10 DUMB WWE Signings (We Didn't Want To Admit Were GENIUS!)

10. Mean Street Posse (1999)

Cries of nepotism filled the air when Rodney, Pete Gas and Joey Abs started showing up on WWF TV in 1999. 'They were only hired because they were real-life friends with Shane McMahon', the critics said. Well yeah, that's true, but then something wonderful happened: Shane's Mean Street Posse worked out.

In truth, only Gas and Rodney were buddies with McMahon away from the ring. Abs was the only legit wrestler in the group who had worked elsewhere before this big break in the fed, and he sure wasn't gonna rock the boat by suggesting that this stablemates weren't fit for purpose. This was the opportunity of a lifetime.

The Posse got heat and worked well as backup to Shane during his earliest days as an active wrestler. Besides, the nepotism was deliberate and part of the story anyway. Shane-O was born with a silver spoon, announcers cried, and now here he was bagging lucrative gigs for some high school jocks who thought they were tough guys.

Dumb? Nah, genius.