10 Stupidest Things WWE Attitude Era Stars Had To Do
4. Al Snow - Campaign To Get His Action Figure Back
Something else in Al Snow's life that armed Mick Foley to the t*ts with jokes at his expense, and this time it's nothing to do with yet another of Snow's aborted gimmicks.
Not technically, anyway.
Yes, Snow moved on from his cult classic psychotic persona alongside "Head" eventually, but it became his long-awaited and overdue calling card when he broke through on a WWE show once again penetrating the mainstream consciousness. Typical for unlucky Al though, the merchandise cheques dried up amidst an absurd and accidental national scandal.
An action figure of the Job Squad leader alongside his beloved mannequin friend Head as well as fellow stable member Bob Holly was pulled from Walmart due to apparently promoting spousal abuse as well as murder and dismemberment. The protestation from the store (and the pressure groups that forced the move) showed little to no interest into the context, and comparisons to horror movie action figures or ACTUAL REAL LIFE GUNS in the same or nearby sections of the outlets weren't entirely false equivalencies.
WWE featured the moral panic on their show and as part of yet another mental decline for the Snow character, clearly glad to yet again be thought of as too edgy for parental types they'd one day court again.