WoW is hoping to wow wrestling fans with its new collectible card game. According to Women Of Wrestling: “The Card Game brings strategic gameplay, character customization and head-to-head competition to the tabletop for...
Matt Cardona is the self-proclaimed “Indy God,” but he might also be the God of wrestling merchandise. Cardona and his Major Wrestling Figure Podcast crew are responsible for a plethora of wrestling figures, trading cards, and...
It hasn’t even been one full year since the release of 2024 Upper Deck AEW wrestling cards, and 2025 Upper Deck AEW is officially available in stores and online. The street date of 2025 Upper Deck AEW was April 9, 2025, so at...
In conjunction with this week’s big events in Las Vegas, WWE and Topps unveiled two match-used patch programs: the WrestleMania Patch and the Main Roster Debut Patch. This is the first time the WWE has had elevated...
I’ve been writing about examples of pro wrestling stories and references in non-wrestling comic books, off and on, since November 2022, but up until now, I’ve only written about comic books written and published in English,...
Throwdown Theatre is “your destination for classic wrestling from the golden era,” where they bring wrestling fans “rare footage, legendary matches, and iconic rivalries from wrestling’s most famous superstars.” Their YouTube...
After a few years of a boom period for independent wrestling card releases, 2024 was a bit of a down year for indie wrestling cards, while Panini, Upper Deck, and now Topps dominated the wrestling card headlines, but 2025 is...
During a recent podcast appearance with Figheel, Shawn Ng and the KWK creative team, including their sculptor and painter, revealed some big news and announcements about the future of the KWK Kayfabe Heroes line of retro...
One of my favorite wrestling card releases in recent years was All “Echh”Lite trading cards, the unauthorized AEW/Garbage Pail Kids parody set created by artist Mad Mod Poet God, real name Terry Gordon. In my...
Since May 2024, KWK Kayfabe Heroes has released a premium line of retro-styled wrestling figures, several of which have been favorably reviewed on SlamWrestling, including Mantaur, PN News, Komet Kid, and Los Conquistadores. For...
A lot of people say we’ve been experiencing a new golden age of wrestling, but we’re also living in a golden age of wrestling merchandise, with the wide availability of more wrestling action figures, trading cards,...
It’s finally here … 2025 Topps Chrome WWE is live and it’s red hot! As I’ve been writing about since the start of the new year, when Topps and WWE officially announced their new, multiyear partnership,...
After taking one year off, Upper Deck and AEW have brought back what I called, last time around, the surprise hit of the year, 2024 Upper Deck Allure AEW. Upper Deck Allure is AEW’s “chrome” set of wrestling cards, and for that...
Kevin Von Erich, teaming with Heritage Auctions, has put up many family treasures for sale — including WWE Hall of Fame plaques. In an interview with Texas Monthly, Von Erich said that the move back to Texas after 20 years...
For Christmas this past year, my brother gave me a stack of old MAD Magazines. At first glance, none of them were particularly notable, but when I brought them home, I noticed the back cover of Super Sized MAD 129 from July...
Even before Topps officially announced its new multiyear partnership with WWE, wrestling fans and collectors were anticipating the return of a digital app that was archived in 2021. On December 27, 2024, the official Topps WWE...
After the fiery Raw debut of Penta (fka Pentagon Jr/Penta el Zero M) on Netflix, social media was abuzz about potential dream matches for Penta in his new home, but it seemed like two former opponents received more attention...
On New Year’s Day 2025, Topps announced what many wrestling collectors have been expecting, “IT’S OFFICIAL: Topps and WWE have reunited for a long-term trading card partnership.” WWE’s previous trading card contract with...
In my review of Brad Balukjian’s book The Six Pack, I wrote that I learned the most from his chapter “Conquistador #1/The Red Demon/Mac Rivera/Jose Luis Rivera/The Black Demon/Shadow #2/Juan López/El Sultan vs. Marcelino...
I’m a wrestling collector. For the most part, I buy, I collect, I build my collection. But sometimes, when you start to run out of space, you have to make room for new additions to the collection, so when that happens, I’m happy...
