According to a Fully Poseable Wrestling Figure Podcast interview in 2018 with an LJN sculptor, what became the familiar 8-inch, rubber-molded aesthetic of the WWF line happened by accident.

When it comes to ‘80s toys, wrestling figures from the WWF (now the WWE) were all the rage—and here‘s the history behind their creation.

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WWF now partnered with Hasbro to make their action figures, and the figures design changed dramatically from the very large, heavy, rubber like LJN figures, to a much smaller, plastic figure.

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The figure gained more attention in 2020 when Matt Cardona revealed that he acquired one during the Major Figure Wrestling Podcast’s “Complete History of WWF LJN Figures” video.

There are two indisputably iconic classic wrestling action figures (Wrestling Buddies don’t count): the LJN bendable figures of the mid-1980s and the Hasbro WWF figures that ran from 1990 to 1994.

WWE has always had an inclination for using midget wrestlers, but this is too much. Hasbro went with a more cartoonish look after purchasing the WWF rights from LJN in the late 1980s.

The WWE (formerly WWF) icon, who died on July 24 at the age of 71, was featured in the original line of rubber wrestling toys released by toy company LJN in 1984.

For anyone who's been nursing a grudge since the early '80s that LJN's final wave of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons action figures never came out.