the Hardcore Championship . Lienhardt pinned Funaki to win the title after stunning him by throwing him into a metal fence railing , but was pinned by Abs just fourteen seconds later . Despite the infighting , the Posse remained a relatively cohesive unit . On an episode of " Sunday Night Heat " later that year , Edge and Christian briefly became the managers of the Mean Street Posse . They accompanied them to ringside for the duration of their WWF World Tag Team Championships title match with the Hardy Boyz , assisting the Posse with the proviso that they would receive a title shot if the posse was to win . The Hardy Boyz , however , thwarted the interference of Edge and Christian and retained their titles . Later that year , all three members of the Posse were sent to Memphis Championship Wrestling , then a WWF developmental territory . On May 24 , 2000 in Tunica , Mississippi , Lienhardt and Abs defeated Bull Pain and Todd Morton to win the MCW Southern Tag Team Championship . They lost the titles to The Kingpins on July 26 in Memphis , Tennessee , but regained the titles on August 12 , 2000 in Jackson , Mississippi . Their second reign ended when they were defeated by The Dupps on October 28 in Jonesboro , Arkansas . Lienhardt was then sent to the MCW affiliate Memphis Power - Pro Wrestling , where he was renamed RodRageous . He defeated Bulldog Raines to win the MPPW Television Championship on January 27 , 2001 in Memphis . He lost the title to Grandmaster Sexay on February 21 of that year in Jonesboro , but regained the title just three days later in Memphis . His second reign came to an end on March 17 , 2001 , when MPPW severed all connection with the WWF and vacated all titles held by WWF employees . Lienhardt and the remainder of the Posse were released by the WWF later that year , and began working on the independent circuit .