Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading ... so here's this month's grading diary.

MJ's MOMENT
The Card: Michael Jordan 2008 Goudey Hit Parade of Champions
The Reason Graded: This moment turns 35 this year and this insert card is one that ... came out of a box of baseball cards. It's a throwback to a 1951 set with stars from a little bit of everywhere in this Goudey version. These cards are smaller -- allowing for them to bounce around inside the wrappers -- but the only even close to deterring issue for grading with this copy was an irregular spot in the card stock itself ... but you can't even see it in this image. This finally made it into a grading submission of mine last year because it's an iconic moment for one of biggest names in sports history. The moment? This was Jordan's first championship.
The Grade: CGC 9

Reality Check: Behold! The worst of the four graded. Doesn't matter to me ... I just like the card and nines are fine.

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Mystery Box Buzz Break is a new series here on The Buzz -- it's essentially a Buzz Break but only for "mystery boxes" that seem to be everywhere these days -- and not just in the sports realm. Like this and want to see more? Is there a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The mystery box: Pro Wrestling Crate Autographed 8-by-10 Mystery Grab Bag (two of 'em this time)
Where to buy: Via Pro Wrestling Tees (now sold out) ... find new wrestling cards at BlowoutCards.com

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What's Buzzing: Binders, John Cena, football cards, Michael Jordan autos and more in this midweek edition.

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1 -- Binders full of cards ... and another binder thread

2 -- Talking the John Cena set ...

3 -- All your football chatter is here

4 -- Talking Michael Jordan autograph prices

5 -- Good question 

6 -- Will the Federal Trade Commission look into the hobby?

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What: 2025 Topps John Cena Commemorative Collection
Arrives: TBD
Box basics A 22-card set -- and three bonus cards per box
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: John Cena's career has come to an end in the ring, but new cardboard is on the way soon with a small set looking at his entire career and then some rarities to chase.

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What: 2025 Topps Universe WWE wrestling cards
Arrives: Jan. 30, 2026
Box basics Two autographs and one Relic per 10-pack box (12 boxes per case) or five autos per 40-box blaster case
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: The first non-Chromed WWE set of the year arrives in the form of this new line which we'll have full details for at some point soon as it "unleashes a bold, cosmic-inspired vision of sports-entertainment collecting."

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What's Buzzing: Tua Time to the bench, NFL Week 16 chatter, Shedeur Sanders, Drake Maye and more.

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1 -- Dolphins bench Tua Tagovailoa

2 -- NFL Week 16 chatter

3 -- Shedeur Sanders

4 -- Drake Maye

5 -- Reactions: PSA parent company to buy Beckett ... and more reactions

6 -- Still talking WWE and John Cena's finale

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What's Buzzing: PSA parent company to buy Beckett, NFL Draft chatter, MLB, vintage, John Cena's final match and more.

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1 -- Reactions: PSA parent company to buy Beckett ... and more reactions

2 -- NFL Draft chatter ... And everything else football 

3 -- Talking vintage

4 -- New MLB breaks are piling up

5 -- Philip Rivers return reactions

6 -- Still talking WWE and John Cena's finale

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What's Buzzing: Patrick Mahomes, new pulls, John Cena, allegedly fake cards, eTopps and more in this Monday edition.

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1 -- Patrick Mahomes, Micah Parsons and other NFL Week 15 chatter

2 -- An MLB "collect/invest" thread ...

3 -- Still waiting on eTopps ... 

4 -- Highlights from some new MLB breaks

5 -- Worth a look

6 -- Chewing on John Cena's final match heading into a new week on Raw

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What's Buzzing: Wemby returns and guides Spurs, John Cena smiles because it happened, NFL Week 15 and more in this Sunday edition.

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1 -- NBA: Wemby returns with a big night

2 -- Talking NFL Week 15

3 -- College football chatter and a new Heisman winner

4 -- Heritage High Number checklist reactions & more

5 -- John Cena's final match & all your WWE chatter is here

6 -- See all of the new pulls here

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What's Buzzing: John Cena's final match and more on collectors' minds this weekend.

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1 -- John Cena's final match & all your WWE chatter is here

2 -- Heritage High Number checklist reactions & more

3 -- Talking college football

4 -- Cooper Flagg

5 -- Thoughts from an NBA collector at a show

6 -- Talking NFL Week 15

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What's Buzzing: Pete Alonso is heading to Baltimore, new pulls, NFL chatter and more in this midweek edition.

