Source: PWInsider Elite
There was a pitch within WWE, and on social media, to have ECW Original The Blue Meanie be a surprise entrant in the 30-man Royal Rumble main event on Sunday but that obviously didn’t happen.
The idea behind the pitch was that Meanie would have received a good pop from the Philadelphia crowd and for new fans, it would have been a way to re-introduce him because Meanie and bWo partner Stevie Richards are hosting the upcoming ECW Unreleased DVD.
Tommy Dreamer’s name also came up as a possible surprise entrant because he’s local but Bubba Ray Dudley was the only former ECW guy officials wanted to bring back. It was said that officials didn’t want more than 1 or 2 ECW guys because they feel that nobody cares about ECW anymore.
