Rocky Johnson began his career in 1964 in Southern Ontario before moving into the U.S. territorial system. After adopting the ring name Rocky Johnson, he entered the California circuit, where he became a regular in NWA Hollywood Wrestling. His early California tenure centered on extended feuds with Freddie Blassie, The Destroyer, and John Tolos, appearing in repeated grudge matches, title challenges, and Los Angeles main events.

Through the late 1960s and early 1970s, Johnson became a traveling contender across the National Wrestling Alliance, entering multiple regional title programs. He received several NWA World Heavyweight Championship matches against champions Terry Funk and Harley Race, working as a recurring challenger in St. Louis, Texas, and Florida. During this period he also entered numerous tag team campaigns, capturing regional NWA tag titles with partners including Don Leo Jonathan, Earl Maynard, Jerry Brisco, Danny Little Bear, and Jose Lothario.

In Memphis, Johnson wrestled intermittently for the Continental Wrestling Association, where he engaged in a recurring feud with Jerry Lawler. Their rivalry included matches for Lawler’s crown and multiple rematches across the territory’s weekly loop. Johnson also held the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship with Jimmy Valiant and later with Soul Train Jones, entering programs with local heel teams and stables.

In the Mid‑Atlantic territory, Johnson adopted the masked persona Sweet Ebony Diamond, entering a feud cycle built around the NWA Television Championship. As Diamond, he faced opponents such as Greg Valentine, Ray Stevens, and various members of the Mid‑Atlantic heel roster, defending and reclaiming the TV title in repeated television bouts.

Johnson’s work in Championship Wrestling from Florida included multiple reigns with the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship, as well as the Florida Television, Florida Tag Team, and Brass Knuckles titles. His Florida runs placed him in feuds with Buddy Colt, The Missouri Mauler, and Ivan Koloff, along with tag programs alongside partners like Pedro Morales.

In Georgia Championship Wrestling, Johnson held the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship twice and the Georgia Tag Team Championship with Jerry Brisco. His Georgia feuds included programs with Ox Baker, The Assassin, and Buddy Fuller, as well as tag rivalries with heel units operating in the Atlanta territory.

Johnson also competed in NWA Big Time Wrestling in Texas, where he held the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship twice and the Texas Tag Team Championship with Jose Lothario. His Texas feuds included matches against Bruiser Brody, Killer Karl Kox, and Gino Hernandez, along with Brass Knuckles title defenses in specialty bouts.

In San Francisco, Johnson captured the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (San Francisco version) and held the NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) four times—three with Pat Patterson and once with Pepper Gomez. His San Francisco feuds included extended programs with Ray Stevens, The Von Steigers, and The Invaders, often involving title switches and multi‑team matches.

Johnson’s work in the Pacific Northwest included reigns with the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship and the PNW Tag Team Championship with Brett Sawyer and Iceman Parsons, entering feuds with Rip Oliver, Buddy Rose, and the Army stable.

In 1982, Johnson entered the World Wrestling Federation, where he immediately began feuds with Don Muraco, Greg Valentine, Mike Sharpe, Buddy Rose, and Adrian Adonis. After several months of singles programs, he was paired with Tony Atlas to form a tag team unit. Together they entered a feud with The Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika), culminating in a title match taped November 15, 1983, where Johnson and Atlas won the WWF Tag Team Championship. As The Soul Patrol, they defended the titles against the Samoans and other heel teams across the WWF’s touring schedule.

After leaving the WWF in 1985, Johnson returned to the territorial circuit, working in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Portland, Tennessee, and Central States. In Polynesian Pro Wrestling, he teamed with his brother Ricky Johnson, capturing the NWA Polynesian Pacific Tag Team Championship twice and entering feuds with local heel teams and visiting NWA talent. In ICWA, he held the ICWA Tag Team Championship with Crash the Terminator, working against regional heel stables.

Across the late 1980s and early 1990s, Johnson continued to appear in regional promotions, entering short‑term feuds and title programs before gradually reducing his in‑ring schedule. His career remained defined by multi‑territory championship pursuits, recurring rivalries with top regional heels....[See More]

Mark Briscoe’s ROH career began alongside his brother Jay as part of the Briscoe Brothers tag team unit, entering the promotion’s early tag team title picture and establishing themselves as recurring contenders. After multiple early campaigns, the Brothers returned to ROH at the Fourth Anniversary Show in 2006, inserting themselves into a scheduled tag match between Tony Mamaluke and Sal Rinauro and the team of Jason Blade and Kid Mikaze. They won their re‑debut match and immediately resumed pursuit of the ROH World Tag Team Championship.

