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Post by hulkjoegan on Jul 28, 2022 9:50:08 GMT -5
As the title suggests - wondered if anyone has seen this ring before and knows where it’s from? I bought it in a lot with some Gladiators/ American Gladiators toys; but didn’t think it was part of those sets. It’s a bit smaller than the Hasbro/ galoob rings and so is the cage, as can been seen from scale compared to the Hasbro figures. I think it’s really cool though - I love the attached ring bell!   |
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Jul 29, 2022 3:43:06 GMT -5
The ring is known as the "Champion Wrestling Ring" by PMS, a bootleg ring. Never saw it with bell or cage.
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Post by hulkjoegan on Jul 29, 2022 3:59:00 GMT -5
The ring is known as the "Champion Wrestling Ring" by PMS, a bootleg ring. Never saw it with bell or cage. Thanks for the reply - I had a feeling it might be you who had some knowledge! 😂 Someone on my Instagram pointed me to this:  I think it’s a really cool set. |
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Jul 29, 2022 4:41:21 GMT -5
Well, that's a nice set; so it did come with cage, bell and figures as well.
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Post by britishbrickfan on Jul 29, 2022 4:53:09 GMT -5
I remember this from being a kid!! they used to sell them at my local market at the toy stall where most toys were knock-offs of better brands
the wrestling figures were the He-Man styled figures, and I'm sure it was only like £10 for the ring or £20 with some figures
didn't realise it was so close in size to Hasbros, otherwise I'd have asked for one and just enjoyed having a ring with a cage (I only got the WCW ring in around 2005!)
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Post by @Chair.Shot on Jul 29, 2022 5:14:41 GMT -5
That is a really awesome set! Just when you think you’ve seen every item from this era, something like this pops up! Very cool.
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Post by hulkjoegan on Jul 29, 2022 8:28:53 GMT -5
That is a really awesome set! Just when you think you’ve seen every item from this era, something like this pops up! Very cool. Yeah, when I saw it I was like: “I need to have this!” 😂 |
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Post by hulkjoegan on Jul 29, 2022 8:30:11 GMT -5
I remember this from being a kid!! they used to sell them at my local market at the toy stall where most toys were knock-offs of better brands the wrestling figures were the He-Man styled figures, and I'm sure it was only like £10 for the ring or £20 with some figures didn't realise it was so close in size to Hasbros, otherwise I'd have asked for one and just enjoyed having a ring with a cage (I only got the WCW ring in around 2005!) That’s really cool to hear - where abouts are you? I’m in Poole on the south coast, and I don’t recall ever seeing any bootleg wrestling stuff around here when I was a kid. |
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Post by hulkjoegan on Jul 29, 2022 8:31:43 GMT -5
And I just found this guy in my bootlegs box; seems to be one of the guys pictured on the box - now I’m gonna have to hit ebay to find some of his friends! 🤦🏻♂️  |
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Jul 29, 2022 12:32:25 GMT -5
Nope, wrong bootleg figure; that's a "long-legged" one.
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Post by Midnight: Dark Knight on Jul 29, 2022 19:19:36 GMT -5
Damn the height on those ropes! Even Andre wouldn’t be able to manage that task lol
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Post by britishbrickfan on Jul 30, 2022 2:11:35 GMT -5
I remember this from being a kid!! they used to sell them at my local market at the toy stall where most toys were knock-offs of better brands the wrestling figures were the He-Man styled figures, and I'm sure it was only like £10 for the ring or £20 with some figures didn't realise it was so close in size to Hasbros, otherwise I'd have asked for one and just enjoyed having a ring with a cage (I only got the WCW ring in around 2005!) That’s really cool to hear - where abouts are you? I’m in Poole on the south coast, and I don’t recall ever seeing any bootleg wrestling stuff around here when I was a kid. I grew up in Lancashire, so used to see this sort of thing on a town centre market stall when I was a kid, there was one stall that always sold cheap toys, most of it was just things like frisbees, cap guns etc but they also had knock-offs like "POWER SOAKER" water guns and when wrestling was big, they had these types of rings, plus the He-Man styled wrestling figures - I had a few of the figures, remember the Wrestling Champs ones as I had the Iron Sheik (can't link to it as they're all ebay auctions but just google them) and I remember this ring was the one they always sold alongside the figures
now I'm actually gutted I never got one as I reckon it would have been awesome when I was like 13 LOL
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Post by @brit_figs on Jul 30, 2022 3:59:10 GMT -5
Wow imagine paying £20 for that now
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Post by hulkjoegan on Jul 30, 2022 13:09:08 GMT -5
That’s really cool to hear - where abouts are you? I’m in Poole on the south coast, and I don’t recall ever seeing any bootleg wrestling stuff around here when I was a kid. I grew up in Lancashire, so used to see this sort of thing on a town centre market stall when I was a kid, there was one stall that always sold cheap toys, most of it was just things like frisbees, cap guns etc but they also had knock-offs like "POWER SOAKER" water guns and when wrestling was big, they had these types of rings, plus the He-Man styled wrestling figures - I had a few of the figures, remember the Wrestling Champs ones as I had the Iron Sheik (can't link to it as they're all ebay auctions but just google them) and I remember this ring was the one they always sold alongside the figures
now I'm actually gutted I never got one as I reckon it would have been awesome when I was like 13 LOL
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Post by @Chair.Shot on Jul 30, 2022 18:30:40 GMT -5
Anyone notice the box has all blue posts and the other photos have 2 red and 2 blue?
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Post by hbkjason on Jul 31, 2022 1:47:45 GMT -5
I had a very similar one as a kid, but without the cage. I got it in the same store (in Scotland in 1991) I got all the discounted LJN Bendies, it was called Whatevery One Wants. The more I look at the ring the more I'm positive it was the same one.
That store had multiple of each Bendies, but only this bootleg ring and I remember it cause they were on the floor piled to what felt like the ceiling.
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Post by hulkjoegan on Jul 31, 2022 3:50:11 GMT -5
Anyone notice the box has all blue posts and the other photos have 2 red and 2 blue? Good eye - that’s an interesting spot! Maybe they did a second run? |
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Post by hulkjoegan on Jul 31, 2022 3:53:50 GMT -5
I had a very similar one as a kid, but without the cage. I got it in the same store (in Scotland in 1991) I got all the discounted LJN Bendies, it was called Whatevery One Wants. The more I look at the ring the more I'm positive it was the same one. That store had multiple of each Bendies, but only this bootleg ring and I remember it cause they were on the floor piled to what felt like the ceiling. I love hearing about these kinds of ‘toy hunting’ experiences we had as kids. I was looking at pictures of the standard ring on eBay, and they made some specific modifications for this ring: - there are 3 holes along each apron edge for the cage to fit into (just like with the wcw galoob ring. - there is a small moulded tube on one apron side that takes the screw to hold the mounted ring bell in place. These are not on the standard ring it appears. |
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Post by akawildfire on Aug 6, 2022 21:20:24 GMT -5
The ring is known as the "Champion Wrestling Ring" by PMS, a bootleg ring. Never saw it with bell or cage. Thanks for the reply - I had a feeling it might be you who had some knowledge! 😂 Someone on my Instagram pointed me to this: I think it’s a really cool set. Nice. I have never seen one in the box or one with a ring bell . Great find |
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Post by The Real Chillary on Aug 7, 2022 13:23:37 GMT -5
I 100% had that back in 2001. Cage was included. Think it broke pretty easily though.
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