Buzz Break: 2022 Panini Chronicles WWE cards (blaster)

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The box: 2022 Panini Chronicles WWE wrestling cards (blaster)
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Keep reading for a breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 7
Cards in this box: 42
Chronicles set completion: 
15 of 100 (15 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Chronicles cards – Bret Hart, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Bam Bam Bigelow, Roxanne Perez, Ilja Dragunov, Tony D'Angelo, Becky Lynch, Tamina, Veer Mahan, Cedric Alexander, Karrion Kross, Mustafa Ali, Angel, Humberto

Rookie Cards – See gallery

Short-printed Base/Inserts: 27 (all in gallery below)
Absolute Memorabilia (2) – Mandy Rose, Goldberg
Black (1) – Shanky
Black Bronze (1) – Aliyah
Black Green (1) – Aliyah (/99)
Chronicles Bronze (1) – Shelton Benjamin
Chronicles Green (1) – Xavier Woods (/99)
Contenders (2) – John Cena, A.J. Styles
Contenders Bronze (1) – Finn Balor
Donruss (2) – Joe Gacy, Tony D'Angelo
Donruss Optic (1) – Finn Balor
Elite (1) – Bobby Lashley
Illusions (1) – Duke Hudson
Legacy (1) – Batista
Luminance (1) – Edris Enofe
Origins (2) – Jake Roberts, Randy Orton
Origins Green (1) – Batista (/99)
Playoff (1) – Von Wagner
Prestige (1) – Ikemen Jiro
Rookies & Stars (1) – Julius Creed
Score (2) – Bianca Belair, Kayden Carter
Spectra (1) – Ricochet
XR (1) – Bobby Lashley

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I picked up five of these with their new slashed price at the link up top and this one was, by far, my oddest of this batch and all batches I have opened, which makes me wonder if the pack-out for this one was messed up on a big scale or at times. In all -- and I mean all -- of my past boxes (pushing 15-plus now) I never landed anything numbered or hits and then this box delivers three numbered parallels. My other four this time? None. The good news here is that the really bad quality control issues where cards had dents or holes in their backs were totally gone here ... but did pop up lightly in others (but not heavily that I saw in a quick examination). There were some surface gloss issues to be found here but nothing too obnoxious. ... The array of possible finds in this release should make it an easy A+ in my book if all was clean -- it's a catch-all loaded with stars and a number of NXT newcomers who had zero cards before this release or are RCs in anything from 2022. ... Hobby boxes have a lot more going on, including two autos per box every time and then a number of chases that are in the case level -- but I'd argue that the market price on those right now pretty much exceeds most returns if you're ripping. (Why I have only opened one.)  This one? It doesn't feel as lean as Prizm but if you strip away the variety of the subsets/brands within the release then it's somewhat limited with just Bronze and Green parallels across the board and then seven sets of Red parallel autos. I'll probably do more if they remain available and are cheap ... but my expectations for big cards won't be there ... but this one is a fun rip.

Product Grade: A in its concept ... B with all of the production/collation issues 
Box Grade: A (Mispacked? Three Green parallels here ... none in my first dozen blasters.)
Fun Grade: A-

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