Anyways, I stop at Casey's every Sunday on the way to church. I'm not a morning person so I grab a bottle of Coke while there. I also grab a few packs of trading cards while there. I have been getting Garbage Pail Kids Brand New Series 3 and was planning on getting some GPK Chrome Series 1 cards, but they didn't have them any more. Probably something about no one buying them. (Was surprised to see some Pokemon Kelos Starter preconstructed decks there though. They usually only have booster packs.) So I ended up getting some Best Of WWE cards instead. Got them home and opened 2 packs. Nothing great, but nothing bad either. I think I need most of the inserts, so if nothing else, that made them good. I opened the third pack and 2 cards in, I saw this...
Just look at that for a moment. Not the Vincent Price 3-pack. As awesome as it is (and it is awesome) ignore that and just look at the card I set on it. Isn't it beautiful.
Best Of WWE has been good to me so far. 2 Shirt relics (Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler) and 1 Mat Relic (Daniel Bryan). The Ziggler relic came from a retail pack. And now this too!
It's not like this is the first autograph I've gotten (That would be Brandon LaFell from 2012 Topps Magic). Or the first from a big name (Will Middlebrooks 2013 Topps Heritage gets that one.) Or even the first Wrestling Auto (Alicia Fox from 2013 Topps WWE) But it is the biggest one I've ever gotten.
When I saw it and realized what it was, I actually dropped the rest of the cards onto my lap, which then fell on the floor when I jumped up from my chair. Still kind of in shock as I type this.
One of, if no the, greatest wrestler of all time. Longest reigning champion in WWE History. 8 years in his first reign. 11 years total as Champion. it was about time last year when he was inducted into the Hall Of Fame and this is the first certified autographed WWE Merchandise (and one of the few autographs he has done period.)
Defiantly the highlight of my collection right now.
