Category Archive for "Someone Bought This" | WrestleCrap

Someone Bought This: WWF TV View ‘n’ Color

4 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 19 July 2019, 02:00

From 1990, here’s the WWF TV View ‘n’ Color*. You put the slides into the magnifier “TV viewer” and then you can color some of them in. At least I think that’s how this thing works. It seems like it’s probably one of those cheap toys that doesn’t actually work like it’s supposed to. I love the vintage Toys ‘R Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: WCW playing cards

4 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 12 July 2019, 02:00

For those who have said that WCW wasn’t playing with a full deck toward the end, today we have a set of WCW playing cards from 1999. I wonder who’s on the Joker card?...

Someone Bought This: WWF Attitude “Show Me Your Puppies” shirt (sigh…)

5 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 05 July 2019, 02:00

This is a fine example of the worst of the worst of the “edgy” Attitude Era merchandise. Jerry Lawler loved to Oogle the Divas and got way, way too excited by their breasts. Or, as he called them “puppies”. In a really annoying, screechy, way-too-excited voice. And he’d call them that again and again and again… WWE decided to Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: Foam + Goldberg = Foamberg!

1 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 28 June 2019, 02:00

Today we have a WCW foam Bill Goldberg. It’s like one of those “We’re Number One!” foam fingers that you put on your hand and wave around except um… it’s his upper body. The back features both the stupid pointy WCW logo, and Goldberg’s tribal tattoo so the people behind you at the arena have something to look at while Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: “The Rock Says…”? Not really.

9 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 21 June 2019, 02:00

This is The Rock’s 2000 autobiography “The Rock Says…”. It’s one of the worst wrestling autobiographies eve released for two simple reasons: First, unlike Mick Foley’s excellent autobiographies, The Rock’s book was mostly written by Joe Layden with very little actual involvement from The Rock. Secondly, it came out on January 1st, 2000. The Rock had only been in WWE for Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: The NWO will destroy WCW with a Cyborg!

6 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 14 June 2019, 02:00

Remember Cyborg? You know, the NWO member? What do you mean “No”?! Well, all I can tell you is that apparently Cyborg was a wrestler from Brazil. So I guess he was in the NWO’s Brazilian offshoot? Man, that’s worse than being in the lame NWO B-Team with Vincent and Scott Norton. And yes, I know that isn’t Hollywood Hogan there. These Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: Hulk Hogan baseball glove, WWF Coloring Books, and the WWF Makeup Kit!

6 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 07 June 2019, 02:00

If you showed up for Little League practice with this Hulk Hogan baseball glove, then you deserved to be pantsed in front of the entire team and coaching staff. But that’s not all they’re hawking on this catalog page! Look! The Official WWF Makeup Kit, so you can look like The Legion Of Doom, or The Ultimate Warrior, or.. um… Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: It’s more than a lollipop- it’s a Stone Cold Spin Pop!

6 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 31 May 2019, 02:00

Say “Hello” to the Stone Cold Steve Austin Spin Pop. It’s basically a plastic figure of ol’ Steve covering a lollipop (or sucker, if you prefer) that spins around when you press a button on the handle. Because apparently spinning a candy around via a little motor makes it taste better? So let’s review: Stone Cold cover + lollipop + spinning Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: Oh, a Wise Guy, eh?

6 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 24 May 2019, 02:00

In the late 90’s at the height of D-Generation X’s popularity, they decided to release the DX Wiseguyz– a set of figures featuring Triple H, The New Age Outlaws, and X-Pac dressed up as as 1930’s gangsters. They even put them on the cover of WWF Magazine in suits! Um… Why? I mean DX was cool. Gangsters are always cool. Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: Stand up for Law, Order, and fashionable headwear!

6 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 17 May 2019, 02:00

It’s a Big Boss Man baseball cap! I just now noticed that the handcuffs in his logo are shaped like the letters “Co.” which is the abbreviation for County (as in Cobb County, Georgia)....

