Ex-WWE and ECW legend The Blue Meanie is NOT dead as he celebrates ‘resurrection’ after death ‘hoax’

ECW and WWE veteran The Blue Meanie has celebrated his apparent resurrection after his Wikipedia page was changed to say he was dead.

The 48-year-old wrestler – who is very much alive, thankfully – asked his fans for help on social media after what seemed to be a hoax was brought to his attention, and he seemed in pretty good spirits as he took the whole thing in his stride.

He tweeted this weekend: ‘How come no one told I was dead?! Jerks!! (Seriously though. Someone fix that s**t) (sic)’

His page on Wikipedia had been edited to say he died on June 19, with one follower joking that the day wasn’t over in the US when Meanie – whose real name is Brian Heffron – noticed the error.

The Hardcore Hall of Famer dryly replied: ‘Seriously though, driving through Long Island today felt like a slow death.’

It didn’t take too long for someone to edit his profile to reflect the truth, and Meanie was still cracking jokes.

‘I’m alive AGAIN! Man do I feel refreshed,’ he quipped.

And he later even compared himself to Jesus Christ and suggested his own resurrection – or sorts – should be celebrated ever year.

He added: ‘June 19, 2021 for here on out shall be referred to as Meanie Easter.’

Meanie – who was trained by Al Snow – borrowed his stage name from The Beatles film Yellow Submarine, and made a splash in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the 1990s.

There, he joined forces with Stevie Richards and Nova as the Blue World Order (nWo), a parody of the nWo.

As part of the trio, Da Blue Guy (Meanie), Big Stevie Cool and Hollywood Nova spoofed then-WCW stars ‘Big Daddy Cool’ Kevin Nash, Hollywood Hulk Hogan and ‘The Bad Guy’ Scott Hall respectively.

He moved on onto WWE – then the WWF – in 1998, becoming known to fans as Bluedust alongside Goldust himself, but he moved back to ECW the following year.

His only other WWE run came in 2005 after the ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view, which had seen him legitimately injured by John ‘Bradshaw’ Layfield.

This led to a brief on-screen rivalry between the pair, with Meanie winning a No DQ match against JBL thanks to interference from Richards and Batista.

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