This week’s edition of AEW Dark: Elevation saw the All Elite Wrestling debut of Crowbar. The former World Championship Wrestling Hardcore, Cruiserweight, and World Tag Team Champion took on “The Bad Boy” Joey Janela. Despite this, it was a memorable encounter for a number of reasons. In addition to being the debut of Crowbar, this match saw the first-ever AEW appearance of The Blue Meanie. Longtime wrestling fans will best know “Da Blue Guy” for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. He made his entrance on Crowbar’s behalf as Janela attempted to make his way back to the back. Here’s what to know about The Blue Meanie following AEW Dark: Elevation.
What to Know About The Blue Meanie
In early 1994, the man who would become The Blue Meanie began training under future fellow ECW alumni Sabu and Al Snow. Global Wrestling Alliance and Steel City Wrestling were just a few of the independent organizations he worked for, wrestling under aliases including The Zebra Kid and Brian Rollins. However, it was in 1995 when he received his first big break in ECW. Undergoing a character change as The Blue Meanie, he was paired off with Stevie Richards, becoming his sidekick. The two became synonymous with Nova, the future Simon Dean of WWE, as the trio performed a variety of comedy skits. Their most notable was the Blue World Order, a takeoff of WCW’s New World Order, where each member spoofed an nWo member. In Meanie’s case, he parodied Scott Hall as “Da Blue Guy.”
The Blue Meanie’s comedic antics continued when he joined the WWF in 1998. He was part of many unions in the company, including The J.O.B. Squad, which featured names including Snow and Duane Gill, as well as alongside Goldust as “Bluedust.” Despite winning titles in neither ECW nor the WWF, Meanie became a notable character in his own right. Years later, in 2005, WWE held the first-ever ECW One Night Stand event. Meanie was part of the show, alongside his bWo teammates, interfering in the tag team match between The Dudley Boyz and Tommy Dreamer and Sandman. He was also involved in the brawl between ECW and WWE stars near the end of the event, where he was infamously injured by John Bradshaw Layfield.
To this day, The Blue Meanie remains active in independent wrestling. In 2021 alone, he made multiple appearances for Major League Wrestling in multi-man matches. Currently, he is a professional wrestling trainer for The Monster Factory, based in Paulsboro, New Jersey. The school produced a number of notable wrestlers. These include, but aren’t limited to, current WWE stars Sheamus, Riddle, and Damian Priest.
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