[thechris]

Yeah, I think wrestling kind of died for me sometime around early 2000 which was around when WWF bought WCW at which point I kind of stopped giving a damn (which is good because I heard they handled the whole WWF vs WCW thing very poorly). The height of my interest was definitely during the 80s, early 90s with favourites being Ted Dibiase and Irwin R Schyster's Money Incorporated, "the Macho Man" Randy Savage, Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat, "the Hitman" Bret Hart, the Fabulous Roujeaus, the Road Warriors and of course DEMOLITION!

Jakks had their WWE Classics collection years ago which were "ok" but lacked rotation at the thighs and when you're talking about wrestling figures, you need the 29 PoA minimum. Last year, I saw Mattel's Wave 2 at Zellers and after a lot of back and forth, ended up ordering Waves 1, 2 and 3 (minus Stonecold and the Rock). I was not disappointed as these were some of the BEST figure investments I've ever made. Later, I got Wave 4 and the TRU tag team exclusives.

The packaging is some of the nicest I've seen with fantastic artwork, the figure sculpts look outstanding with separate knee and elbow pad pieces which cover the joints but do not restrict movement, great articulation and the accessories are amazing. Terry Funk comes with a branding iron, poncho, chaps and a cowboy hat and Hawk and Animal came with removable spiked shoulder and wrist gauntlets. Way cool.