Blue World Order The Blue World Order ( bWo ) was a stable of professional wrestlers formed at Extreme Championship Wrestling ' s November to Remember 1996 event at the ECW Arena . The stable lasted until August 1998 and briefly in World Wrestling Entertainment throughout the summer of 2005 . History . Extreme Championship Wrestling ( 1996 – 1998 ) . Since July 1995 , Stevie Richards and The Blue Meanie ( Brian Heffron ) had been making parodies of various wrestlers from the WWF and WCW . In early 1996 Raven was forming a stable called Raven ' s Nest , and was gathering new members to be lackies . He called upon Stevie and Meanie along with an independent performer from New Jersey , Nova ( Mike Bucci ) . These three would often come to the ring together before Raven made his entrance , imitating rock bands or pop culture references , most notably The Jackson 5 and at " ECW The Doctor is In " in August 1996 as the rock band KISS . The latter received a great ovation from the hardcore ECW fans before The Sandman abruptly entered the ring and caned them . Backstage after the event , Buh Buh 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 . The height of the bWo ' s success came at the very first ECW pay per view , Barely Legal , in which Big Stevie Cool was part of the 3 - Way Dance main event for the # 1 contendership for the ECW World Title . Just weeks after this event Richards suffered a " severe " neck injury and announced his retirement . The legitimacy of this injury has been rumored to be a complete work , perhaps a mockery of Shawn Michaels ' knee injury segments in the WWF at that time . Shortly thereafter , Richards left for WCW , and the bWo soon faded . In July 1997 , Nova had a match against Taz in which Taz vowed to kill the bWo . He squashed Nova , and although Meanie and Nova continued to tag over the next few months , the bWo was indeed dead . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2005 ) . The bWo reunited in 2005 at WWE ' s ECW reunion show , ECW One Night Stand , 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 July 7 , 2005 , the bWo reunited once again , this time to confront JBL since he sought out The Blue Meanie and punched him repeatedly after Meanie called him a " Backstage Bully " . The attack by JBL caused Meanie to tear some recent stitches and bleed at One Night Stand . JBL then taunted the bWo and called Meanie a " fat little bitch " . This led to a Meanie versus JBL match . Richards delivered a nasty chairshot to JBL during the match that busted him open . The Blue Meanie won the match after he hit his finisher , the Meaniesault , and Batista ran in and gave a spinebuster to JBL and threw an out - of - it Meanie on top of JBL . Later , the bWo challenged The Mexicools to a match at The Great American Bash , with Stevie Richards saying the bWo was tired of the Mexicools interfering in people ' s matches , saying they were going to take over and rise up against the gringos because " We " invented " that ! " - which then prompted Hollywood Nova to say " Actually , we never said we were going to rise up against the gringos " . The three members appeared on " WWE Velocity " in a six - man tag match against 3 jobbers to prepare themselves for their tag match against the Mexicools . At the Great American Bash , the bWo and Mexicools met in a six - man tag match . They even drove into the ring on 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 – 2009 ) . 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 . On June 27 , 2009 they appeared with many other former ECW talent at the Francine Fournier - run benefit show entitled " Legends of The Arena " . The event took place at the original ECW Arena in South Philadelphia as a benefit for deceased members of Francine ' s family ; a portion of the ticket sales went to The American Cancer Society . bWo defeated the team of Little Guido and Big Sal , the Full Blooded Italians . 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 . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2010 ) . On August 8 , 2010 the bWo reunited on the TNA PPV Hardcore Justice . 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 ; 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 .