Following their return, the Briscoes entered a renewed series of challenges for the tag titles held by Austin Aries and Roderick Strong. They received three consecutive championship opportunities at Ring of Homicide, Destiny, and Unified, losing each attempt. As before, the storyline consequence was that they were barred from further title shots as long as Aries and Strong remained champions. During this period, the Briscoes also aligned themselves with ROH Commissioner Jim Cornette’s heel authority figure, acting as his enforcers in conflicts with Homicide and Samoa Joe. This included a tag match at Glory By Honor V: Night Two and an anything‑goes elimination match at Dethroned.

Simultaneously, Mark participated in a series of matches involving KENTA and his partners Davey Richards and Naomichi Marufuji. These included a tag match against KENTA and Richards at Time to Man Up and another against KENTA and Marufuji at Glory By Honor V: Night One, continuing the Briscoes’ involvement in cross‑promotional matchups.

At Fifth Year Festival: Chicago, Mark and Jay defeated Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal to regain the ROH World Tag Team Championship. Their reign ended quickly, losing the belts to Naruki Doi and Shingo Takagi at Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool in their first defense. Following this loss, the storyline emphasized the Brothers’ need to “man up,” leading to a one‑time singles match between Mark and Jay at Fifth Year Festival: Finale. The match ended in a draw when neither brother could answer the referee’s ten‑count.

At All Star Extravaganza III, the Briscoes regained the tag titles from Doi and Shingo, but during the match Mark suffered a serious injury after a Shooting Star Press to the floor. He was hospitalized for two nights before being released. Two weeks later at Fighting Spirit, Mark made an unannounced return, entering through the crowd to join Jay—who had been tagging with Erick Stevens as a replacement—in a match against Kevin Steen and El Generico. Mark took the fall after repeated head impacts, setting the stage for a prolonged feud with Steen and Generico.

The Briscoes retained the tag titles against Claudio Castagnoli and Matt Sydal at ROH’s first pay‑per‑view, Respect is Earned. Steen and Generico immediately confronted them afterward, demanding a title shot and initiating a building‑wide brawl. The feud continued across both ROH’s standard continuity and its PPV series. Steen defeated Mark in singles action at A Fight at the Roxbury, while the Briscoes retained the tag titles against Steen and Generico at Driven, after which Steen attacked both brothers with a ladder. The rivalry escalated into stipulation matches, with the Briscoes retaining the titles in a steel cage match at Caged Rage and then again in ROH’s first‑ever ladder match at Man Up.

Immediately following the ladder match, the Age of the Fall faction debuted by attacking the Briscoes. Jimmy Jacobs and his group hung Jay upside‑down from the structure holding the belts. The footage was initially withheld from PPV broadcast but later released on ROH’s video wire and included on the event DVD. Shortly afterward, Mark suffered another injury in a motorcycle accident, leaving Jay to compete alone at the taping for ROH’s fourth PPV, Undeniable, in an anything‑goes match against Necro Butcher of the Age of the Fall, which Jay lost.

The Briscoes later defended the tag titles against Davey Richards and Rocky Romero in a match taped for Undeniable. At Final Battle 2007, they lost the ROH World Tag Team Championship to Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black of the Age of the Fall. They regained the titles on April 12, 2008, at Injustice, defeating Richards and Romero, who had since captured the belts from Jacobs and Black. Days later, ROH announced that Mark had sustained a wrist injury after Jacobs stabbed him with a rail spike, sidelining him for up to six months. Jay continued to defend the titles with a partner of his choosing, later revealed to be Austin Aries.

After a successful defense against Jacobs and Black at A New Level, the tag titles were declared vacant. Mark returned to action at Northern Navigation on July 25, teaming with Jay and Aries to defeat the Age of the Fall in a no‑disqualification match. At Final Battle 2009, the Briscoes won the ROH World Tag Team Championship for a record sixth time by defeating the American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards). They lost the titles to the Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) at The Big Bang! on April 3.

