Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today’s your day then as we launch 12 in 12 — a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We’ll post one every hour all day long … this is Hour 10.
The Box: 2017 Topps WWE Women’s Division wrestling cards (blaster box)
The Cost: $19.98 (Walmart)
What’s inside this one? Keep reading …
Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 81
Base set completion:
41 of 50 (82 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notables on base cards: Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Carmella, Eve Torres, Mandy Rose, Stephanie McMahon, Ruby Riot, Mandy Rose, Elizabeth, Ember Moon, Kelly Kelly, Sasha Banks, Brie Bella, Mickie James, Beth Phoenix, Becky Lynch, Cathy Kelley, Bayley, Charlotte Flair, Trish Stratus, Sherri Martel, Nikki Bella, Lita, Liv Morgan, Torrie Wilson, Lana, Maryse
Insert cards: 39 (a sampling of inserts & base in gallery below)
Silver parallel (1) – Judy Martin (/50)
Matches & Moments NXT (18) – Asuka, Emma, Peyton Royce, Billie Kay, Mandy Rose, Nia Jax, Bayley, Asuka, Ember Moon (no duplicates)
Matches & Moments WWE (20) – Nikki Bella, Charlotte Flair, Bayley, Alexa Bliss, Sasha Banks, La Luchadora, Mickie James, Natalya, Becky Lynch (no duplicates)
Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Silver Ring Mat Relics (1) – Sasha Banks (/50)
What’s Buzz-worthy: Another box of this one since it’s a favorite this year. … As said previously, this is the second WWE women’s product in as many years after a more than a decade without one. The base set design here is once again a re-do of a past Topps soccer design — perhaps an improvement over last year’s set but a substantial number of the photos are the same. The two Matches & Moments insert sets found in these boxes (Topps is treating them more like one set alongside the main roster cards) are numbered with NXT and WWE prefixes and with separate numbering using the design of this year’s Road to WrestleMania set. Those sets offer a meaty look at specific moments from late 2015 to early 2017 in chronological order. It will likely confuse some with that same design used but this collector likes the depth of moments. The hits are one per box — a combination of autographs, shirt Relics, mat Relics, kiss cards and new this year are manufactured belts. How that breaks down is a little confusing as the easiest is autographs at one in 10, shirt Relics one in 12, mat Relics not mentioned (but parallels start at one in 13), belts one in 15 and kisses one in 67. How that combines with the various parallels to land at one per box is a bit unclear because ink isn’t an easy pull based on all I have broken. Parallels also seemed more plentiful last year — low-numbered cards seemed to deliver often but not every time — so that may be an indicator that this one could have a more plentiful print run. That’s likely anyway with hanger boxes and jumbo packs that are the homes for specific insert sets depending on the format. All in all, this isn’t a bad set, but the collation does appear to be streaky. It could pay off for you well, or it could be a smackdown — it all depends on your luck.
Product Grade: B
Box Grade: A-
Fun Grade: B
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