Early career (1994–1995) Heffron started wrestling in the Midwest out of
Al Snow's Bodyslammers Pro Wrestling Gym in
Lima, Ohio in March 1994. He continued to wrestle in various independent wrestling promotions throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions until 1995.
Extreme Championship Wrestling (1995–1998) Heffron was noticed by
Raven and
Stevie Richards at a
Steel City Wrestling show in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was asked by Raven to become Richards' sidekick in
ECW. He went on to become "
The Blue Meanie", taking his name and persona from the villains of the 1968 animated film
Yellow Submarine, in 1995 in ECW at the
November To Remember event. He was the flunky for Richards, who was himself the flunky for Raven. Heffron, Richards, and
Super Nova performed several skits but their most famous was the
bWo, a parody of
WCW's top
heel group, the
nWo. Meanie played the role of "Da Blue Guy" in the bWo, lampooning nWo member
Scott Hall's nickname "The Bad Guy". After Richards left ECW in May 1997, the Blue Meanie continued to team with Super Nova throughout 1997 and 1998. At
Wrestlepalooza in May 1998, they defeated the
Full Blooded Italians. At
November to Remember in November 1998, they defeated
Danny Doring and Roadkill. The Blue Meanie wrestled his final match for ECW on November 21, 1998, leaving to join the
World Wrestling Federation later that month.
World Wrestling Federation (1998–2000) Heffron made his
World Wrestling Federation debut on the November 29, 1998, episode of
Sunday Night Heat, interfering in a match between
Duane Gill and
Christian. He then spent some time as part of
Al Snow's
J.O.B. Squad. He rose to short prominence as "Bluedust", a revival of a 1996 mockery of the
Goldust gimmick he used in ECW, this time paired with Goldust himself. Bluedust and Goldust were pitted against one another at the WWF's
St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House pay-per-view, a match Goldust eventually won. His gimmick was that of an arrogant stud who would insult the looks and weight of fans and other wrestlers, in an ironic twist. He wrestled for ECW until December 2000, with his final match being a bout against
Chilly Willy at
Holiday Hell 2000.
Independent circuit; Pro Pain Pro Wrestling (2001–2005) (right) at an independent show in 2005 After leaving ECW once more before the company was bought by the WWF, the Blue Meanie returned to the independent circuit. In February 2002, he opened his own promotion, the
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based
Pro Pain Pro Wrestling.
World Wrestling Entertainment (2005) The Blue Meanie appeared at WWE's
ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view on June 12, 2005. He made headlines at the event for being bloodied and deliberately (and
legitimately) injured by WWE wrestler
John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL). A few weeks after the incident, during which time Heffron indicated on his website that he was considering pursuing
legal action against JBL, it was announced that he had signed a short-term deal with WWE and reformed the bWo with Stevie Richards and Simon Dean (formerly Nova). On the July 7 episode of
SmackDown!, the bWo drove to ringside in JBL's limousine, then proceeded to spraypaint "bWo" on the
hood. This led to a
No Disqualification match between JBL and Meanie later that evening, which Meanie won after interference from Richards, who hit a notoriously stiff chair shot to JBL's head, and
World Heavyweight Champion Batista. Stevie Richards has gone on to say that he "still feels bad about it".
The Mexicools later defeated Meanie, Richards, and Nova in a six-man tag match at
The Great American Bash.
Independent circuit (2005–2022) at
Chikara's King of Trios event in 2015] In 2005, Heffron wrestled at
Hardcore Homecoming against
Tracy Smothers in what commentator
Joey Styles called a "comedy match", and also appeared with Raven during Raven's match against
Sandman. In April 2006, Heffron announced on his blog that he had been diagnosed with
empyema, and had undergone emergency surgery to have part of his lung removed. On June 3, 2007, he defeated Smothers to become the World Champion again, but lost it at the next event on August 5, to Jason Bane in a Street Fight. On September 8, he defeated Troy Justice to become APWF Heavyweight Champion. On December 28, he was managed by
Tammy Lynn Sytch and teamed with The Patriot to defeat The Sychadellic Sissies (
Ace Darling and Nicky Oceans) at National Wrestling Superstars Holiday Tour. On January 18, 2008, he defeated Danny Demanto at a National Wrestling Superstars event in Manville, New Jersey. On April 12, he and JD Love defeated Zaquary Springate III and Isys Ephex in a surprise appearance at 2CW's Living on the Edge. On August 8, 2010, Heffron was slated to appear at the
TNA PPV
Hardcore Justice; however, he could not attend the event and was replaced by a fake Blue Meanie named
The Blue Tilly. On September 4, 2015, Da Blue Guy, Big Stevie Cool and Hollywood Nova reunited as the Blue World Order for
Chikara's
2015 King of Trios tournament. They were eliminated from the tournament in their first round match by the Devastation Corporation (Blaster McMassive, Flex Rumblecrunch and Max Smashmaster). On March 20, 2022, The Blue Meanie joined Aron Stevens to take on the Dirt Sexy Boys in the NWA Crockett Cup. Heffron, under his Blue Meanie name, currently wrestles and is a trainer at
Monster Factory.
All Elite Wrestling (2021) The Blue Meanie made a cameo appearance with
AEW on October 11, 2021, on an episode of
Dark: Elevation in Philadelphia, coming out to support
Crowbar in a losing effort to
Joey Janela. == Other media ==