[1991-03-17-WWF-Wrestling Challenge] Wrestling Buddies commercial

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

As much as we joke about the HHH thing, I really think it's a typical WWF directive for certain wrestlers not to be portrayed as weak in commercials. Notice that neither the Hogan nor Warrior buddy take a single bump in this commercial, but DiBiase is flying all over the place.

[shoe]

Haha I never noticed it before, but totally believeable.

[Matt D]

I had Savage and Warrior as a 9 year old.

 

What? I did.

[goodhelmet]

Dude, you and Musgrave would totally get along. He had his Hulk Hogan Buddy with him as we watched the AWA set.

[Johnny Sorrow]

I had the Fritz Von Erich Wrestling Buddy. I'd hug it and it would reject my love unless I wrestled.

[Kevin Ridge]

Never did get me a wrestling buddy. Would have enjoyed dropping elbows on a Hogan wrestling buddy. I didn't put as much thought into this as Loss but it is funny that was how they did this commercial.

[soup23]

Had the Hogan and Roberts buddies myself. One of my favorite toys as a kid.

[garretta]

This was definitely a "softer" toy commercial than we're used to from the WWF. There was a regular toy commercial-type voiceover, a goofy skit with parents and kids, and a general air of cuddliness about the whole thing. I kind of liked the more action-packed commercials with a WWF announcer doing the voiceover and more of a wrestling atmosphere. Then again, these were stuffed toys instead of action figures, so maybe Vince thought a change in style was warranted.

 

Interesting to learn about which buddies bumped and which didn't. Talk about micromanagement from Vince! How in the world did a well-respected toy company like Tonka put up with stuff like that?