Someone Bought This: This Rockers shirt reminds me of something…

5 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 10 May 2019, 02:00

I especially like this Rockers shirt because it looks like the Title Card to a wacky 80’s cartoon- “The Adventures Of The Rockers”! You expect them to team up with the Scooby-Doo gang solving mysteries in a van, and then they’d all dance to some generic rock music at the end. I bet Shawn would totally score with Daphnie, leaving Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: Mankind is here with Chef Boyardee Ravioli!

0 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 03 May 2019, 02:00

This was too weird not to uh.. “borrow” for SBT, Crappers! User dgnr8 on The Wrestling Figs collector’s forum made a post in this thread about all the promotional cardboard cutout standees he owns, including this one! It’s a promotional standee of Mick Foley / Mankind shilling for Chef Boyardee Beef Ravioli! Imagine that you’re staying overnight at this guy’s Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: Cutting hair is thirsty work!

1 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 26 April 2019, 02:00

It’s a Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake drinking glass! Brutus is looking kind of bloated here, isn’t he? Of course, the only thing you can really drink out of it are those fruity mixed drinks with the little paper umbrellas. “Ooo! I sure could usk one of those drinks from that glass featuring that sexy barber fella, there…” That’s enough out Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: Sting’s in trouble, but help is on the way!

4 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 19 April 2019, 02:00

Robocop in WCW was pretty ridiculous on it’s own merits (of course we’ve covered that in The WrestleCrap Archives) but even moe ridiculous is the over-the-top (dad!) ad copy they came up with for this Capital Combat ’90 ad. For extra fun, read it in your best “Movie Trailer Voice-Over Guy” voice as if it’s the most important thing in the Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: WCW luggage tags will help make you look stupid in public

5 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 12 April 2019, 02:00

They actually made WCW Sting and Goldberg luggage tags. Okay, picture this. You’re at the airport baggage carousel… …desperately trying to find your suitcase amongst the dozens circling by. You walk up to an airline employee and say “Excuse me, can you help me find my bag? It’s the black one with the luggage tag of a mime on it!”. Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: This shirt is unbelievable… for all the wrong reasons

5 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 05 April 2019, 02:00

“Unbelievable!” (said in Vince McMahon’s awesome bombastic voice) was WWE’s slogan during the failed “New Generation” era where they trotted out a bunch of new wrestlers and characters that nobody cared about. “Unbelievable”… as in “I can’t believe how terrible the WWF is these days”. And for some reason they decided to put the slogan on a shirt in unbelievably Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: Bill Goldberg Yo-Yo

1 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 29 March 2019, 02:00

This is the WCW Bill Goldberg Sleeper Yo-Yo. I assume they call it that because much like The Witch’s poison apple from Snow White, Goldberg’s formulaic, by-the-numbers matches were always guaranteed to lull you into a deep sleep....

Someone Bought This: WrestleMania XI cap

5 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 22 March 2019, 02:00

WrestleMania XI was not a very good show… in fact it was probalby the worst WrestleMania of all time. But WWE made this baseball cap anyway because they thought someone would want to remember it. Why is the logo in teal?...

Someone Bought This: A trading card for the ladies…

1 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 15 March 2019, 02:00

I was looking through the 1991 Merlin WWF trading cards on The Wrestling Trading Card Collector’s Site and that’s when I saw this! A Marty Jannetty trading card. But not just any Marty Jannetty trading card. A Marty Jannetty trading card where he’s doing his best to look as sexy and smooth as humanly possible laying on some rocks by Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: Custom Man Mountain Rock figure with the most important accessory

0 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 08 March 2019, 02:00

I found this custom Man Mountain Rock figure at WrestleToys.com. It’s better than the Hasbro custom one we featured earlier because this one does come with WWF logo guitar as illustrated! But sadly no crown. King Man Mountain Rock! Oh, what a wonderful world it would be if he had been crowned King of the WWF! Man Mountain Rock, what do Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: Undertaker and Steve Austin Stovepipe hats

2 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 01 March 2019, 02:00

I don’t care how big of a wrestling fan you were in the late 90’s, you would not be caught dead wearing either the Stone Cold Steve Austin or The Undertaker Stovepipe hat in public unless you were a 10 year old boy who just bought it at a house show....

