The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but breaks and other big pulls in today's edition.

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What: 2019 Leaf Wrestling Autographed Photograph Edition
Arrives: Nov. 29
Box basics: Five autographed photos in every box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: After a year watching the action from catering, Leaf puts its autographed wrestling photo product back on the main card with "an incredible selection of wrestling's top names from both the past and today."

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Pondering the Billy Ripken 1989 Fleer variations, showing off Nolan Ryan cards, a huge pull from a mispriced oldschool wrestling box, Panini National packs and more in today's edition.

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All that limousine riding and jet flying is to get to the Panini America VIP Party on Saturday night.

Professional wrestling legend "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair is the ninth star that Panini has revealed for the event tomorrow night in Chicago.

The 16-time world champion is a member of several wrestling Halls of Fame and has been a global star for WWE, WCW, the NWA and other past organizations as one of the top heels in pro wrestling history. He had his first certified autographs made by Panini in its 2009 Americana release -- and, if you're to believe him back in the day, his shoes cost more than your house.

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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 ...

The Card: 2018 Topps Home Run Challenge Silver #HRCAJ Aaron Judge (/59)
The Reason Graded: Aaron Judge recently returned from injury for the first time since April and that prompted me to lead things off with this rare card I recently got slabbed. I only have this card because I managed to predict one of his homers not long after he returned from injury last year after missing more than a month and a half. Injuries have mounted for his popular slugger the last two years, but I figured this card, given its scarcity, was one worth a slab.
The Grade: BGS 10

Reality Check: The pop report is a little iffy on this one -- there could be others not slabbed* -- since the checklist isn't complete on their site for this set this is merely a guess. (Pop report and checklists typically sync up.) I have gotten very few 10s in the last few years, but I thought this would be a contender and it was. Other Judge cards from this set -- there are at least three before this one -- are a lot rarer. Meanwhile, this appears to be the only Judge (of any color) from this set that's been slabbed.

Keep reading for the rest of this month's new grades and additions.

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Have you seen the latest cool or interesting items on eBay? If not, you just might see some of those here every week as we're launching a weekly version of our eBay Buzz pieces that pop up from time to time. We’ll spotlight some items that have a story or just wow us with how much interest it might have — and we’re not just talking baseball cards, either.

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DEFINITELY DIRTY DEFINITIVE
The Item: Mike Trout 2019 Topps Definitive Collection autographed game-used patch booklet (/5)
The Price: $5,000 Buy-It-Now (or best offer)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Look close at that patch and you'll see some game-used dirt that only makes this impressive piece from a high-end brand even cooler. What's coolest about this? It's a gem that's not a 1/1 card -- there are four more like it out there in boxes of Definitive, which is a good thing. (Even better? Today is a 13 percent eBay Bucks day if you use the app ... get on it!)
Similar Pieces: More 2019 Topps Definitive Collection autos on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for Definitive Collection boxes and cases 

Keep reading for four more interesting items in this week's roundup ...

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Aw, snap ...

Legendary Slim Jim pitchman and WWE Hall of Famer "Macho Man" Randy Savage will have a place at this year's San Diego Comic Con as Mattel has a new toy planned for the wrestling legend.

The late star will be found in toy form at the event compete with toy beef snacks and wearing the colorful garb he wore during a series of memorable commercials in the 1990s.

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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 ... it's all MLB and WWE this time with a new baseball season under way and it being WrestleMania week.

The Card: 2018 Topps WWE Then Now Forever 25 Years of Raw #RAW28 Mr. McMahon's Limousine Explodes
The Reason Graded: You don't see why? This is one of the greatest cards I've ever seen in any set, and it simply had to lead off here, too. The heat you see on the card is only rivaled by the heat that is this card. (Something like that.) So, what's the story with this? In a June 2007 episode of Raw, WWE Chairman and ultimate on-screen villain Vince McMahon had an unusual evening on the air. At the end of the show he walked through a star-laden backstage area to go to his limo at the end of his "Appreciation Night." He stepped inside, closed the door and at that exact moment it exploded on live TV. (See it happen here and read all about the fallout.) The company was bombarded with phone calls from some members of the public and it even issued a press release that McMahon was, indeed, dead. The company's stock even took a hit (seriously) as part of the story line. Somehow, it took all of these years for this epic moment to make it onto a card.
The Grade: BGS 9.5

Reality Check: I was all over this one the second I saw the checklist and knew I'd own it in a slab. The super-skinny stock and dark edges make it tough to land without a tweaked edge or corner, but mine is the first and it's nearly perfect. (The spot on the right is part of the photo, not a nicked edge.) The only thing better than a near-perfect copy of a card like this would be one signed by VKM himself ... after all, he somehow survived. This card makes me laugh and I laugh even harder with a high-grade copy.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but big pulls and breaks highlights in today's edition.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down the results here. Like this and want to see more -- or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2017 Leaf Buyback Wrestling autograph cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 11
Base set completion: 
N/A

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If you want the "rookie card" of the next member of the WWE Hall of Fame, you'll have to look back to 1980s SEC football to get in on the action.

