Am I Remembering This Right?

I think that in the mid-2000's they made the rings bigger and extended the turnbuckles. I don't remember having spring rings until the Mattel era started. My biggest memory of Jakks rings was having to tie the ropes yourself (or in my case getting my dad to do it, we really bonded over building my playsets together) and the flimsy ring posts. I want to get a new one and somehow put little metal bars inside the plastic to make them more sturdy. Because if I remember right the Jakks rings were 14x14" and when the Mattel rings came out they were 12x12" and I think they've gotten smaller and I know for a fact they've gotten shorter. 

Now that I think about it the mat might have clicked into the mat into the same spot as a spring ring but it might have been on top I think I had multiple types if rings.

That MITB ring was my second RAW ring lmao. I still have most of the MITB playset that I use as entrance set pieces.

I don’t ever recall any of the WrestleMania Stunt Action Ring sets that ran from 2004-2009 coming with figures but here’s a pic of the WM24 one:

From what I remember, that ring in particular was released in 98 and then rereleased in 2000 in WM 16 style.

Afterwards it was renamed the hardcore ring and slightly modified with a hole in the side to store weapons and as the OP stated, pegs held the ring mat onto the base.