She's a star known worldwide for both fighting and other projects within pop culture. She's already wearing a WWE championship belt while regularly being part of its weekly TV shows. She's set to soon headline a women's-only pay-per-view event (also a first for WWE) but there have been two things missing from all of that for collectors and fans of Ronda Rousey.

A WWE Rookie Card and an official WWE certified autograph card.

Well, the wait is nearly over for both.

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Note: A break from The National coverage for this month's Making the Grade as Buzz preps to be at the show later today. Look for plenty more from Cleveland here soon.

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ...

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Update (April 13): Rousey's card has set a new Topps Now WWE sales record with 1,342 copies sold.

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Now it's official.

Ronda Rousey's move to the WWE from the MMA ranks became a reality in the ring on Sunday -- but now it's official on cardboard.

The former UFC champ appears on her first Topps WWE trading card as of today as she's going solo on three cards in the 2018 Topps Now WWE set that arrived today after Brock Lesnar's cards yesterday and the remainder of the WrestleMania 34 and NXT: Takeover match cards on Monday.

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Buzz promised this contest online last week ... and now we're delivering.

Ronda Rousey is in WWE now -- and we want this 2017 Topps Chrome UFC Hot Box Refractor Autograph (/20) to be yours.

How? Keep reading ...

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Whether it was a surprise or not, the deal is done -- and now the wait begins for cardboard.

Former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey made her WWE debut on Sunday night at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view in Philadelphia. After the main event, the first women's Royal Rumble match, Rousey marched to the ring wearing a new "Rowdy" Roddy Piper-inspired shirt and a coat given to her by the late WWE icon's son to make it known she's headed to WrestleMania.

"This is my life now," Rousey told ESPN. "First priority on my timeline for the next several years. This is not a smash-and-grab; this is not a publicity stunt. When I first met with Triple H, I told him, 'There are other things I can do with my time that'll make way more money, but I won't enjoy nearly as much.'"

When it comes to cards, Rousey has been among the most-popular female athletes out there and her autographs are among the most sought-after in UFC, despite her last match being back in 2016. The wait for her new WWE cards, may not be long, though, thanks to one detail seen on Sunday.

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Fans of the UFC and MMA may see a familiar face if they tune in to tonight's final of the WWE's Mae Young Classic in Las Vegas.

It's Shayna Baszler, a MMA veteran who has a 15-11 record and is one of Ronda Rousey's friends that made up The Four Horsewomen. Now, Baszler is perhaps primed for a run in a WWE ring and finds herself in the championship match of a women's tournament that the company has scoured the global independent scene to build.

Because of her stint with UFC, Baszler does have some cardboard already as does her opponent tonight, Kairi Sane, a star from Japan.

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