| Rodney Mack |
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| Rodney Mack
Height: 6'2" Weight: 240 lbs. Real name: Rodney Begnaud Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana Finishing move: The Blackout (Cobra Clutch with Body Scissors), Mackintosh (Double Underhook Powerbomb) Pro debut: 1997 Other aliases: Redd Dogg, Red Dawg, Badd Dogg Career highlights: NWA Texas Heavyweight Champion (3), OVW Southern Tag Team Champion (w/Shelton Benjamin), IHW Heavyweight Champion Trained by: Junkyard Dog Rodney started wrestling in 1998 as Red Dogg in the Southwest independents. He then was signed by the WWE to wrestle in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) and he changed his name to Red Dog Begnaud. When he made his debut in WWE, he went by simply 'Redd Dogg' on the SmackDown! brand. He was placed alongside John Cena in an enforcer role replacing Bull Buchanan, but didn't last long in that role before he was switched over to RAW and renamed Rodney Mack. He made his RAW debut attacking D'lo Brown on HEAT, replacing him to be managed by Theodore Long. Mack Re-Started Theodore Long's Group Thuggin' And Buggin' Enterprises which eventually turned into a group of African Americans who worked a Race Angle in which they felt they were victims of Racism and were being held down by the white man. On Raw, he often competed in "White Boy Challenges". In these challenges, usually, a caucasian wrestler would wrestle Mack for five minutes and attempt to beat Mack. He was undefeated in these matches until he was challenged and defeated by Goldberg in less than a minute, losing any credibility Mack had built up. Mack also teamed with Christopher Nowinski when Nowinski joined Theodore Long's Group as a White male who helped with Long's race angle, until Nowinski suffered from Post-Concussion Syndrome and retired from wrestling. A few months later manager Theodore Long announced a new tag team partner for Mack. He was the World's Strongest Man, Mark Henry. Mack and Henry competed as a team for about a month and were fairly successful and caused some upsets over some household WWE tag teams. In November of 2003, he suffered a knee injury, which prevented him from wrestling. Begnaud was supposed to return to action between March and June 2004, but was sent back to OVW. Rodney was a mainstay on RAW's sister show HEAT. WWE has since released Mack from his contract. In 2005, Rodney competed in NWA Cyberspace and the independents of the Southwest. Rodney Mack was one of the star wrestlers on wrestling franchise 'Smackdown Here Comes The Pain' He was known well for his deadly KO finisher The Mackintosh . In late 2005, Rodney Mack and Jazz opened up Downsouth Championship Wrestling, an independent promotion based in Louisiana. |