Coffee Break:2022 Prizm WWE Hanger Pack

*sits down, then realizes left the most important thing on the counter. gets back up, grabs coffee and sits back down. a newer product in hand, coffee now ready and laptop being typed on. it's time for some cards over coffee*

For some reason or another, I get easily persuaded a lot of the time. When I see a card or cards I want, I do my best to try to acquire them whether they fit my collection or not.

I always turned down peer pressure in childhood from others wanting me to try a drink, but I see a piece of cardboard and I am all in.

Even though I don't watch WWE or really collect the cards, I kept seeing everyone post about the newest and hottest release, I fell for it. I NEEDED AND WANTED SOME.

*takes a sip, picks up pack off from the table and looks at it again and mind preps for today's break and post. sets it back down, takes another sip and continues on*

 

2022 Prizm WWE was so hot when it first released, it trended on Twitter for a few days. Trended! When was the last time anything in the hobby actually trended?

So when I found a hanger pack at Walmart, I questioned whether I should have used an oven mitt or not to grab the pack because of how hot it was.

I decided against it and took my chance with my bare hands. No burning, guess I got lucky. Of course, the product has cooled down some since the retail release started flooding the market.

But, now I had a pack to open anyways. I was apart of the cool kids club.

*takes a sip before showing the pack off*

In every pack of 2022 Prizm WWE, there are 15 cards. Three of those cards will be Red, White and Blue parallels. Look for other parallels as well along with inserts and possibly long stretched autograph odds. Each pack is $16.

*takes a sip, begins to rip*

Even though I don't particularly collect wrestling, it doesn't mean there wasn't stuff in here I wasn't looking for. I always collect rookie cards and my wife being a Dwayne Johnson fan, I was hoping he would make an appearance as well.

(a couple of rookies)

 

(finally, a name I know)

Got a couple of rookies so far. But, no Rock.

Silver Prizm of Queen Zelina

 

Red, White and Blue Prizm of Amale

 

 

Final Red, White and Blue parallel card. I didn't know any of the wrestlers I pulled from this.

 

Fearless Randy Orton (with a small glimpse of my phone taking the picture)

And a freaky entrance, well, Prizmatic Entrances of Alexa Bliss. Another name I knew.

Well, landed three rookies for my collection, but no Rock cards for the Mrs. I can see why though this would be a popular product among wrestling collectors especially since Prizm is my favorite Panini product for the other sports.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post* 

I will admit I did watch some wrestling back in the early 2000's but it wasn't something that ever truly caught on with me. I see a lot of die-hard fans on Twitter though and have some friends on Facebook that are as well.

The one thing I always wondered about wrestling, is whether you consider it more of a sport or more of an entertainment show? Let me know in comments your thoughts on this and the product above.

Have a thankful Thursday!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Take What You Can Get

*yawns, sits down after a long night of not much sleep and opens up laptop. Forgets that he needed to brew a cup of coffee. Gets up, does so, sits back down and forgets the cards we are going to talk about. Gets back up, grabs the cards, sits back down and finally thinks he is ready for some Cards Over Coffee*

When it comes to sleep, you take what you can get. Some nights for me it can be four hours and other nights seven.

When it comes to coffee, the darker flavor, the better. But, sometimes finding decaf coffee isn't cheap or easy so I will take what I can get. Coffee is coffee right?

When it comes to the hobby and finding retail packs, if you see any, take what you can get. Something is better than nothing I would think.

That's how I approached my Walmart trip a few days ago.

*takes a sip of card, I mean coffee, continues on with today's post*

There wasn't too much to find down the aisle like the previous visit I had, but there was at least something.

Sitting there staring at me were 4 packs of 2021 Topps Series 1, which I grabbed all of even though I already had my fair share and need of Series 1. My hope was that I would have one of those miracle stories to tell of a big Trout autograph pull.

Also there was a pack of 2020 Topps Chrome WWE that I passed by a few times because it wasn't something I directly collected. I did watch some wrestling in the early 2000's and did find a few guys I liked, but it wasn't something that stuck with me to watch. But I have always stuck by Chrome regardless and have a buddy who would appreciate them in trade. So after some debate, the pack "fell" into my cart. At least that's how I explained it to my wife when she rang it up.

That also cleared the shelf. Hope that doesn't make me a bad guy. I promise I didn't take pictures of my cart with the five packs of shelf clearing I did and tweeted it out.

Maybe I should have. Brag photos seem to get a lot of attention.

*takes a sip, wondering if the pack of WWE Chrome should have gone back on the shelf but then figures someone else would have just flipped it so might as well enjoy the rip*

I opened up Series 1 first, not expecting very much.

The rookies I found

1952 Redux inserts

Dylan Carlson '86, 70's Years Of Topps Insert

Double Header reprint

And a rainbow foil team card of the Orioles.

Nothing crazy in those four packs and not anything for my PC but it was still fun to open.

*takes a sip to stay awake, begins to rip zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz the pack*

Not a bad start here for the first four cards. I know Cena, Roman and my wife knows The Rock. Well she knows him as Dwayne Johnson in many of the movies she likes. I simply call him her husband.

The next three cards I had no idea who they were though the Carmella is cool because of the background. I bet that would make a great looking refractor.

The next card,

I knew. I think everyone probably knows who Ronda is.

And the final base card was someone I didn't know, but wasn't a bad ending to the base. Yes folks, that was a male comment.

Now onto the shiny finds.

*takes a sip before moving on*

Rookie refractor of Cameron Grines. I like rookies and refractors so maybe this will be a PC card.

Fantasy Matches. I don't know either of these guys, it shows you how much wrestling I have ever watched.

And to end it, Booker T. A name I knew at least.

Well, the Chrome was a fun rip with some names I knew. There were a couple cards I will keep but hoping my wrestling trader buddies will need the rest.

*yawns then takes a sip before closing up today's post*

I am not sure if next time I would take what I could get, but who knows. It may depend on how desperate I am to open something new or maybe next time I would think more about specific cards I would want for my collection instead which is always the smarter but least exciting choice.

*Coffee Card Blogger In...I mean Out. Time for a nap.*