The Blue Meanie at WrestleMania XV.
March 28, 1999 was an epic date in the life of Brian Heffron, better known to the Philly crowd as the Blue Meanie, and his thousands of fans around the world. Just a few months after joining what was then the World Wrestling Federation, Heffron would be booked to make an appearance in the biggest pay-per-view in the wrestling business, WrestleMania, and in his own backyard of Philadelphia at what was then known as the First Union Center.
Growing up in Atlantic City, Heffron attended both WrestleMania IV and WrestleMania V, which took place in the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall in 1988 and 1989, respectively. After training with Al Snow in Ohio, he’d make his way back East and became a staple of Extreme Championship Wrestling. As ECW grew, talent left for the greener pastures of the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling. Heffron would join the former in November 1998, a couple of weeks after