The Top 10 Mattel Women’s Wrestling Figures

So believe me when I say this was an extremely hard post for me. I almost gave up part way through it was so hard and, as I said, I wanted to limit this list to ones that I personally own.

Some honorable mentions on the list that got left off for one reason or another...


Lacey Evans - the off headsculpt and giraffe neck mar what is otherwise an awesome figure. Body-wise, she's spectacular, and I love the handkerchief accessory. This is a very good figure that, with a few tweaks, could have been AWESOME.

Trish Stratus E24 - The body on this one is great, and the sculpt and hair are good, but dang those facial paint apps are harsh! The blackened eyes and super pale lips make this figure bad for me and, while my collection felt incomplete without her, I would love to swap her head with a WM Basic Trish and someday might, if I get comfortable enough with headswaps to risk the Elite figure's neck joint.

Shayna Baszler - For what it is, this is a great figure, but I feel like it just doesn't have quite the attention to detail to be an "awesome" figure. Having the correct paint apps on the belt would have been a big step in the right direction, honestly.

Becky Lynch UE - I think we all know why this didn't make the cut, but if you need me to clarify, my UE becky is currently sporting my E72 Becky head. Also, the "Sock-boots" make me mad. But between her neck and her knees this is the best Becky we ever got, although her first Elite was probably better overall.

Alicia Fox B19 - The only reason I didn't add this to the list was because I had mentally made a note of "No customs" when I did the list. Say what you will about Fox, but this is a really solid basic, a nice figure overall, the best one we ever got of her and, with a bit of dry brushing on the hood, is easily one of the standouts on my shelf.

Io Shirai - I don't know what it is, but there's something I don't like about this figure. Maybe it's the way that the coat never seems to sit right on her. Maybe it's the facial expression. Maybe it's the solid silver, undetailed swatch of paint on her chest where the sparkles should be. Maybe it's because, the moment my darling mother first saw her, she exclaimed "That's a MAN!". I don't know. There's something about her that rubs me the wrong way and while she's an objectively a great figure, I couldn't add her to the list because of it.

Wendi Richter - This only didn't make the cut because I felt the 10 I put were better. If there was a #11, she'd probably be it.

Sonya Deville B95 - This is probably the best women's basic we have gotten since the change over. The only reasons she's not on the list are A. the 10 listed are a bit better, and B. The elite exists and I can't afford it which makes me salty. In all honesty though, she could easily made the list but really the elite is even better (despite my not owning her) and I didn't feel comfortable adding the second best figure to the list, even if I don't own the best version.


Finally, if I had added figures I don't own, then NXT Ruby Riott, DX Chyna, E69 Sonya Deville, and Elite MitB Carmella would stand a good chance of getting added to the list. But for now, it is what it is, the ten best WWE Mattel Women's figures I own.