BuzzMania: Busting a 2006 Topps WWE Heritage II hobby box (Hour 7)

The biggest weekend in professional wrestling is here with WrestleMania 34 set for Sunday in New Orleans and events beginning tonight with the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony, a NXT Takeover on Saturday and then Raw/Smackdown tapings after that. We'll make today a big day for wrestling collectors right here on The Buzz with #BuzzMania, a series of WWE wax box and wax pack breaks all day long.

How long will we go? Stay tuned ...

The box: 2006 Topps WWE Heritage II (hobby)
The cost: Will vary if you can find them

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

Packs per box: 24 plus one box-topper jumbo card (all inserts and some base in gallery below)
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 117
Base set completion: 
90 of 90 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 19

Notables on base cards – John Cena, Batista, Johnny Nitro, The Rock, Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan, Big Show, Edge, Eugene, Kurt Angle, Ric Flair, Rob Van Dam, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Matt Hardy, Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton, Spirit Squad, Undertaker, Mickie James, Torrie Wilson, Ashley Massaro, Lita, Beth Phoenix, Maria Kanellis, Victoria, Candice Michelle, Gene Okerlund, Kamala, Jerry Lawler, Peter Maivia, Arn Anderson, Mick Foley, Andre The Giant

Inserts: 5
Turkey Red (4) – "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, "Classy" Freddie Blassie, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, Andre The Giant
Bonus WWE Superstar Team jumbo box-topper (1) – Edge & Lita

Autographs/Memorabilia: 3
Autographs (1) – Umaga
Ringside Relics (2) – Big Show, Carlito

Card That Stole The Show: The Umaga -- it's his only certified autograph card.

What's Buzz-worthy: This was the second year of Heritage for WWE after Topps landed the license to make wrestling cards after Fleer's closing, and this one is a release that includes an autograph as well as a Relic in every box -- and this one over-delivered with an extra Relic while still including a base set. An auto per box is something that wasn't the case in the first year of this brand and hasn't been the case in a number of WWE boxes in some of the years since. (That can make for a bummer if you pay too much for a box.) The autographs here are glossed and use silver-foil stickers -- not great for Heritage -- but that's how it was back then. This box gets a solid grade because of the extra hit and the auto in my book. ... Overall, this release that uses the 1963 (basic Superstars portion of set), 1972 (Divas) and 1954 Topps (legends) baseball designs has a pretty good feel, though the 1954 is the weakest of the three. You can get a classic mix of big names and memorable busts from the recent past in this set but it's definitely one that's simple enough you can collect the whole thing -- you even get a Dolph Ziggler pre-Rookie Card with the Spirit Squad (above right). The only big challenges are some of the cards found only in specific pack types and then a John Cena hat Relic that's just much rarer than other mem cards. This is a fun one that I busted a lot back in the day because it was cheap -- and because it delivered. Both of those things make for this being a tougher box to find now.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A
Fun Grade: B+

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