Best real scale ring?

If you want the ability to customise, go with the WCT (2nd) one. Ringside sells aprons, ropes etc, plus two steel cages have been released for it. If you just want a standard Raw ring for display, I'd say go with Mattel's version (1st). Personally, I own the original WCT Raw ring but I've replaced the turnbuckles and pads with those from the Jakks Real Scale Ring to reduce the space inside of the ring and give me more room on the apron.

Here's a few of my different set ups:

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It depends on what you prefer. The Mattel elite ring is the most current looking and more to scale in terms of width. But its ropes are a little too short and it is not customizable. The WCT authentic scale ring allows for a lot of customization (mat, ropes, turnbuckle pads, posts, skirt), but it is a bit wider than it should be in terms of scale with the Mattel figures and is not current in terms of the LED skirt and posts. I actually own both.

You can't go wrong with either. I like them both and I think the ASR ones are a little too big and the Mattel ones ropes are too short

The original scale ring from WCT is perfect.
- Good size to do whatever you want in.
- Perfect rope height, not too tall and not too short like the new rings. You know the new ones are too short when the legs on Drew's new Elite are as tall as the ropes.
- Has the 'Authentic' feel, not cheap.
- The turnbuckles are articulated and not just a solid piece like on the new rings.
- You can customize it however you want really, where as the new rings are either Raw or Smackdown.

I'd go for a WCT, FTC or Jakks scale ring over Mattel's any day.

Agree the Wicked Cool Toys ASR rings are the best. Shame they stopped making them.

I have every authentic/real/official scale ring (well, every mold, I only have one Jakks one). The newer Mattel Raw/Smackdown Main Event rings are good if you can get them for $60, but they are short. The distance from the floor to the ring mat is short. The distance from the ring mat to the top of the ring post is short. The height distance between each rope is short. But if you have two of them, you can combine the pieces so that you can raise the posts up a bit to make it closer to scale. The downside of that is that you lose the light up feature if you care about that. The turnbuckles and post are one piece. The Main Event rings are ~20"x20".

The WCT Authentic Scale rings are ~22"x22" and they are big, but they're accurate in height scale and it's kind of nice to have everything a separate piece which is nice. The ropes on the older models are loose, but the ropes on newer models (NXT, the two most recent Raw versions) are tight. I love the ring, but it's very big and takes up much more space than the Main Event Ring.

If you can find it, the best ring is a Jakks Official Scale Ring with the WCT Authentic Scale turnbuckles and ring hooks, but those are hard to find and the mat will be outdated and the mat has a bit of foam under it which might be disintegrating 10+ years later (the rings are over 10 years old).

Whatever ring you get, if you're going to play with it, get some foam sheets (they're the size of sheets of paper) from Michaels or some other craft store, cut them to size, and put them under the ring mat. It absorbs sound and adds some good padding to prevent damage and they're sturdy enough that things won't sink into it like a pillow. It's almost like a very, very, very thin mouse pad.

I've love the Jakks scale ring, so that's what I chose for myself because if the look.

I agree with the other guy, a Wicked Cool Toys scale ring would be the best option. If I didnt have my Jakks, my first choice would have been them. They have plenty of choices for aprons ropes and turnbuckle. I think you should look into those.

Before I made my custom ring I used to use the Jakks hell in a cell ring. Man that did its job for so many years. Probably the closest scale released publicly.

I have 2 of the new style ones and a WCT one. As have said, both have their +'s and -'s. I did customize my newer style rings. It's not super hard if you don't mind some spray painting and graphic design work. (I will post those someday, lol.)

But the thing that bugs me about the new smaller rings is the turnbuckles, just how they don't flex at all. It's a give and take -- if you don't have space, get the new style rings. If you have the space, get a WCT one. That one gives you so many opportunities to customize, mix and match ropes, mats, aprons, etc.