Blue World Order

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Blue World Order
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DebutNovember 16, 1996
Disbanded2017
Years active1996–2005
2008–2017

The Blue World Order (bWo) was a

stable of professional wrestlers formed at Extreme Championship Wrestling's November to Remember 1996 event. The stable lasted until August 1998 and was revived briefly in World Wrestling Entertainment during the summer of 2005. From 2008 through 2017, the group made several appearances at various local independent events and in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
as bW 2.0.

History

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1996–1998)

Since July 1996,

caned them. Backstage after the event, Bubba Ray Dudley told them how great it was and the only thing greater would be a parody of the nWo. After clearing things with Paul Heyman
and Raven, it was decided that they would form the bWo at the next big event, November to Remember '96. Over the next few months, members were added and members left just like the group they were imitating. Initially meant to be a one-off parody, the Blue World Order became immensely popular and elevated Richards to the main event level in ECW.

Hollywood Nova

The height of the bWo's success came at the first ECW pay per view,

squashed
Nova, and although Meanie and Nova continued to tag over the next few months, the bWo was indeed dead in November 1998.

World Wrestling Entertainment (2005)

The bWo reunited in 2005 at WWE's ECW reunion show, ECW One Night Stand,[1] coming to the ring before the Dudley Boyz versus Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman match. During their entrance, Joey Styles (laughing hysterically once they entered) said that "If any gimmick never deserved to make a dime and made a boatload of cash, this is it! And the best part is that they (WCW) couldn't sue us, 'cause it's a parody!"

On the July 7, 2005 episode of

Batista
ran in and gave a spinebuster to JBL and threw an out-of-it Meanie on top of JBL.

Later, the bWo challenged

tricycles to parody the Mexicools' usual ring entrance on John Deere lawnmowers. The bWo lost the match after Super Crazy hit a moonsault and Psicosis
hit the guillotine legdrop on Big Stevie Cool for the win. As the month of July ended, the bWo faded from the scene. Stevie Richards went back to his old gimmick, as did Hollywood Nova, while Blue Meanie was never officially contracted by WWE.

Sporadic reunions (2008–2010, 2015, 2017)

There were some bWo reunions in later years in different independents. When Richards went to TNA, Bucci and Heffron took part in a couple of shows.

On April 18, 2009, Nova and Blue Meanie unsuccessfully challenged for the British promotion One Pro Wrestling tag-team titles, losing to Project Ego (Kris Travis and Martin Kirby). That was Bucci's first in-ring performance in nearly 3 years.[2]

On June 27, 2009, they appeared with many other former ECW talent at the

The Full Blooded Italians.[3][4]

On December 12, 2009, Nova and Meanie took part in the International Wrestling Cartel show Full Circle in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. They united with Shane Douglas and defeated local stars Frank Stalletto, Lord Zoltan and Lou Marconi.[5]

On August 8, 2010, the bWo reunited on the

TNA Hardcore Justice pay-per-view event. Heffron couldn't attend the show due to personal responsibilities to take care of in Philadelphia prior to going on his vacation the next day;[6] still, his promo was aired on PPV and in the arena he was replaced by Big Tilly. Steve Richards, accompanied by Nova and Tilly, defeated Peter Polaco and later in the night Tilly and Nova attacked Tommy Dreamer during his match with Raven
.

On June 29, 2015, the Chikara promotion announced that Big Stevie Cool, Da Blue Guy and Hollywood Nova would be reuniting as the Blue World Order for the 2015 King of Trios tournament.[7] They were eliminated from the tournament in their first round match on September 4 by the Devastation Corporation (Blaster McMassive, Flex Rumblecrunch and Max Smashmaster).[8]

On March 30, 2017, the bWo made a one-night reunion at WrestleCon in a six-man tag team match, defeating the team of Kevin Matthews, Mario Bokara and Pat Buck.

Members

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0
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  2. ^ "Nova returns to wrestling at 1PW: page 1". Archived from the original on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  3. ^ "Legends of the Arena official page".
  4. ^ "More information on the event from Pro Wrestling Insiders Mike Johnson".
  5. ^ "IWC Full Circle 2009 Results". Cagematch.de. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  6. ^ "Blue Meanie Explains His Absence From TNA's Hardcore Justice". IWHeadlines.com. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  7. ^ Caldwell, James (2015-06-29). "Chikara news: Fifth team announced for King of Trios". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  8. ^ Namako, Jason (2015-09-05). "9/4 Chikara Results: Easton, PA (King of Trios Night 1)". Wrestleview. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  9. ^ "FPW Desperate Measures 2016 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  10. ^ "PWX Tag Team Championship « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
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