25 Crazy WCW Facts (That Get Progressively More Ridiculous)

4. WCW Sold The Worst Bit Of Merch EVER

The whole point of playing with toys is for the child to escape into a fantasy and hone their imagination. 

Kids play with police officer outfits and guns so that they can pretend to shoot the criminals. Kids play with footballs and goals so that they can stay fit and pretend to be a Premier League footballer. Kids play with wrestling action figures so that they can stave off boredom on the road when they’re called Matt Cardona. 

Kids probably don’t dream of one day reaching that cool moment where their dad hurriedly shaves before work, cut themselves by accident, and tell the razor to f*ck off. That’s not quite the same as gunning down the baddies after a high-speed chase, is it?

So of course WCW released a Hulk Hogan-branded toy razor kit in the mid-1990s. 

Yes, WCW actually sold this. In one of the great classic Simpsons running gags, Krusty the Clown would put his face on literally anything to make a buck. Hilariously, Hogan was a living, in real life version of this. It’s surprising that WCW didn’t release a toy bass guitar to relive Hogan’s days playing in Metallica, a toy time machine allowing you to experience 400 days in a year, or an Andre the Giant doll where, if you pull the string on its back, it takes a dump all the way to the taps, brother.

Was this toy razor set WCW actually being somewhat progressive, subverting the sexist toy market? After all, girls play with dolls and toy kitchens. Why can’t young lads be just like dad?! 

No, WCW probably did this because they were ridiculous.