Buzz Break: 2018 Topps Heritage WWE cards (hobby box)

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The box: 2018 Topps Heritage WWE wrestling cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available; click for all WWE wax)

Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 140
Base set completion: 54 of 110 (49 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable names pulled on base cards – The Rock, Sasha Banks, Mandy Rose, Bayley, Seth Rollins, Undertaker, John Cena, Carmella, Xavier Woods, Big E, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle, Paige

NXT Future Stars/All-Star Rookies (15) – Kairi Sane, Kyle O'Reilly, Velveteen Dream, Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, Bobby Fish, Kassius Ohno, Billie Kay, Bobby Roode, Asuka, Liv Morgan, Pete Dunne, Sarah Logan, Sonya Deville, Andrade "Cien" Almas

Insert cards: 85 (a sampling of everything in gallery below)
Tables Ladders & Chairs Commemorative Medallion (1) – Sheamus (/199)
Hall of Fame Tribute (4) – All Ric Flair
Bronze parallel (12) – Kairi Sane, The Rock, Sheamus, Billie Kay, Xavier Woods, Fandango, Jeff Hardy, Bayley, Dean Ambrose, Tommaso Ciampa, Luke Gallows, Mustafa Ali
Rookies (8) – Asuka, Scott Dawson, Bobby Roode, Tye Dillinger, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tyler Bate, Samoa Joe, Pete Dunne
Tag Teams (11) – The Street Profits, The New Day, Sanity, Jinger Mahal & The Singh Brothers, Breezango, The Revival, Heath Slater & Rhyno, The Shield, Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn, Heavy Machinery, The Miz & The Miztourage
Big Legends (47) – Notables include Trish Stratus, Lita, Edge, Larry Zbyszko, Roddy Piper, Ric Flair, Nikolai Volkoff, Kevin Von Erich, Randy Savage, Eddie Guerrero, Sting, British Bulldog, Ricky Steamboat, Iron Sheik, Jerry Lawler, Dusty Rhodes, Andre The Giant, Jim Neidhart, Bret Hart, Ted DiBiase, Bruno Sammartino, Steve Austin, Kerry Von Erich, Bam Bam Bigelow, Mick Foley
Bronze Legends (1) – Ric Flair (/99)
Silver parallel (1) – Samoa Joe (/25)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Silver Rookies Autographs (1) – Elias (/25)

What's Buzz-worthy: Ever revisit a box you don't mind but don't necessarily need when the price is right and have it pay off pretty well? This is one of those times -- I didn't buy it with much intention to show here, but it's a classic example of how the good or rarer stuff simply doesn't vanish from boxes once the calendar year changes. The big card here? The one-in-472 pack Elias autograph limited to just 25 copies ... ironically a card I pulled in a previous break. Go figure. These inserts aren't the flashiest of the inclusions but they aren't the standard ink -- the only one on eBay is a PSA 10 with a $250 asking price (that won't get hit in my mind). This set is one that I liked when it arrived but it dropped at a busy time when all kinds of MLB stuff (and everything else) was dropping right around The National that year so I ripped more retail than hobby. (Essentially the same just more volume here with some additional inclusions and some better odds.) This one has grown on me since then -- perhaps since we didn't get Heritage in 2019 -- and this one is very insert-heavy in hobby boxes but it still works with a mix of cards that are all relatively cohesive together with their feel and design. On-card autos here are also a plus. If you want to see more, click around on the site as I ripped into these a few times.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A (some rarer cards in this one)
Fun Grade: B+

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