Rodney Begnaud

Rodney Mack

Rodney Mack in 2005.
Birth name	Rodney Begnaud
Born	(1970-10-12) October 12, 1970 (age 46) Lafayette, Louisiana
Residence	Church Point, Louisiana Dermott, Arkansas
Spouse(s)	Jazz
Children	2
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Badd Dogg Mack Militant Notorious D.O.G. Redd Dogg Redd Dogg Begnaud Rod Begnaud Rodney Begnaud Rodney Mack
Billed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Billed weight	274 lb (124 kg)
Billed from	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Trained by	Rod Price Junkyard Dog
Debut	1998

Rodney Begnaud (October 12, 1970) is an American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, better known by his ring name Rodney Mack. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment from 2002 to 2004. In 1988, he enlisted with the United States Marine Corps.

After training with the Junkyard Dog, Begnaud made his professional wrestling debut in 1998 as Redd Dogg, and began competing for Southwestern independent promotions.

After working on the independent circuit, Mack signed on with Extreme Championship Wrestling in 2000, making his debut as a member of Da Baldies, a stable of members who all had bald heads.

After ECW's closure, Begnaud was signed by World Wrestling Entertainment and was assigned to their developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling. While in OVW, Begnaud formed a tag team with Shelton Benjamin called The Dogg Pound. Together, The Dogg Pound won their first and only Southern Tag Team Championship on July 17, 2002. Begnaud, under his Redd Dogg ring name, then made his televised WWE debut on the January 16, 2003 episode of SmackDown!. He was placed alongside John Cena in an enforcer role, replacing Bull Buchanan, who was betrayed by Cena. After only one appearance on the SmackDown! brand, Begnaud was immediately moved over to the Raw brand and was subsequently renamed Rodney Mack. He made his Raw debut by attacking D'Lo Brown on an episode of Sunday Night Heat, with Theodore Long switching his managerial services from Brown to Mack.