Official Upcoming Mattel WWE Figure & Lineups Thread

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What time frame are you referring to? He was a big part of WCW in 1989 thru 1991. After that, he appeared sporadically from 1992-1995. He was the WCW International Heavyweight Champion (Big Gold Belt) in 1993. He returned to WCW in 1997 as a part of the NWO. He wasn't there much; he wasn't used much. It was a pairing between WCW and NJPW. NJPW had their own NWO so that's how he got involved. I believe he hung around until 2000, he teamed with Vampiro a few times during that time. 

Ah yeah in the early 90s i was only watching wwf. I remember watching wcw in 95' a lot. That explains it. Gotta add him to my list as a future superstars figure! Thanks for the info.

I don’t want to sound like a broken record and talk about the same thing but if Muta is getting some figures, I can def seeing it happening asap. I think Bill has mentioned how much he loves Muta before. Wouldn’t be shocked if him and the crew started working on one the minute he became available.

OK, I am bored, so diving in and taking a guess as to what we will see for the rumored Legends, based on what we know of who is (supposedly) signed.

Sandman - now rumored to be in Elite 111 so I am expecting at the very least renders, if not actual photos of him. He was added to the WWE Supercard game in November.
The Dudleys - No lineup yet, but rumored for as long as Sandman, and they do have those titles for sale too - Renders if not photos of these figures. Both were added back to the WWE Supercard game in November
Headbangers - We have known about these for (I believe) almost a year, so fully expecting to see photos of these. Both of these were added to the WWE Supercard game in November.
Muta - This one is interesting. I believe that he will be part of the line, but we may not get anything until SDCC. He has not yet been added to the WWE Supercard game, but he is part of the 2K download for the forthcoming game, and both are made by the same company
Raven - I would love this to be a surprise, but if this was a more recent signing, it may not happen until SDCC. There is no evidence of him in the WWE Supercard game or WWE2k24 roster
Brian Pillman - We just had the news about the signing at the beginning of February, so I am guessing we do not see anything on this until SDCC, at the earliest. No evidence in WWE Supercard or WWE2k24 roster.

The Steiners - Obviously we know they are signed, and have had figures already, but not the ones we want the most. I think we see these either at Wrestlemania or SDCC. What I find interesting is that they both debuted in the WWESupercard game at slightly different times. Rick debuted in November 2022 and Scott in February 2023. Rick had his figure first in Elite 104, and Scott a month or so later in Elite 105. Another interesting aspect is that in the WWE Supercard game, Rick's first two cards were both in the attire that is the same as his first figure. Scott Steiner's was also similar enough to his first figure that I would call it the same look. They did then have more cards in the summer of 2023, and Rick's were all the classic early 90s looks, and Scott had 2 Poppa Pump looks and 2 Classic looks. I am guessing we will see these two in classic looks in either the MNW line or the Legends line. Or maybe both.

CM Punk - There is no doubt in my mind that he is going to get the Cody Rhodes treatment as far as figures go. He just signed at Survivor Series, so his figures will not hit until next Fall at the absolute soonest - unless there is a way to pump out 'Best of' Punks somewhere - but based on what Steve has said in the past, those are not as easy as we would think. Regardless I am maybe expecting renders of his debut walk out at Survivor Series, or one of his subsequent appearances on Raw or Smackdown, classic Punk in the Legends line, the Greatest Hits line, and maybe the announcement of a CM Punk in the lineup maybe around Elite 115. I would then expect maybe at SDCC or even Ringside Fest, an announcement of an Ultimate CM Punk. OR - one other possibility is if they will do a Mattel Creations figure for Punk like they did Cody and Logan Paul. But have no doubt we will get some CM Punk news at Wrestlemania week.

Finally I went through the WWE2K24 roster completely to see who is in there that is not in figure form - not counting current wrestlers. If they are a current wrestler, we know that they are possible to be made. These are the roster members who have not yet been made in figure form.

These are Adam Pierce, Bad Bunny, Bobby 'the Brain' Heenan, Bray Wyatt, Cathy Kelly, Uncle Howdy, and finally William Regal. It has been a long time since we saw Heenan in the line anywhere and while we have Adam Pierce in the game, there is no Nick Aldis. Will we see any of these? We will see, but hopefully we get a William Regal soon, he is overdue.

I know they’re not in as high demand with the general public, but there are still so many people from NXT or that were there recently I would love to see get made, I know the big names pay the bills but I always get way more excited to see new members of the roster who have never been made before. I would love to see the NXT line be revived, you could do new faces as well as NXT legends, but I don’t think there’s much chance of that.

Tama Tonga is rumored to be WWE bound.

If true, I wouldn't be surprised if Haku (Tama's father) signs a legends deal again. I believe he asked to get out of his deal before when he was briefly signed so he could work with Tama in NJPW.

As soon as I saw the Tama Tonga news, the first thing I thought about was the possibility of Haku being signed in the future. Another possible Huge get for Mattel.