Buzz Break: 2025 Topps Chrome WWE wrestling cards (hobby)

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The box: 2025 Topps Chrome WWE wrestling cards (hobby)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (all formats)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery from this box.

Packs per box: 12
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 96
Base set completion: 
57 of 200 (29 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Notables include Rhea Ripley, Shotzi, Trish Stratus, Lyra Valkyria, Dominik Mysterio, Cody Rhodes, Mankind, Bayley, Chelsea Green, Rey Mysterio, Kevin Owens, Mick Foley, Lola Vice, Iyo Sky, Jade Cargill, Gigi Dolin, Bron Breakker, Rob Van Dam, Finn Balor, Bubba Ray Dudley, Nia Jax and more ... see 'em all in the gallery below.

Rookie Cards – None (May not be many at all in this release, actually.)

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Insert/Short-print cards: 37 (all in gallery below)
Refractors (2) – Tiffany Stratton, Omos
Prism Refractors (4) – Ivy Nile, Je'Veon Evans, Karrion Kross, Huskus
Neon Green & Black Refractors (2) – Brinley Reece, Finn Balor
Pink Shimmer Refractors (6) – Sol Ruca, Cathy Kelley, The Miz, Nick Aldis, Jaida Parker, Raquel Rodriguez
Red & Blue Refractors (4) – Oba Femi, Hulk Hogan, Jey Uso, Seth Rollins
Purple Refractors (2) – Ava, Mr. Stone
Speckle Refractors (1) – Candice LeRae (/249)
Aqua Shimmer Refractors (2) – Pete Dunne, Lexis King (/199)
Teal Laser Refractors (1) – Kelani Jordan (/175)
Green Refractors (1) – Blair Davenport (/99)
1985 Topps Legends (1) – Bret Hart
Family Tree (1) – Bob Orton & Randy Orton
Shifting Gears (1) – Roman Reigns
Paradigm (1) – Roxanne Perez
Paradigm Refractors (1) – Rey Mysterio
Paradigm Blue Refractors (1) – Oba Femi (/150)
Slammy (1) – John Cena
The Time Is Now (2) – John Cena
Women's Division (2) – Bayley, Nia Jax
Women's Division Refractors (1) – Gigi Dolin

Autographs/Memorabilia: 2
Red Brand (Raw) Chrome Refractor Autographs (1) – Nikki Cross (/175)
Blue Brand (Smackdown) Blue Chrome Refractor Autographs (1) – Tonga Loa (EXCH) (/50)

All of my Red & Blue Refractors had heavy "sweating" within minutes of going into sleeves -- far more than any other cards. Perhaps these sheets didn't dry long enough when the plastic layer was paired with its paper backing?

What's Buzz-worthy: Topps returns to the ring for the first time since 2021 thanks to an early licensing change and arrives with a landmark Chrome release that includes some of the biggest autographs possible in the modern era of wrestling -- The Rock for starters and The Rock and Steve Austin on one card in particular as a Mega Powers-style chase atop Superfractor ink -- along with an absolute mess of parallel action, easy inserts and rarer inserts found on the case (and rarer) level. In short, it's a massive package of stuff -- perhaps too much when it comes to the autograph lineup depth -- but the only things that will hold this one back at all might be some production issues and then the secondary market cost of entry as many want their shots at that rare ink and other colorful finds only found in Chrome. This box? It delivered close to the standard kind of stuff with the rarest card being, oddly, the autograph that's not as rare -- they're either spread out across more formats or have fewer names on the checklist and that makes that Red auto one in 157 hobby packs vs. the rarer Blue auto at one in 89. My rarer insert parallel was one in 106 packs. The only real negative here -- and I have seen rougher results -- is the production. Centering seems to be an issue often even with the irregular, slightly asymmetrical design and there are light surface scratches across a lot of card fronts for both base and parallels (see the Stratton close-up at the end of the gallery to know what to watch for) but, most disappointingly, one parallel here seems to be quite sweaty based on my pair of boxes. All of my Red & Blue Refractors had very heavy "sweating" within 15 minutes of going into penny sleeves -- far more than any other cards. Perhaps these sheets didn't dry long enough when the plastic layer was paired with its paper backing? The Pinks and some Refractors also had very minor sticking but not the kind that leaves this kind of funk on the surface. See the Hogan closeups at right and in the gallery below. I grabbed a pair of these boxes and, generally, it was the mix that worked well here for the spend, though I could have done better. (I don't often spring for larger box formats these days but ... I did it for The Rock, I did it for the people.) My second box was similar and it will be in the #Buzzmania8 box breaks marathon before WrestleMania on April 18 right here on The Buzz. Below, you can see every card from this box and I'm sure I'll have more to say once I rip into some other formats of this if they present themselves to me. Ink and rarer chase cards can be found in all formats, though obviously with some long odds for those landmark cards ... but if you rip into them here at least can say you you have a shot.

Product Grade: A- (massive potential here on rare stuff but auto checklist is vast ... and production looks like it could have problem spots at times)
Box Grade: B (could have been better, could have been worse for sure)
Fun Grade: B (good variety is here, mostly via parallels ... had it all been clean, then an easy A)

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