Blue Meanie Details How His ROH Death Before Dishonor Appearance Came To Be

The Blue Meanie explains how his appearance at Ring of Honor’s Death Before Dishonor at the 2300 Arena, formerly known as the ECW Arena, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, came to be.

Iconic ECW character, the Blue Meanie, recently appeared at Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor. He was part of Athena’s entrance in the main event of the show before her match with Mina Shirakawa. Meanie arrived at the ECW Arena, where he made a name for himself and did what he does best: dance.

On his Morning with Meanie podcast, Meanie detailed how his appearance came about. He revealed that he was initially contacted overall by RJ City, who wanted to film content with him while they were in the area. Then, he would begin chatting with Athena and Sonjay Dutt, as the Ring of Honor Women’s World Champion wanted to do something with him for her special match in the ECW Arena.

“RJ City had reached out to me because he was thinking about doing something with me. Then, during the course of talking, I get a random text from a number I don’t have saved, so I’m just like, ‘Oh, here it comes.’ Every now and then, I’ll get a text message. I’ll get crank text messages as people find my number, and then just text me to say mean shit. So, I’m just like, ‘ Here we go. ‘ But it was like, ‘Hey, this is Athena. I got your number from so and so.’ Also, she sent a photo of herself. I’m like,’ Oh, great. It’s really her.’ So she’s like, ‘We have an idea for you to be a part of my deal tomorrow. Would you be interested?’ I was like, Absolutely.’

“Then, Sonjay Dutt, who works behind the scenes with AEW/Ring of Honor. He texted me… It’s like a three-card monte. I’m talking to Sonjay, I’m talking to Athena. Talking to RJ over here, and they’re like, ‘Are you available for us?’ Absolutely. So I had no idea what I was going to do. I was like, and I always say this, ‘I’m a 10-minute walk. I can walk out my door and walk there in 10 minutes, 15 minutes if I walk backwards.’

Blue Meanie revealed that despite his familiarity with the building, he always gets nervous before performing for that crowd because he knows how tough the Philadelphia crowd can be. However, he was happy that they showed him love as he nears the 30th anniversary of his character’s creation.

“I always get nervous, even though I’ve been in that building a million times, and often joke that, ‘Yeah, those fans are just my neighbors, you know. They’re just happy to see me,’ but it is really cool to actually go out and be remembered and get sort of reaction in that building. Because, you know, Philadelphia fans, for the most part, they can be harsh. If you’re good, they’ll love you. If they hate you, they’ll let you know, you know, and I’ve seen plenty of people get booed out of that building, but here we are. I debuted there in 1995, 30 years ago. It’ll be 30 years in November since the Blue Meanie character was born. So we’re approaching on that. So to be asked to be a part of something very special in the city, in that building with a great company, meant a lot.”

Athena is inching closer to 1,000 days as Ring of Honor Women’s World Champion. She can also say that for a brief time, she had the Blue Meanie as a minion.

Check out the full results for Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor here.

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