BuzzMania 6: An Indy Wrestling & The Rivals Invasion (Hour 9)

The biggest weekend in pro wrestling is here with WrestleMania 39 set for this Saturday and Sunday from Los Angeles. We'll make today a big one for wrestling collectors right here on The Buzz with #BuzzMania6, a marathon of WWE wax box/pack breaks all day long.

This is our ninth break for today ... a mix of older and recent indy and other promotions' cards -- an invasion of sorts with some international flair and a non-WWE slot in this year's BuzzMania lineup. Why? Keep reading ... 

Battle of The Brands: 2021 AEW Unrivaled/Unmatched Collection Jazwares (four packs) vs. 2008 TRISTAR TNA Impact (blaster) vs. 2017 Panini Lucha Libre AAA 25th Anniversary Stickers (five packs) vs. 2014 Independent Women's Internet Wrestling Series 1 (one pack) vs. 2022 GCW Deathmatch All-Stars Vol. 2 (two sets) vs. 2022 History of The Wrestling Revolver Vol. 1 (two sets) 

Where to buy: Will take some looking ... hit BlowoutCards.com for more standard stuff

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

Cards per brand ...
12 in 2021 AEW Unrivaled/Unmatched Collection Jazwares
35 in 2008 TRISTAR TNA Impact
25 in 2017 Panini Lucha Libre AAA 25th Anniversary Stickers
5 in 2014 Independent Women's Internet Wrestling Series 1
60 in 2022 GCW Deathmatch All-Stars Vol. 2 (two sets ... 400 made)
62 in 2022 History of The Wrestling Revolver Vol. 1 (two sets ... 200 made)
Cards/stickers in this lot: 199 (see a sampling of everything in the gallery below)

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Base Breakdown – 172
2021 AEW Unrivaled/Unmatched Collection Jazwares (0) – Technically, these are parallel cards to the AEW set.
2008 TRISTAR TNA Impact (24) – Notables include Consequences Creed (aka Xavier Woods), Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash, Don West, Christian Cage, Sting, A.J. Styles, Roxxi Laveaux, Gail Kim, Lance Hoyt, Christy Hemme, Karen Angle, Angelina Love, Shark Boy, Kip James, Scott Steiner, Motor City Machine Guns
2017 Panini Lucha Libre AAA 25th Anniversary Stickers (25) – Notables include Prince Puma (Ricochet), Psycho Clown, Brian Cage, Rey Mysterio, Pentagon Jr., Johnny Mundo, Alberto El Patron, Myzteziz (aka Mistico), Vampiro Canadiense, Ayako Hamada, La Hiedra
2014 Independent Women's Internet Wrestling Series 1 (5) – Kay Lee Ray, Sassie Stephie, Portia Perez, Allysin Kay, checklist
2022 GCW Deathmatch All-Stars Vol. 2 (58) – Notables include Matt Cardona, Jon Moxley, Effy, Nick Gage ... and plenty of Crimson Mask cameos. (Note: Because of this, the gallery below only shows the boxes and two inserts.)
2022 History of The Wrestling Revolver Vol. 1 (60) – Notables include Pentagon Jr., Danhausen, MJF, Walter, Sü Yüng, Moose, Billy Gunn, Shane Strickland, Jessicka Havok, Sami Callihan, Brian Cage, Rich Swann, Nick Gage, Ace Austin, Kris Statlander, John Hennigan, Killer Kross, Rey Fenix & plenty more

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Insert Breakdown: 26
2021 AEW Unrivaled/Unmatched Collection Jazwares (12) – Arn Anderson, Pac, Dustin Rhodes, Brian Cage, Lance Archer, Justin Roberts, Matt Jackson, Ortiz, Abadon, Darby Allin, Brodie Lee, Private Party
2008 TRISTAR TNA Impact (10) – Kurt Angle, Jeff Jarrett, A.J. Styles, Christy Hemme, Brother Devon, Scott Steiner, Robert Roode, Mike Tenay
2022 GCW Deathmatch All-Stars Vol. 2 (2) – Joey Janela Vs. Zandig, 3-Peat (bonus chase cards)
2022 History of The Wrestling Revolver Vol. 1 (2) – Trevor Lee, Jeff Cobb (bonus chase cards)

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The Hits (Autographs/Memorabilia/Manufactured Relics) Breakdown: 1
2008 TRISTAR TNA Impact TNAutographs (1) – A.J. Styles

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My Take Before I Broke This: This one kind of came together out of a basic want -- something different or maybe an AEW hour -- in the lineup today but nothing I really hadn't ripped before presented itself on the cheap. (I didn't want to do any AEW hobby boxes as I'm not a big fan of the perhaps typical return vs. the cost.) So I poked around at what I had in my past pick-ups for Buzz Breaks or what hadn't yet gotten a spot on a Buzz Buys showcase (or was shelved as it wasn't really all that mass-audience friendly ... GCW) and then added a few others. Ultimately nothing here was over $50 at the original prices I paid -- so even collecting indy stuff isn't that cheap these days. (And the Revolver set likely costs more now vs. when I bought.) The AEW packs are inserted with certain action figures and I found a lot without going too crazy price-wise and I grabbed the TNA blaster as I didn't want to over-pay for a newer Impact set (man, those have dried up fast) that had autographs randomly seeded one per box.

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Who Won The Battle? That's a tough call here ... as a collector or somebody who breaks sets to sell singles there's a lot in this hour's stuff. The AEW packs had an advantage with some big names there but the best stuff eluded me. The TNA box had a guaranteed auto and was a winner for sure overall vs. other possible ink but I think the best stuff here is the Wrestling Revolver set that was (originally) pretty cheap and since it's more of a historic look back it can cherry pick the best names to appear. Sü Yüng is an absolute fav of mine with few cards but others such as Pentagon and MJF are in there, too. A lot of indy star power there and they're names who have made it elsewhere, too.

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The Top Rookies: The Consequences Creed (aka Xavier Woods) card really jumped out at me from that loaded TNA pack -- he never got saved from the many boxes I busted back then when it was the first TRISTAR release and it's a Rookie Card for sure. That's one good one here but he's cheap despite his strong WWE run as part of The New Day. (Future Hall of Famers.) I'll also go with this parallel of a Darby Allin as he's a good name to find in these packs though this wasn't his main card. (It's a base card from a subset ... so a second-tier kind of parallel RC to most.) This card is worth more than the Creed for sure and I like its grading potential, too. I will slab it eventually. The Kay Lee Ray (aka Alba Fyre in NXT) card also is a little deceptive here -- it's valuable -- but also not her main card in that small set and it's also a bit awkward in look. It's indy ... so its more of an "XRC" or even minor-league card vs. the others here if you know the definitions ... but it gets a nod from me here.

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One That Stole The Show: Gotta go with the future Hall of Famer ink here ... a mediocre auto could have been topped by the Allin card but can't deny this one.

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Break Grade: A- ... a lot of fun and variety here as long as I don't look at the dollar signs of what they cost me.
Fun Grade: A- ... solid ink and a lot of these cards might have a little better value than what I or others might think at a glance since some of this stuff is either rare to start with or has dried up.

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The Bottom Line: I kinda want to do more stuff like this ... but I may still just cherry pick singles of names who have arrived in WWE or AEW who I like.

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