5 forgotten Superstars you won't believe won a Championship in WWE

#3 Pete Gas

Also known as Peter Gasparino, Pete Gas was part of The Mean Street Posse. The group also included Rodney and Joey Abs. On the road to WrestleMania 15, several vignettes were shown to the audience, featuring Shane McMahon and his friends from Greenwich. Gas, Rodney, and Abs made their debut on the March 22, 1999 edition of WWE RAW, and also interfered in McMahon's match against X-Pac at WrestleMania 15, helping the former emerge victorious. The Mean Street Posse's gimmick was basically of a bunch of rich kids, that everyone hated to the core.

All three members of the stable participated in the Hardcore Battle Royal that was contested for the Hardcore title, at WrestleMania 16. Several WWE Superstars won the title for brief periods during the match, including every single member of The Mean Street Posse. The free-for-all was eventually won by Hardcore Holly. Pete Gas and his stablemates were released by WWE in 2001. Gas appeared in the indies for a while before announcing his retirement that year.

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