Top 5 AEW figures of 2022

RSC Punk
Unmatched Punk - especially as I got sent a chase
Luminaries Sting
RSC Mox/Omega death match set
Unmatched 2 MJF

Luminaries Sting
Supreme Cody
WalMart Supreme Cody
Walmart Exclusive Punk
And I think BD but until I have it in hand I can’t say it for certain.

Supreme Cody Rhodes
Supreme Britt Baker
UM5 Omega
UM5 Chase Shawn Spears
Blood & Guts Thunder Rosa

Supreme Kenny Omega has already locked down Figure of the Year for 2023 unless something else crazy good comes out this year

1. AEW Supreme 1 Cody Rhodes: I’m not a huge Cody mark, but this figure is a fantastic execution of the Supreme concept. Two outstanding tights designs, an excellent robe (which works much better sculpted) and all the other trimmings. A fantastic swan song AEW figure for the American Nightmare.

2. AEW RSC Exclusive First Dance CM Punk: I admit a personal bias here, as I am a huge fan of Punk (well as a wrestler anyway) and also his return is an oddly special moment to me (his return was the night before my wife and I left for our honeymoon, which had been delayed a year and a half by COVID). That said, this is an excellent representation of Punk from that night, capturing pretty much everything spot on. It’s also particularly cool to get a fig of him with his hand tattoos.

3. AEW Unmatched 5 Kenny Omega: Huge fan of Kenny (Yes, I love Punk and the Elite) and this figure nails his over the top heel run street clothes, the jacket in particular. Also has a great head that I’d like to see reused.

4. AEW Unmatched 3 Brodie Lee (Regular) The papers are a great touch, and while Jazwares has plenty of scale issues, this figure does a great job of capturing Brodie’s size.

5. AEW Amazon Exclusive Matt Jackson: I’ve been a huge Bucks fan since their Generation Me days, and have every Jazwares release. Gear-wise, the Amazon ones are my favorites. Just so perfectly colorful, and also the most “normal” (IE non-special occasion) Bucks gear we’ve gotten. Matt ticks a few spots above Nick just because this the first good Matt head we’ve gotten in the line.

For fun, #s 6-10.


6. Unmatched 4 CM Punk (Regular): Again, Punk mark bias. Was very excited they went with the longbois as it seemed the less likely attire to be repeated going forward, and now almost certainly will never be made again. Also, I can live with the skinny legs because they can do the cross-legged pose so perfectly.

7. AEW Amazon Exclusive Nick Jackson: See the Matt Jackson description above.

8. AEW Unrivaled 11 Adam Cole: Really good representation of Cole from his AEW tenure. Bumped down a few pegs just because I would have preferred the black and pink gear over the black and white.

9. AEW RSC Exclusive Blood & Guts Kenny Omega: Really liked the execution of this figure (and the whole set, but Kenny is the better figure) especially the shirt. Only thing to wasn’t wild about is the hair. Something about it looks off to me.

10. AEW Unmatched 5 Bryan Danielson: In a vacuum, this is a perfect current day Danielson figure. Two very good heads, with both hair up and hair down, great detail work in the attire, and a good body (Bryan is small, but slightly bulkier than say Darby or Silver). In a vacuum, this figure should be much higher on the list. It’s not because of the abject terrible height scale.

*I’m not counting Supreme Kenny as I believe that’s a 2023 figure.

Never been a big Spears fan but the chase looks amazing. I don’t personally have it so I left it off my list but that blue pops. Wish it was the regular release as it seems that’s the one the majority of collectors prefer.