Someone Bought This: Norman The Lunatic loves his teddy bear, and you can too!

1 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 22 February 2019, 02:00

Before Mike Shaw was Bastion Booger, before he was Friar Ferguson, he was Norman The Lunatic in WCW. That was his entire gimmick- he was a stereotypical “crazy guy” who escaped from an insane asylum and (of course) had wild, crazy hair and was still wearing his asylum-issued outfit. Oh yeah, and he was managed by Teddy Long, playa! Norman Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: Adam Bomb “Bomb Squad” shirt

4 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 15 February 2019, 02:00

Adam Bomb was a heel whose gimmick was that.. um. .. he survived a nuclear explosion (or something). Then he turned face, threw little Nerf football “bombs”… …into the audience, and got his own “Bomb Squad” t-shirt. I guess his fans were called The Bomb Squad? I don’t really remember that, but whatever....

Someone Bought This: WCW Nitro Girls dress for your little girl (?)

2 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 08 February 2019, 02:00

Bryan over at The WCW Worldwide Blog posted a 1998 WCW Merchandise Catalog. WCW Nitro Girls dresses for little girls. Now, someone please correct me if I’m wrong but the entire purpose of the Nitro Girls was to give guys something to oogle in -between matches. I can’t imagine that too many 6 year old girls A). Watched wrestling or B). Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: El Gigante shirt

4 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 01 February 2019, 02:00

I know this isn’t a very high-resolution image but I can’t find anything better (please shoot me an email if you have or find a better scan of this!). Look in the upper right corner! It’s an El Gigante shirt! I bet WCW sold a cool dozen of these! It’s neat (in a “I can’t believe someone bought that!” sort of Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: Stone Cold Steve Austin is a guy you can really bank on… and bank in!

6 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 25 January 2019, 02:00

Today we have a talking Stone Cold Steve Austin “Superstar Sound Bank”. I assume he talks when you give him money. Just like someone with big important information in a crime drama movie! This is the kind of cheesy, fun toy I would have begged for if I had been 7 or 8 in The Attitude Era....

Someone Bought This: WCW LCD wrist watch game, and flasks!

6 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 18 January 2019, 02:00

This WCW catalog page from the early 90’s has all sorts of stuff on it. Look! It’s one of those LCD wristwatch games! The games almost always barely playable and you could hardly see the tiny screen. but they gave you something to do during 5th Period Study Hall when you wanted to avoid doing Algebra homework. This is what Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: Unreleased WWF Superstars cereal box featuring a tag team that licks ’em all!

2 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 11 January 2019, 02:00

Crapper Another Dave writes: Ran across this this morning- an unreleased WWF Superstars Cereal Box featuring the Bushwhackers! Because I know when I’m trying to keep food down there’s nothing like looking at Luke and Butch! Oh yes! Thinking about Luke and Butch licking random fans sure makes me want to grab a nice bowl of second rate wrestling themed Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: Buy a Cactus Jacket from Cactus Jack!

3 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 04 January 2019, 02:00

Bryan over at The WCW Worldwide Blog found out that in 1994 Mick Foley ran a short-lived mail-order Leather Jacket catalog (!). Mick offered leather jackets for both men and women. Unfortunately there wasn’t much interest in the jackets and the business closed down pretty fast. I don’t know much about leather jackets but they look nice to me. Continue Reading...

Someone Bought This: No Holds Barred- The shirt!

4 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 28 December 2018, 02:00

If you’ve read R.D’s induction of No Holds Barred (and if you haven’t, you ought to) then you know the movie is… shall we say…. somewhat flawed. But Vince McMahon must have thought the movie would be really popular because the WWF put out this t-shirt featuring a drawing of Hulk Hogan (as Rip!) glaring at an enraged Zeus. Hulk looks like Continue Reading...