Don West got me on an impulse buy again … and I’m OK with that

Simply put, Don West got me again.

If you’re a collector of a certain age, then you know the past entertainment value of the past Shop At Home hobby heavyweight who got more than a few people to “dial in now” for their latest shot at some cardboard treasures.

This isn’t exactly a scenario like that one, but a recent tweet by a past wrestling star piqued my curiously and led me to eBay and that then led me to ShopImpact.com, which is the website of Impact! Wrestling, one of few WWE competitors these days, and there was West with a deal that I figured … why not?

What’s inside the sixth WWE Slam Crate? Find out right here …

The latest WWE Slam Crate is here and things are getting extreme in a few ways with nods to stars of the past and today.

While you can see past Crate breaks here, this newest crate most notably gives us a continued approach to WWE toy collecting with a new WWE Slam Stars figure from “The Attiude Era.”

What was inside this one? Keep reading …

Debuts & returns found in 2016 Topps WWE checklist

When the newest World Wrestling Entertainment trading card set arrives from Topps next week it will include some notable Rookie Cards and some returns of big names in wrestling history we haven’t seen on WWE cardboard in years.

How do we know? Topps released the final checklist for 2016 Topps WWE on Friday in advance of its May 4 arrival.