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1 -- Pete Alonso heads to Baltimore 

2 -- Even more MLB chatter is here

3 -- Awaiting NFL Week 15

4 -- WWE chatter leading up to a big weekend 

5 -- A look at a unique release

6 -- New MLB pulls

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What's Buzzing: Jeff Kent heads to Cooperstown, NFL reactions, BAPE WWE cards and more in this Monday edition.

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1 -- Jeff Kent is the lone Hall of Fame committee pick

2 -- "Where have all the wax packs gone?"

3 -- Talking NFL sacks record

4 -- Talking BAPE WWE

5 -- New MLB pulls

6 -- NFL Week 14 reactions

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Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...

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TWO OF BLACKHEARTS
The Card: Shotzi Blackheart 2025 Panini Instant MLW Autographs Water parallel (/10)
The Price: $39.99 each via Panini
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This former WWE star is taking over a prominent spot in indy wrestling with appearances downright everywhere these days but with only a handful of card appearances to show for it (at least for now). Panini's newer foray into cardboard for Major League Wrestling has so far spawned a trio of base cards with parallels and some with autographed versions. I've been lucky enough to be plugged in and online to land ink for a couple of those drop days and in this case landed a pair of these autos where only eight others exist. Generally speaking, I'm not that big of a fan of the elemental parallels used in Instant these days, but they are an upgrade over the previous year's parallels that merely colored in one of the stripes in a design similar to this instead of the border as it is here. Either way, this one I'm a fan of as she's arguably my top collecting target these days as WWE stuff has gotten too pricey to comfortably dabble/rip boxes and have fun with the typical returns. In this case, the only angst is battling bots -- cards like these vanish in seconds and end up on eBay with prices three (or more) times higher. At least when I plunk down the money for these I know what I'm getting. (For those curious, the auto stickers here are older when she was signing in higher volumes for WWE releases -- her auto is back to an every-letter sig now.)
Grab a box right here: Nothing for this ... but wrestling cards are here.

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What: 2025 Topps WWE x BAPE wrestling cards
Arrives: Dec. 25
Box basics Five cards per pack
Checklist: See below
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: "A Bathing Ape" apparel gets in the WWE ring via drops on Complex and Topps this week with two base cards, two parallels and a Baby Milo insert card inside every time ... but also with a shot at autographs.

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Mystery Box Buzz Break is a new series here on The Buzz -- it's essentially a Buzz Break but only for "mystery boxes" that seem to be everywhere these days -- and not just in the sports realm. Like this and want to see more? Is there a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The mystery box: Pro Wrestling Crate Autographed 8-by-10 Mystery Grab Bag
Where to buy: Via Pro Wrestling Tees (now sold out) ... find new wrestling cards at BlowoutCards.com

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What's Buzzing: Sleeping on Steph Curry cards (kind of), NFL chatter, Luke Skywalker's pricey debut, new pulls and more.

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1 -- Showing off certain Steph Curry cards

2 -- All your football chatter

3 -- Luke Skywalker's debut in elite grade = cash

4 -- New MLB pulls are popping here

5 -- WWE has 'em talking

6 -- All your off-season MLB chatter is here

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading ... so here's this month's grading diary.

MY EARLY INK FOR A BREAK-OUT STAR
The Card: Pete Crow-Armstrong 2018 Panini Elite Extra Edition 18U National Team Signatures Red (from 2019 USA Baseball Stars & Stripes rack sets)(/100)
The Reason Graded: I landed this ink for the Chicago Cubs star in a rack set -- that's a set and then some bonus cards in pack form direct from USA Baseball back in the day -- and he was one of a number of good names I found there for a low price. They all sat with my stuff for a few years before his breakout 2024 season got this one put into a grading order. Why? So I could get some ink in a slab and cross him off my list of key names needed. Crow-Armstrong joined the 30-30 Club this season, won his first Gold Glove and was an All-Star, too. The cool part? I added his ink from a two-auto set for just $9.99. (Other colors of this card are in standard EEE boxes ... the Reds are only in the sets I bought.)
The Grade: CGC 9.5 (10 auto)

Reality Check: The stock on these is the standard Donruss cardboard that can't decide if its chippy or soft -- it's generally pretty clean but a bottom corner could be soft here on the card backs where there's some color to make fuzz really obvious. This one was cleaner than other grading-worthy names but I'll likely slab others I found over time as more than a few here are in MLB now. He was the highest-profile name who needed to be graded now.

