10 Biggest WWE Stars To Never Have An Action Figure

Who doesn’t love an action figure?

Pitting your favourite toys against each other as a kid is the closest many of us will ever get to running a wrestling promotion - a promotion where the matches took place on a kitchen worktop.

These plastic collectibles are also a great way for companies to make money, as the wacky, overblown world of wrestling lends itself to the medium perfectly.

Even though everyone and their mother’s likeness has been licensed, there are nevertheless some huge names out there that have had an official WWE figure of themselves made.

These are the 10 Biggest WWE Stars to Never Have an Action Figure.

10. The Blue Meanie

In 1995, the world was introduced to The Blue Meanie - the greatest wrestler of all time to be named after a villain from a Beatles movie.

Under this gimmick, Brian Heffron became extremely popular in ECW. His big breakthrough came when he, Steven Richards, and Nova formed the Blue World Order - a parody version of the famous WCW stable.

Though he was primarily an ECW wrestler, Meanie did also wrestle WWE during the Attitude Era.

Of note, he formed a weird partnership with Goldust where he called him his “Mommy” and then went on to be absolutely decimated by JBL at One Night Stand 2005.

Even though he had one of the most recognisable looks in all of wrestling, Meanie never got made into a WWE action figure.

He’s had plenty of other figures made by other companies - including getting a Micro Brawler in 2019 - but he’s yet to be given an official collectable from WWE.

9. Hakushi

Jinsei Shinzaki is still working in the business in his native Japan, even as he enters his late 50s and is currently the president of Michinoku Pro Wrestling.

After making a name for himself in that company in the early 90s, Shinzaki started appearing for WWE in 1994 and quickly began building up wins over some young jobbers, one of which was a baby-faced Matt Hardy.

Under his new name of Hakushi, Shinzaki wowed audiences with his impressive high-flying moves and athletic ability. A solid mid-card act, perhaps his biggest issue was that he was ahead of his own time.

Hakushi did manage to score a feud with then-WWE Champion Bret Hart before departing the company in 1996 and heading back to the Land of the Rising Sun.

Even though he was given a fair push over in America, WWE never rewarded Hakushi with an action figure, despite his unique look.

8. Ronnie Garvin

The kayfabe brother of Fabulous Freebirds member Jimmy Garvin, “Rugged” Ronnie Garvin first made a name for himself in Jim Crockett Promotions.

In fact, he became the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion in 1987 by beating none other than Ric Flair. Did he only win the belt so Flair could win it back at Starrcade? Well, yes, but that’s not the point.

Garvin would join the World Wrestling Federation in 1988 and soon became an established part of the roster. He worked the first ever Royal Rumble match to be shown on pay-per-view and would go on to wrestle at several other major shows, including WrestleMania 5.

Whilst he never won a championship with the Fed, he was still a part of programming during one of its hottest-ever periods. You’d have thought that this would have guaranteed him an LJN figure, but sadly this wouldn’t be the case.

In fact, as far as we’re aware, Garvin never got an action figure of any kind from any promotion.

This guy headlined Starrcade and nobody thought about slapping his face on a plastic toy.

7. Rockin' Robin

Rockin’ Robin was a very popular female performer during WWE’s Golden Era. She had wrestling in her blood as the brother of NWA star Sam Houston and the half-brother of the legendary Jake “The Snake” Roberts.

Robin joined WWE in 1987 when the company decided to restart its women’s division. Her first big appearance came at the inaugural Survivor Series pay-per-view, where she was on the winning side of a traditional elimination match.

She would become Women’s Champion in 1988 by beating Sensational Sherri and would go on to hold the belt for over 500 days. This included an appearance at WrestleMania 5, where she sang America the Beautiful.

Robin would actually be the final holder of that belt for three years when she left the company in 1990.

Maybe this is why WWE never commissioned a figure of her, despite such a mammoth reign with the gold.

6. Boris Zhukov

Anyone who doesn’t know about '80s wrestling might be surprised to learn that grapplers would often perform under gimmicks that had nothing to do with their real lives.

For example, take the feared Russian wrestler Boris Zhukov, whose real name was actually… James. James Harrell, from Virginia.

Harrell first adopted the Zhukov gimmick in Texas in 1983, playing off America’s animosity towards the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The character got super over as a detested heel, prompting a move to the American Wrestling Association in 1985.

Here, he would challenge the likes of Sgt. Slaughter and Rick Martel for various championships and even beat The Rockers for the tag belts in 1987. This is also where he would get his very own action figure as part of the AWA Mat Mania collection.

