It’s a bad day for Ted DiBiase.

I did something I haven’t done in quite a while today – and I’m not referring to posting here on VRWHBG.  I went and did a little window shopping.  I was actually out specifically looking for the Kane figure from Mattel’s WWE Elite Series 3, but unfortunately I didn’t come across it.  What I did come across, however, was something very interesting, and that’s the fact that Ted DiBiase, Jr has gone missing.

What the hell am I talking about, you’re no doubt wondering.  Well, take a look at this:

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Hmmm.

As you can see, that’s NOT Ted DiBiase in the package.  In fact, that’s not even a Mattel WWE figure – it’s an old Jakks Deluxe Roddy Piper figure!  So, it appears that Ted DiBiase 2 has gone missing.  Maybe he’s hanging out in the DVD aisle, huh?

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I swear, it was like this when I got there.

Poor Teddy.  Not only is he missing from the action figure aisle, but the price of his BluRay has been slashed, and then it was replaced with “When In Rome.”  Come to think  of it, I didn’t see him on RAW tonight either – has anybody seen Ted DiBiase?  He seems to have vanished off the face of the planet!

Happy Anniversary, WrestleCrap!

We here at VinceRussoWatchesHisBeardGrow.com would like to send our congratulations to the site that inspired this site, WrestleCrap, on their 10 Anniversary!  Congratulations, guys, and here’s to another Decade of Defecation!

A Decade Down The Drain

With Destrucity from me to you

I know, I know.  Valentine’s Day was a month and a half ago.  But as I was digging through a box of old baseball cards, I stumbled upon this 1991 Ultimate Warrior Valentine’s Day card…

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What better way to show your sweetie you love her than by giving her a Valentine’s Day card featuring a guy who legally changed his name to Warrior Warrior?

Uh, Mattel? You missed something…

So I hit up Target this morning with one thing on my mind – “I want the Mattel Elite series 1 CM Punk figure.”  Ok, that and I needed batteries for my camera before I head out to tonight’s Empire State Wrestling show.  In any event, I got my figure.  I wanted it because it has virtually the same articulation as the Jakks Deluxe Aggression figures, but with way more attention to detail.  I’ll tell you, this figure looks phenomenal.  Now, I know what you’re probably thinking.  “Oh, he’s going to complain because the Pepsi and Cobra logos and the word ‘SPITFIRE’ are missing.”  Well, you’re thinking wrong.  Those are understandable omissions on an otherwise flawless figure.  No, it’s not my new CM Punk figure that I’ve taken issue with – it’s the FlexForce figures that come with tons of accessories.  You see, they had CM Punk and The Undertaker in that series with a glaring omission from each.  The following is a picture of the CM Punk FlexForce figure.

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Look ma!  No tattoos!  None.  This is a CM Punk action figure that costs over $10, and there are no tattoos at all.  I didn’t snap a picture of The Undertaker figure from this same series, but it’s also lacking arm ink.  Interestingly enough, the ForceFlex series that didn’t come with any accessories had sketches of their tattoos – not nearly as detailed as the Elite series figures, but at least on par with what Jakks had given us over the years.

The Elite series figures are awesomely detailed, and I definitely plan on trying to pick up the Edge and Undertaker figures when I have the extra cash.  I definitely won’t be earmarking any money towards inked Superstars in the FlexForce series anytime soon.

The War On… Monday Night’s iMPACT!

Welcome to the War for another week.

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Straight-Edge Slippers

Please, please, please tell me that somebody got fired for introducing these terribly produced CM Punk slippers into the marketplace.  It’s a poor excuse for an iron on transfer.  No wonder I came across them at a closeout store for six bucks.

Straight-Edge Slippers

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As seen on wrestling-radio.com!

Wrestling-Radio.com, a great site for wrestling news that doesn’t bombard you with popups and preloading site ads, recently featured a couple of our images (namely, the John Cena sneakers from “I’m Not Making This Up” and the MVP as WWE Champion picture from “’5th Grader’ Knows It’s WWE History”), unbeknown to us.  Apparently, they got them via e-mail from people who didn’t bother to tell them where, exactly, they got these images.  Wrestling-Radio.com has since given us credit for the photos, which I personally took with my cell phone, and I’m giving them permission to keep them up – but please, if anybody reading this site is going to take our images and send them off to another wrestling site, please make sure you give us credit.

“5th Grader” Knows its WWE History

MVP was on the half-hour version of “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” recently.  When he entered the classroom, the following graphic popped up on the screen.

"MVP is the longest reigning WWE World Champion!"

"MVP is the longest reigning WWE World Champion!"

You know, I always thought to be the longest reigning World Champion, you’d have to win a World Championship.  “5th Grader” is more educational than I thought!

UPDATE: Don’t let other sites fool you – this is original vincerussowatcheshisbeardgrow.com content.

New Divas

The following is from 2004.

World Wrestling Entertainment have released new Diva trading cards, and going by the all new superstar decks, I think those new divas need to be checked for high levels of testosterone.

Breaking News!!

Triple H has signed for TNA Wrestling. TNA have jumped on this star signing already, with the first piece of merchandise available to buy on ShopTNA.com.