During the final year of his life, Joe C. — the famous hype man for Kid Rock‘s band — had a short but entertaining run in WWE. In 2000, Joe C. actually cost Edge and Christian their tag team titles, leading to a segment where the former Brood members beat the hell out of the musician.
Joe‘s first appearance in May 2000 was with Gerald Brisco and the APA. Due to Joe C‘s short stature and appearance, Brisco mistook Kid Rock‘s bandmate for a child. The performer shrugged off Brisco‘s kayfabe ignorance and shared a beer with Farooq and Bradshaw.
@onthisdayinwwe The Joe C cameos in the WWF in May 2000 were so good! This was the first one, on SmackDown Joe C was a 25 year old rapper who was a hype man for Kid Rock – who, like Gerald Brisco, first mistook him for a child His short stature was the result of celiac disease, which also forced him to undergo daily dialysis Sadly he died a few months after his WWF appearances, due to complications from his illness #OnThisDayInWWE
Later that month, Joe C. would have a major role on an episode of Raw. Having performed “American Badass” with Kid Rock on the Raw stage that same night, Joe C. happened to run into Edge and Christian backstage. Over several backstage segments, Edge and Christian would mistake Joe C. for Mini Me from Austin Powers and roast the slight-of-frame hype man with lines like “American Shortass.”
“You guys can go f-ck yourselves,” Joe C. returned fire, getting a huge pop from Jerry Lawler at the commentary desk.
Later that night, as Edge and Christian defended the tag team titles against Too Cool, Joe C. ran down to the ring, snuck up on Christian and nailed him in the nuts with a hockey stick. With the ref outside the ring, Too Cool‘s Brian Christopher struck Christian with the title belt and pinned him for the 1, 2, 3. Yep, Joe C. ended a title run for one of the greatest tag teams in history.
Edge and Christian would get the last laugh on Joe C, however. The duo found him backstage, stuffed him into a trash can and cartoonishly smashed the can with steel chairs before stuffing Joe C. into a dumpster.
Fast forward to 2018, when Kid Rock was inducted into the Celebrity Wing of the WWE Hall of Fame, the musician dedicated his induction to Joe C., who passed away in November 2000 due to complications from celiac disease.
“I would like to accept this award on behalf of my old bandmate, the late great Joe C. There’s nobody who loved wrestling more than Joey. When we’d get into tiffs back when we had an RV and a U-Haul trailer and we’d fight over the VCR and he had all his tapes of wrestling he had to watch, it’d get pretty heated and I remember he’d go, ‘Rock, man I’m just using you as a stepping stone to get into the WWE you motherf-cker!’”
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