Buzz 8 in 8: Busting 2017 Topps WWE Women's Division wrestling cards (Hour 8)

Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is our finale for today.

The box: 2017 Topps WWE Women's Division wrestling cards (blaster)
The cost: Click here (a couple formats)

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 81
Base set completion: 
40 of 50 (80 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Carmella, Eve Torres, Mandy Rose, Stephanie McMahon, Elizabeth, Ember Moon, Kelly Kelly, Sasha Banks, Mickie James, Beth Phoenix, Bayley, Charlotte Flair, Trish Stratus, Liv Morgan, Torrie Wilson, Lana, Maryse, Nia Jax

Insert cards: 40 (a sampling of inserts & base in gallery below)
Matches & Moments NXT (20) – 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
Ring Mat Relics (1) – Summer Rae (/199)

What’s Buzz-worthy: With the women's side of things quite likely to main-event WrestleMania here soon, I figured this one was worth another look. It packs plenty of big names and key moments with a hit in every blaster as this was a retail-only release. It was the second WWE women’s-only product in recent years after a more than a decade without one and went to hobby release, too, last year. The base set design here is once again a re-do of a past Topps soccer design, while the Matches & Moments insert sets found in these boxes are numbered with NXT and WWE prefixes using the design of the Road to WrestleMania set so it all works together. The hits are one per box — a combination of autographs, shirt Relics, mat Relics, kiss cards and new in this one 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. There are also 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: B- (average hit here at best)
Fun Grade: B

What's next? We'll be ripping once again next month with at least one and maybe two marathons. The next one will be BuzzMania2 on April 2 ... nothing but wresting breaks that day right here on The Buzz.

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