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What's Buzzing: NFL Week 13 and plenty more is on collectors' minds as we recover from Black Friday.

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1 -- Ripping into a new NFL box

2 -- NFL Week 13 chatter continues

3 -- Two WWE stars who collect

4 -- All your college football chatter

5 -- Debating the Duke rookies

6 -- Check out all the new MLB breaks ... talking QC

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Buzz buys a lot of stuff these days and for a few reasons, really. Sometimes it's just bargain-hunting, sometimes it's just something that strikes me. And other times it's a lot -- a group of things -- and that has happened enough lately I figured I'd try something different as a regularly appearing item. Sometimes my lots will be wins, sometimes they won't be ... but I'll let you decide. 

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COLLECTING THE COLORS 
The Lot: Shotzi Blackheart 2023 Donruss Elite WWE parallel cards
The Price: Less than a blaster box

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What's Buzzing: Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge are your MVPs, ripping into new boxes, Topps Universe WWE, NFL chatter, NBA Chrome and ... fractional ownership unravels?

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1 -- MLB chatter: Your MLB MVPs are Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge + more

2 -- Ripping into new baseball boxes 

3 -- Talking 2025 Topps Universe WWE

4 -- Ready for NFL Week 11

5 -- Fractional ownership unravels?

6 -- Chewing on new Topps Chrome NBA details 

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Mystery Box Buzz Break is a new series here on The Buzz -- it's essentially a Buzz Break but only for "mystery boxes" that seem to be everywhere these days -- and not just in the sports realm. Like this and want to see more? Is there a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The mystery box: High Spots Virtual Gimmick Table -- Autographed Funko Pop! mystery box
Where to buy: Via High Spots (on a weekly live stream) ... find new wrestling cards at BlowoutCards.com

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What's Buzzing: Joe Jackson hits the Living Set, NFL Week 10, new pulls, inside a case of Panini Combat Anthology, ripping high-end NASCAR and ... four autos in a single Bowman Chrome bonus pack?

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1 -- Shoeless Joe has 'em talking ... 

2 -- NFL Week 10 chatter

3 -- Four autos in one bonus pack ... 

4 -- Check out new football pulls

5 -- Inside a case of Panini Combat cardboard 

6 -- Ripping into some high-end NASCAR

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This new department will be an occasional series that will take a quick look at a game or gaming release with card elements -- essentially a breakdown of what's in a box, but not the typical kind of a Buzz Break. (Buzz isn't a gamer so this will just be what's in a box vs. gameplay analysis.) Maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

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The Game: 2001 Cardinal WWF Attitude In Review Game (third edition) ... aka 2001 Cardinal WWF
Where to buy: Will take some looking ... BlowoutCards.com for other gaming -- or for traditional wrestling cards

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Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...

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BOOK IT, BARRYMORE!
The Card: Drew Barrymore 2024 Leaf History Book Pop Culture Edition Chapter 1 A-List Magazine Purple Autographs (/10)
The Price: A lot less than some others have paid for her booklets
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: I'm not a big fan of how her abbreviated autograph looks on a sticker -- but since she has a long name I understand why she signs that way -- but I do casually collect some of her stuff, mostly 1990s-on (like in this photo), when it presents itself. Why? Just for something different ... so that's why we're here. Until Leaf's recent signing sessions with her, she's never had a certified autograph despite a lifetime on film and on cardboard since the early 1980s starting with Topps' E.T. set. Rather than obsess about her ink, I waited out a good price on this booklet and crossed it off the list. It's an unusual design -- not the typical kind of book -- but prices on her signed stuff have been steep with a lot of them being lower-volume cards. Many of her autos -- even solo ones -- can sell for $100 and up and combo booklets can be even steeper. I found this for less than that ... so it was a win for me.
Grab a box right here: Non-sports cards are here.

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What's Buzzing: Dodgers win the World Series, NFL chatter and more in this Sunday edition.

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1 -- Dodgers win the World Series

2 -- NFL Week 9 chatter

3 -- Talking NFL trade deadline

4 -- Looking at the World Series MVP

5 -- Reactions to a Saturday night of WWE

6 -- MLB lockout chatter

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