Buzz Break: 2022 Panini Select WWE wrestling cards (blaster)

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The box: 2022 Panini Select WWE wrestling cards (blaster)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (hobby)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 24
Base set completion: 
0 of 100 (base cards are parallels in retail)
Duplicates: 0

Insert cards: 24 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Red & Blue Concourse (base parallels) (17) – Bron Breaker, Joe Gacy, Blair Davenport, Rhea Ripley, Gigi Dolin, Liv Morgan, Sasha Banks, The Great Khali, Randy Savage, Alba Fyre, Undertaker, Xavier Woods, Io Shirai, Edge, Goldberg, Charlotte Flair, Liv Morgan
Red & Blue Premier Level (1) – Bret Hart
Mezzanine (1) – Queen Zelina
Silver Prizm Ringside (1) – Santos Escobar (creased)
Orange Flash Prizms Premier Level (2) – The Miz, Bruno Sammartino
Hall of Fame Selections Flash Prizms (1) – Ricky Steamboat
Concorse Elephant Prizms (1) – Steve Austin

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I grabbed just one of these along with a different cheap blaster to fill some gaps here on slower days on The Buzz and was rewarded with yet another super-rare find for a top name only found in retail. Last time, it was the card leading off right here. This time? That same card in Elephant form -- not numbered but a rarer pull that arrived for a top name in WWE history. (See the second pic in gallery for a closer look at the texture.) I'll be slabbing this one, too. This huge surprise arrived late in a box that seated with the Escobar card arriving with a crease through it -- an odd bummer since it was a rarer tier and a parallel (see gallery) -- but the rest was pretty strong even without the Austin. The Premier Level cards popped up three times and the Mezzanine and Ringside cards aren't really the blaster norm from what I have seen either -- let alone all in the same box. ... As I've said before, of all of the WWE releases from Panini this is my No. 1 -- and part of that is I like the look of the red and blue basic cards instead of the all-silver (non-Holo) base cards found in hobby boxes. Singles hunting is very affordable and the photos here are stronger than a lot of Prizm cards -- this one's still a winner for me even when it's not a big box.  Hobby box prices have dipped some and there are guarantees far beyond what's in these, so if you like the feel of the brand -- remember the color here is for blasters -- then hit that link up top. I think it's a winner.

Product Grade: A 
Box Grade: A+ (Austin is very rare but the box over-delivered on other fronts, too.)
Fun Grade: A-

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