Joey Abs
Joey Abs | |
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Birth name | Jason Arhndt |
Born | Carthage, North Carolina, U.S. | October 15, 1971
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Jason Arhndt Joey Abs Venom |
Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[1] |
Billed weight | 277 lb (126 kg)[1] |
Billed from | Carthage, North Carolina Greenwich, Connecticut (WWF)[1] |
Trained by | OMEGA Championship Wrestling Memphis Championship Wrestling |
Debut | 1994 |
Retired | 2001 |
Jason Arhndt (born October 15, 1971) is an American retired
Professional wrestling career
Early career (1994–1999)
Arhndt began his career as a member of Matt and Jeff Hardy's Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA) in Cameron, North Carolina. Arhndt also made some appearances as enhancement talent using his real name on WWF Monday Night Raw in 1994 and 1995. In 1996, he became the first victim to receive the Stunner from Stone Cold Steve Austin on an episode of Superstars. Later that year, teaming with Eddie Jackie, they scored an upset win against Steve Austin, pinning him after he was clotheslined by Davey Boy Smith. On August 2, 1997, he was defeated by Jeff Hardy to crown the first OMEGA New Frontiers Champion.[2]
World Wrestling Federation (1999–2001)
In early 1999, he joined the WWF as Joey Abs. He made his WWF debut on the June 21, 1999 episode of
All three Posse members were briefly signed to the WWF developmental territory of Memphis Championship Wrestling (MCW). 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.[5] Abs continued working in the WWF in dark matches and house shows for the rest of the year. Abs was released from the WWF in June 2001 and retired in the same year.
Championships and accomplishments
- Championship Wrestling Federation
- CWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Memphis Championship Wrestling
- National Championship Wrestling
- NCW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- New Frontier Wrestling Association
- NFWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Matt Hardy
- Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him # 176 of the Top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2000
- World Wrestling Federation
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
- ^ "Jeff Hardy". SLAM! Wrestling. September 16, 2005. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ ISBN 978-0-06-039300-7.
- ^ a b Powell, John. "WrestleMania 2000 a flop". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Ron Killings/R-Truth". SLAM! Wrestling. March 9, 2005. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
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External links
- Mean Street Posse on WWE.com
- Joey Abs at IMDb
- Joey Abs's profile at Cagematch.net , Internet Wrestling Database