1987 WWF Trading Cards

This past weekend, I found an un-opened pack pack of 1987 WWF Topps trading cards at yard sale for 50 cents. I debated for a while whether I should open it or not. I weighed all the pros and cons and decided that my curiosity was worth more to me than a 50 cent pack of wrestling trading cards. Instead of keeping the cards for myself, I thought it'd be fun for me to open the cards, scan them in the order they came in, and share them on here.

#47 Flying Bodypress

Kind of an odd card. it shows one of the members of the Killer Bees performing one of the most basic "aerial" moves in wrestling. I am not sure why this warranted a trading card.

#54 Wrestlemania III - The Giant is Slammed

A trading card featuring one of the biggest moments in the history of the World Wrestling Federation. On March 29, 1987, in front of 93,108 (actual 78,000 or so but the WWF has always claimed the 93,000+ number) fans in the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, Hulk Hogan body slammed the (as WWF claimed) 7'3" 525lb Andre the Giant and retained the WWF title. (Side Note: Every time Hulk Hogan tells the story Andre gets taller and heavier. By the time Hulk Hogan passes Andre will have been 27 feet tall and weighed nearly 3 tons and the crowd in Pontiac will have grown to over 7,000,000.)

#55 Wrestlemania III - Out of the Ring

One of the many great moments in quite possibly the greatest match in Wrestlemania history. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat defeated "Macho Man" Randy Savage for the WWF Intercontinental title.

#63 Showing Off

The card says: "The Hart Foundation struts their stuff as they enter the ring." I really like the ring gear of the jobbers in the back ground. There aren't enough out of shape men in sequins in today's world.

#71 The Suoerstars Speak: Demolition

Demolition are/were the original destroyers? Don't tell that to the Road Warriors. According to the back of the card: "Ax and Smash: The thing we like most in life is to take other people apart. We're a tow-man wrecking crew." They look like they're ruining late to a bondage convention.

#66 Out to Eat a Turnbuckle

"George "The Animal" Steele prepares to chew up a turnbuckle." Yep. his schtick was that he use to tear open the turnbuckle pads with his teeth.

#9 - Hercules and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan

This card features the entire fictional biography of Hercules:
"Hercules believes he is the reincarnation of a Greek hero and strongman from ages past. Whether or not he is right, the real Hercules couldn't have been any stronger, or nastier, than he is. Heenan is Hercules' manager and one of the sneakiest - and smartest - men in wrestling." This was about a year before Bobby Heenan sold Hercules' (yes, like a slave) services. Only in wrestling.

#1 Bret "Hit Man" Hart

Bret Hart was my favorite wrestler when I was a kid. I watched every one of his matches for years and years. Bret had a rather famous and infamous career in the World Wrestling Federation that ended in one of the most talked about moments in wrestling history, the "Montreal Screwjob" on  November 9, 1997.

#27 Double Whammy

I guess this is supposed to the Rougeau Brothers performing a tag-team move but it looks like they're performing...ummm...oral "surgery." Kind of a disappointing last card. Let's hope the sticker is better.

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Sticker #6 - Hercules & Bobby "The Brain" Heenan

This looks awfully damn familiar. What a crappy sticker and it's printed crooked, too. I guess Topps really wanted me to love Hercules.

Overall the pack wasn't all that interesting. It had some historic wrestling moments but the rest of the cards were uninteresting. Next week, for the Fourth of July, I will open a pack of Desert Storm trading cards I bought for a nickel at a different yard sale.