Collectibles
Topps WWE SLAM app back from the archive
Even before Topps officially announced its new multiyear partnership with WWE, wrestling fans and...
The wrestling cards of Penta and his Lucha Underground alumni
After the fiery Raw debut of Penta (fka Pentagon Jr/Penta el Zero M) on Netflix, social media was...
Topps and WWE announce new trading card partnership
On New Year’s Day 2025, Topps announced what many wrestling collectors have been expecting, “IT'S...
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Los Conquistadores figures get a gold star
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 Rivera,” for which Balukjian flew to Puerto...
Mat Matters: Selling wrestling cards at the mall more fun than profit
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 to do a little trading and selling. I...
Upper Deck Black Diamond brings luxury to AEW cards
It’s time for a new set of Upper Deck AEW wrestling cards, their second set of cards in 2024, but this time, it’s the first premium set of AEW cards since 2021 Upper Deck AEW Spectrum. 2024 Upper Deck Black Diamond AEW includes six wrestling cards per pack/box, for...
Pollo Del Mar makes meaningful connections through trading cards
The last time SlamWrestling caught up with Pollo Del Mar, Del Mar was paired with "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason in the midst of a red hot storyline in the National Wrestling Alliance. Those were great days. "I would dare to say that Silas and I were one of the most...
‘AEW Origins’ comic a missed opportunity
Like so many things that AEW does right now, the AEW Origins comic doesn’t make much sense. What seems to be a one-shot comic is written by veteran Steve Orlando who has had short runs for everyone from DC to Marvel to Dynamite, the imprint not the show. His most...
Kingston promises lots in store with ‘Vampiro: Rockabilly Apocalypse’
If there's one name who's synonymous with comics books and pro wrestling, it's Michael Kingston, the creator and writer of the long-running comic book series Headlocked and Tales from the Road, which feature collaborations with wrestlers such as Danhausen, Adam Cole,...
