Classic Wrestling Trading Cards

Kevin Williams explores one of the last great collectors scenes the world is yet to tap into – Wrestling Trading Cards.

Emerging from the doldrums of the territory-style wrestling in the United States, pro wrestling entered its golden era in the 1980s and 1990s. It quickly moved from local arenas to selling out huge stadium events, capturing a global, evergreen fanbase along the way.

While trading cards have been around for centuries, the wrestling trading cards of the 1980s and 1990s have been steadily causing a stir in the collectors world. Known to many as simply the Hobby, this book recaptures the pop-culture icons, movie stars, villains, good guys and everything bizarre and beautiful about wrestling trading cards. Learn how the wrestling sticker scene saved the entire sticker-album industry and how one wrestling legends amateur photography skills launched wrestling trading cards into the wonderful collecting hobby of today.