The Briscoes concluded their feud with the Kings of Wrestling at Final Battle 2010, teaming with their father, Mike “Papa” Briscoe, in a six‑man tag match where they defeated Hero, Castagnoli, and Shane Hagadorn. In early 2011, the Briscoes signed new contract extensions with ROH. At Manhattan Mayhem IV, they turned heel after an upset loss to the All Night Xpress (Kenny King and Rhett Titus). The feud continued through the year, culminating in a ladder match at Death Before Dishonor IX, where the All Night Xpress defeated them to become number‑one contenders.

At Final Battle 2011, the Briscoes defeated Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the seventh time. They lost the titles back to Haas and Benjamin at Border Wars on May 12, 2012. At Final Battle 2012: Doomsday, the Briscoes won the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the eighth time in a three‑way match involving S.C.U.M. (Jimmy Jacobs and Steve Corino) and the team of Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander. They lost the titles to reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) at the 11th Anniversary Show on March 2, 2013....[See More]

Hey there. New here. But, ive been wanting to know if anyone has answers to it possibly- for collectors items that are still in the plastic, ive always wondered how to maybe reduce some of the yellowing on the packaging, but unsure if thats even possible if the plastic has been holding the colour for that long…any suggestions? (Theres some sonic toy island and resaurus figures ive been eyeing for a while but a lot of the ones that are affordable happen to have deep yellow plastics on them.)...[See More]

Collection Size: Around 300 figures (estimate)
Want List: Marvel Legends 20th anniversary Hulk.
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Want List: Everything in my wishlist. Not opposed to missing items with toys as long as they are in one piece, and can be displayed on a shelf. Paint damage is fine.
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Question to whomever may see my inquiry ha ok but seriously if one was to attempt to construct a shirt what would be more suitable clay or milliput cuz I feel like milliput is for small scale things not huge undertakings like a shirt or pants but then again I don't know if anyone can share some their expertise it would gladly be appreciated thanks my friendly bedfellows ha...[See More]

The young woman called Penance possesses the mutant ability to internalize negative energy around her, turning her body into a diamond-hard, razor-sharp weapon. Held prisoner by the energy-stealing mutant Emplate for an undetermined number of years, she escaped and was transported to the doorstep of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Now, Banshee and Emma Frost face the challenge of reaching out to help a girl who can slice apart anything she touches....[See More]

Want List: GI Joe 12 inch, Johnny West
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Current Projects: MG Wing Gundam EW Ver.KA
MG Wing Gundam EW Ver. KA Cross
Favorite Series: Gundam
First Figure: DeathScyth "RG"
Collection Size: Smaller than it should be
Currently Collecting: Gunpla
Want List: MG Gundam Wing complete Collection EW or Not
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Although most anime are adapted from manga, there are plenty of good anime-first/only series, the most notable being Cowboy Bebop. Despite only having 26 episodes and a movie, it's considered one of the best anime of all time, especially outside of its home country, thanks to a great story, the perfect mix of Western and sci-fi elements, and a well-made dub. It's gotten its fair share of figures over the years, as Tamashii Nations did two characters for their S.H. Figuarts line, followed by The Loyal Subjects giving us cheaper, but still enjoyable, options. Now Mondo's tackling the license, and aside from some vinyl figures of the iconic corgi Ein, we also got a figure of Spike Spiegel, the MC himself.

Mondo tends to do simple packaging, but this is probably the most simplistic they've gotten. The box is solid black, with the logo on the front, top, and sides, and credits on the back. This is a five-panel box like usual, with the reverse side of the flap having the famous message at the end of almost every episode, "See you, space cowboy." Most of the contents are visible through the plastic window, but this is a figure you'll really want to open up, and getting everything out is easy.

Although Spike is the first anime action figure they've done, Mondo always nails it when it comes to animated characters, and he turned out great. Sculpted by Alex Brewer and Tommy Hodges, Spike looks just like how he did in the show, with a neutral expression and messy hair, and the paint for the eyes and mouth is very clean. As always with Mondo, he comes with extra portraits. One of them is the same as the default head, but wearing goggles, and the other is a cockier expression, with a cigarette in his mouth. I would've preferred different expressions as opposed to specific looks, but the heads all look great, and they swap with no issue.

Spike wears predominantly midnight blue clothing, save for the yellow shirt and black tie underneath his suit. The colors are dark and bold, with a subtle wash to the blue clothing, and the finish isn't quite matte, with a bit of shine to the plastic, but it looks good nonetheless. There are some tiny marks here and there on the torso, but they're hardly noticeable, and the work is very clean for the most part. Spike is tall and slender, and the proportions are recreated well, with the various joints blending in well with the sculpt (though as expected out of such joints, the double elbows and knees look a bit awkward when posed). Mondo usually produces figures in a 1:12 or 1:6 scale, but for some reason, they went with a 1 scale for Spike, putting him at about 10 1/4". I would've preferred them going with 1:6, but the figure looks so good I'm not too bothered by it. At least he'll kind of fit with their Squads line.

