• Old School ECW/WWF Veteran Celebrates His Birthday
Old School ECW/WWF Veteran The Blue Meanie (Real name: Brian Heffron) celebrates his birthday today.
The Blue Meanie wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1995 to 1998 and then joined the World Wrestling Federation during the Attitude Era in 1998.
Meanie left the WWF in 2000 and returned to ECW later that year after losing more than 100 lbs of weight.
He returned for the ECW One Night Stand in 2005 and even wrestled THe Mexicools at the ‘Great American Bash 2005’ PPV, teaming up with his bWo buddies Big Stevie Cool (Stevie Richards) & Hollywood Nova (Simon Dean).
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLUE MEANIE!
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 18, 2002) – Old School WWF Legend Passed Away
On this day in 2002 we lost Old School WWF Legend “The British Bulldog” Davey Boy Smith (Real name: David Smith) at the young age of 39.
Davey Boy died after suffering a heart attack, most likely a result of his pain killer addiction, which was caused by the WCW Fall Brawl 1998 incident, when they had a trap door under the ring canvas to enable The Ultimate Warrior suddenly showing up in the ring during the main event, but the WCW officials forgot to tell Davey not to bump on that side of the ring, so he did and got hurt.
He became a legend while wrestling for the World Wrestling Federation from 1985 to 1992, from 1994 to 1997 and again from 1999 to 2000.
Smith was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021 with his ex wife Diana and his kids Harry & Georgia accepting the award on his behalf.
REST IN PEACE BRITISH BULLDOG!
November 27, 1962 – May 18, 2002
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• Old School WWF Legend Would Have Celebrated His Birthday
Today would have been the birthday of Old School WWF Legend “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka (Real name: James Wiley Smith, later changed to James Reiher Snuka).
Snuka wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation from 1982 to 1985, from 1989 to 1992 and then returned occasionally in 1993, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008 & 2009 & 2010.
In 1996, Superfly was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame (now referred to as WWE Hall of Fame) by his long time rival Don Muraco.
He was the father of current WWE Diva Tamina Snuka and former WWE Ruthless Aggression Era Wrestler Deuce (Sim Snuka) of the Tag Team ‘Deuce & Domino’.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE!
May 18, 1943 – January 15, 2017
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