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

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The box: 2022 Panini WWE NXT wrestling cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Keep reading to see a full breakdown and gallery for this one.

Packs per box: 15
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 90
Base set completion: 
78 of 125 (62 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Triple H, Bayley, Seth Rollins, Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Wendy Choo, Meiko Satomura, Ilja Dragunov, Johnny Saint (RC, no logo)

Rookie cards (42) – Notables include Bron Breakker, Cora Jade, Tiffany Stratton, Carmelo Hayes, Grayson Waller, Von Wagner, Roxanne Perez, Jacy Jayne, Ivy Nile, Fallon Henley, Brutus Creed, Julius Creed, Joe Gacy, Aoife Valkyrie, Stevie Turner

Inserts: 12 (all in gallery below with some base)
Silver (2) – Tiffany Stratton, Grayson Waller
Green (3) – Angelo Dawkins, T-Bone, Dave Mastiff
All-time NXT Highlights (1) – Big E
Green All-time NXT Highlights (1) – Asuka
2021 NXT Highlights (2) – L.A. Knight, Sarray
Green 2021 NXT Highlights (1) – Finn Balor
NXT Gold (2) – Giovanni Vinci, Trent Seven

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: This release, right now, is a no-brainer to buy in hobby box form with one auto and one memorabilia card plus a handful of numbered parallels every time atop a mess of base cards that should include a full set plus some ... and a bunch of inserts. This one? While it was absolutely loaded on RCs and included two great names to land on parallels there, well, the blasters are basically afterthoughts until the hobby boxes dry up. (Blasters can be found as low as $10 out there in the wild and that's a good price but I'd wait and do hobby as they aren't a ton more and have a ton more potential every time.) Autographs here include past NXT stars who are now A-listers as well as a number of first-timers on their first cards ... and all standard ink is on-card here. ... This checklist has a meaty dose of Rookie Cards -- 60 on the checklist (61 if you include UK star Johnny Saint on his first WWE cards) -- and a photography showcase with on-card autos and plenty of parallels for a budget price. The only drawback? Some of the quality control concerns of cardboard stock -- edges and surface issues on some cards repeatedly across all my boxes -- and then errant gloss on the backs of pretty much everything all the time. If you're just collecting then these aren't that big of deals but if you like to grade newcomers' first-year cards it's something to watch for ... I don't think there will be any rock-solid 10s arriving here en masse on pop reports. This one has a lot to chew on and it's really Panini's first traditional-stock release of the year. For more thoughts, check my past hobby box breaks and be here on March 31 for #BuzzMania6. Spoiler alert ... this one gets some ring time.

Product Grade: A 
Box Grade: A- (two good rookie parallels made this one a win to me)
Fun Grade: B- (needs more parallels or some kind of guaranteed hit or "other" type of card beyond an exclusive color)

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