Slam is the TDD wrestler.
He started as a lucha libre wrestler, became a Hulk Hogan parody, and then returned to being a lucha libre wrestler.
Lucha libre is a form of freestyle wrestling developed in Mexico. It literally means "free fight." This goes back to the early 1900s. Lucha libre wrestling is mostly known for its aerial techniques and the colorful masks worm by the contestants.
Slam's G1 figure is just a finger with a lucha libre mask. I have found this figure with blue, red, yellow, green, and black masks.
Slam's earliest G3 figure (circa 2004) was designed as a parody of Terry Gene Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan. He even has a championship belt and a bandanna that says "Dudemania." Even this is a parody of "Hulkamania" -- the phrase that Hogan has been using since first winning the WWF Championship back in 1983.
I am guessing Tech Deck got a "cease and desist" on this one.
Within the G3 run, Slam returned to being a lucha libre wrestler very quickly (circa 2005). This figure has no variants. However, he does have a zood. He is a donkey named Don.
A "donkey show" is another Mexican form of public entertainment. Ask your parents about it.
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