As an agile and expert fighter, Spike needs plenty of articulation, and Mondo made sure to give him all the joints he needs. Working our way down, he has a barbell head, swivel/hinge shoulders, swivel biceps, double-hinged elbows, hinge and dual-swivel wrists, barbell chest, ball-jointed waist and hips, swivel thighs, double-swivel/hinge knees, swivel calves, and swivel/hinge ankles. The joints have enough range to get him in all sorts of poses, though the way they sculpted the socket in the neck limits the head's movement a bit. There are a few tight joints, mainly in the legs, so I'd recommend some heat to help get things moving. As mentioned before, the heads swap easily, as do the hands, though for those, you're supposed to pop the joint out of the forearms, not the wrists.

Mondo packed in a lot of accessories with this release, including tons of extra hands in addition to the heads. Spike has a pair of fists as well as three different pairs of grips for holding his other accessories, alongside a wide-open left hand and three extra right hands: one giving a thumbs-up, one holding the key to his ship, the Swordfish (which can be removed), and one with a vial of red eye, the drug from the first episode. He's armed with a pistol, but he also gets two larger weapons: a flamethrower and a net launcher/bazooka. The weapons have a great wash to them and come with fabric straps, which is uncommon for action figures, though I wish the flame effect could be removed from the flamethrower. He also has a tool belt that goes around the waist, and you'll have to pop him apart there to get it on, which thankfully isn't too hard, and a meat skewer designed to fit in the key-holding hand. He also gets a stand with a posable arm, as to help keep him stable in more dynamic poses.

As if Spike didn't already have enough accessories, Mondo put out a limited edition that gives you a few more. For starters, he gets two more heads, one of which is another neutral expression, but with Zeros, the cat from "Heavy Metal Queens," resting atop his head. The little guy is nicely detailed, and creates a fun extra look. The other head comes from the final episode, where they weren't afraid to have the main character die (or does he?). This head gives Spike a slight smile, a closed left eye with blood over it, and a cut on his right cheek. To further recreate the iconic scene, he also gets a pointing right hand and a fabric trench coat with posable wire in the edge and belt to make it look more dynamic. The last extra accessory is another left hand, this one holding up Ein. Ein is solid plastic, so he can weigh down the joints in the arm a bit, but it's nice they represented him. For $15 more, you're getting a great selection of extra items.

Odd choice of scale aside, Spike is a great figure, and probably my favorite Mondo's done. He looks dead-on to the show, has plenty of articulation, and is loaded with episode-specific items that'll please any fan. Hopefully, Mondo doesn't stop at just him and gives us the rest of the main crew, but you know, there's another 90's space western anime by Sunrise that could really use some figures…

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Favorite Figure: Skeletor (1982)
Favorite Series: MOTU vintage and New Eternia
First Figure: He-Man (1982)
Currently Collecting: MOTU vintage and New Eternia, vintage Star Wars
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Harry Francis Smith (born August 2, 1985), better known by his ring name Davey Boy Smith Jr., is a Canadian professional wrestler and catch wrestler. He currently performs for Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he is a two-time Opera Cup winner and a former two-time MLW World Tag Team Champion, and All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he is a former Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion. He is best known for his time in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a former three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion as part of the Killer Elite Squad with Lance Archer, as well as being a two-time GHC Tag Team Champion in Pro Wrestling Noah (also alongside Archer) due to NJPW's working relationship with Pro Wrestling Noah. Smith is also known for his time in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he was a three-time NWA World Tag Team Champion, and WWE from 2006 until 2011 under the ring name David Hart Smith, where he won the Unified Tag Team Championship along with Tyson Kidd as part of The Hart Dynasty. He also performed in WWE's then-developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) under the ring name DH Smith. Smith has also appeared for World of Sport Wrestling (WOS Wrestling) under the ring name British Bulldog Jr.

A third generation professional wrestler, he is the son of "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith, and Diana Hart, the youngest daughter of promoters Stu Hart (a former wrestler in his own right) and Helen Hart....[See More]