It's Bill Goldberg, a former Georgia Bulldogs star, who'll get WWE's highest nod on April 7 in New Orleans on the eve of WrestleMania XXXIV.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down the results here. Like this and want to see more -- or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2017 Leaf Originals Wrestling
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 1
Cards per box: 5
Base set completion: 
3 of 41 (7 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour on the hour all day long today ... this is Hour 5.

The box: 2011 In The Game Canadiana trading cards (hobby box)
The cost now: $49.95 

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

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour on the hour all day long today ... this is Hour 4.

The box: 2017 Leaf Wrestling Autographed 8x10 Photograph Edition
The cost: Click here

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

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He styled. He profiled. He wrestled around the world and made millions "Woooooooooo!"

The limousine riding and jet flying is a bit less chaotic these days, but the boisterous story of "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair -- or, really, the real-life story of Richard Fliehr -- will get the spotlight tonight at 10 p.m. on ESPN.

It's a 30 For 30 documentary that's been in the works for months -- long before his recent health scare nearly ended his life at age 68. It's a piece that promises to explore the man, the myth, the legend -- and where that's led him to today. (And to be the man, you still have to beat the man ... he's not done yet.)

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What: 2017 Leaf Buyback Wrestling trading cards
Arrives: December
Box basics: 11 on-card autograph cards per box (five boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf focuses on wrestling stars of the past with nothing but previously issued cards with ink added for this new product -- one that the company says is "easily the most value-driven Leaf wrestling item we have ever released."

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: Wrestling Mystery Box (MJ Holdings repack)
Price: $19.98 (Walmart)

What's inside one of these? Keep reading for a rundown and gallery

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The latest WWE Slam Crate is here and things are getting divided with "stables" taking the spotlight.

There aren't any Four Horsemen homages here, but we do get a nod to The Four Horsewomen of NXT as well as some DX, New Day and nWo pieces this month.

The first crate arrived last year, the second arrived in December and the third one was fun, too, as was the fourth which introduced a new toy twist, but this newest crate arriving now gives us a continued approach to WWE toy collecting and plenty more.

What was inside this one? Keep reading ...

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What: 2017 Leaf Wrestling Autographed Photograph Edition
Arrives: July 21
Box basics: Five autographed photos in every box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf focuses on wrestling stars of the past and present with nothing but signed photos in this new release.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down the results here. Like this and want to see more -- or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2017 Leaf Originals Wrestling (Hot Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 5 (all parallels in Hot Box)
Cards in this box: 5
Base set completion: 
0 of 41
Duplicates: 0

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One of pro wrestling's biggest names of the 1990s and beyond will be signing autographs at this year's National Sports Collectors Convention.

It's Bill Goldberg.

The WWE star -- and also a former University of Georgia football star and former Atlanta Falcon -- was revealed as one of the newest signers for this summer's showcase show set for July 26-30 in Chicago.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: 2017 Topps Heritage, Mike Trout & Kris Bryant RCs, Panini Playbook, soccer, 2017 Topps Allen & Ginter, Topps WCW autos & more.

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What: 2017 Leaf Originals wrestling cards
Arrives: April/May
Box basics: Five autographs in every box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf turns to its Originals brand for the third time with nothing but autographs in the mix from stars of several wrestling promotions.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down the results here. Like this and want to see more -- or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2015 Leaf Wrestling Autographed  8x10 Photograph Edition
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 1
Photos in this box: 5
Base set completion: 
N/A
Duplicates: N/A

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Mike Rotunda was a prep wrestling champ, a varsity competitor at Syracuse and a professional  for more than 20 years, but today's the day where one of his short-lived personas lives on.

It's Tax Day -- the day that Irwin R. Schyster, or IRS, might be remembered most. (April 15 was a federal holiday so today's the day to get those taxes in.)

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