Buzz Break: 2016 Topps WWE Series 1 (blaster box)

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The box: 2016 Topps WWE Series 1 cards (blaster)
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Keep reading for a breakdown and gallery of highlights from this one.

Packs per box: 11 (10 standard packs plus one Relic/Brock Lesnar pack at Walmart)
Cards per pack: 7
Cards in this box: 72
Base set completion: 
43 of 100 (43 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Dusty Rhodes, Goldust, Charlotte Flair, Batista, Roddy Piper, Andre The Giant, Rob Van Dam, Natalya, Lana, Billy Graham, Kevin Nash, The Usos, Kamala, The Brain Busters

Rookie Cards (2) – Becky Lynch, Tyler Breeze

Insert cards: 29
Bronze parallel (5) – Charlotte Flair, Batista, IRS, Sin Cara, Bo Dallas
Brock Lesnar Spotlight (1) – Brock Lesnar
The Rock Tribute (2) – The Rock
Authority Perspectives (5) – Undertaker, Stephanie McMahon, Kane, Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose, Sheamus
Anti-Authority Perspectives (5) – Kane, John Cena, The Rock, The Wyatt Family, The New Day
NXT (10) – Alexa Bliss, Dana Brooke, Dash Wilder, Bayley, Simon Gotch, Sami Zayn, Blake, Apollo Crews, Samoa Joe, Tye Dillinger
Perspective Medallions Bronze (1) – Kane (/299)

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I decided to revisit this one for the first time in a long time with a potential spot in this year's BuzzMania4 marathon right here on April 9 but, well, just wasn't feeling it was main-card caliber. Beginning after this year, autographed Relics entered the blaster lineup giving you a long-shot chance at ink ... and I've landed them so many times (unusually often) in boxes that I can't help but look when they present themselves. (But that's after this year.) Why rip here? The NXT inserts are one per pack with some good names and potential value happening there if you find first-time cards or notables -- not a ton of value but OK value at times -- while the base set here and inserts include a decent mix of past greats and notables of today. I have tended to rip into 2017 and later for the flagship, though the Series 2 (Then Now Forever) for 2016 is a pretty solid one. This particular box? Strong on the NXT inserts, close on the parallels and good with a Becky Lynch Rookie Card. Just wish I had found a mat or shirt Relic instead of a medallion card ... but at least this one is of new Hall of Famer Kane.

Product Grade: A (my original grade ... not sure this one has aged that well)
Box Grade: B+ (NXT cards make this a better rip than it might be otherwise despite no parallel chase there)
Fun Grade: B (manufactured Relics can make some boxes a bummer)

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