Despite working for WWE for four years, he was never given another toy. He was best known for his role in The Bolsheviks, a tag team alongside another Russian character Nikolai Volkoff, who was actually born in Yugoslavia.

5. Paul Roma

If you’re going to join a wrestling company, then you might as well join it in one of the pivotal years in its history.

That’s what Paul Roma did when he rocked up in 1984, the year that Hulk Hogan became WWE Champion and set in motion one of the most important periods of the company’s entire existence.

In his early days with the company, Roma wrestled as a face and scored wins over the likes of Bret Hart and Randy Savage. He then became a Young Stallion alongside Jim Powers, before joining up with Hercules Hernadez to form his most popular act - Power and Glory.

Roma came to Herc’s rescue after an attack by Rick “The Model” Martel and the two would team together for the next year or so.

They wrestled a programme with The Hart Foundation over the tag team titles, with The Hitman apparently saying that they were the best tag team he’d ever seen. Although, that quote comes from Roma himself, so take it with a cement mixer full of salt.

4. Leilani Kai

It might have changed sports entertainment forever, but the first WrestleMania was honestly a bit crap.

In terms of major matches, there were only two really big ones. One was the main event pitting Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff against Hulk Hogan and Mr. T, and the other was the highly anticipated bout over the Women’s Championship.

Wendi Richter was the plucky challenger for the gold, looking to regain the belt after losing it a few weeks earlier. There was a significant buzz around her, because she would have pop sensation Cyndi Lauper in her corner.

On the other side of the ring was Leilani Kai, the villainous champion who had dethroned Richter in the first place, with the Fabulous Moolah as her manager.

Kai dropping the title back to Richter on this night played a huge part in the success of WrestleMania 1 and, you could argue, the entire future success of the company.

Whilst Wendi finally got a figure back in 2020, the same honour has not been bestowed upon her former foe.

3. Dino Bravo

Canadian wrestler Dino Bravo was so popular back in the mid-80s that WWE introduced an entirely new Canadian Championship just for him. Granted, it only lasted for about six months before Bravo left the company, but still!

Bravo didn’t just win his own vanity title, as he was also a World Tag Team Champion alongside Dominic DeNucci. He would also appear in the world title tournament at WrestleMania 4, compete in a match at the very first SummerSlam, and was a contender for the Intercontinental Championship during The Ultimate Warrior’s time with the gold.

The strongman was a very familiar face during one of wrestling’s most popular periods, so why no figure? The murky circumstances surrounding his death may have something to do with it.

Bravo was linked to an organised crime family back in Canada and was allegedly involved in smuggling cigarettes for them. He was found shot dead in 1993, presumably at the hands of the mafia.

2. Jazz

Of all the wrestlers on this list, the one who is the angriest about not getting an action figure is definitely former Women’s Champion Jazz.

The star made a name for herself in ECW as a rough, tough woman who wasn’t afraid to mix it up with the men. She found success as part of the Impact Players alongside Justin Credible and Lance Storm.

Jazz joined WWE in 2001 and debuted in a big way at that year’s Survivor Series. She would go on to become a two-time Women’s Champion before leaving the company in 2004.

In 2021, Jazz went on a podcast called The Zone and talked about her frustrations about working for WWE and their lack of promotion of her. She said that she couldn’t understand why WWE never gave her an action figure (or merch of any kind for that matter).

She then asked the company to reach out to her to strike a deal, before saying “Don’t try to throw that sh*t at me when I’m dead.”

1. Linda McMahon

Vince McMahon got a WWE action figure as early as 1997. Shane then followed suit in 1999, followed by Stephanie in 2000.

But where oh where is the real star of the McMahon family - the wheelchair-riding, husband-kicking, Senate-running, MAGA Power that is Linda McMahon?

Though she’s not been on TV nearly as often as her family members, Linda has been a part of some truly great moments in WWE history.

She walked down to the ring with Earl Hebner during the Backlash 2000 main event, she was the one responsible for reinstating Mick Foley ahead of WrestleMania 2000, and who could forget when she rose from her chair at Mania X-Seven to punt her no-good spouse directly in his nether regions.

Though Linda never got an official action figure release, plans have been dug up for an unreleased collectable for the future member of the Trump administration.

The closest thing to an actual release she ever got was a 2001 Jakks Pacific ring gear set entitled “Linda’s Revenge”. It’s even got a little wheelchair in it. And a chair that says “Hardy Boyz” on it, for some reason.