SmackDown is a new release for 2019. It’s not clear if it’s directly because SmackDown is moving to Fox after years on USA. Tonight is the beginning of the draft to fully separate Raw from SmackDown for the new future. The new roster may not reflect this release very well, though. This release matches the Raw release from earlier in the year,
In years past, Topps had two major releases, using the standard baseball design from that year. This changed this year. There seem to be two main releases again, representing Raw and SmackDown, but they are using unique designs for each. The Raw design was rather lackluster, but the SmackDown one stands out a lot more. I still wish they were the same, but unfortunately, that’s not the case.
The base set features 90 cards, and a handful of parallels. This includes many from the SmackDown roster, as well as a lot of legends who have appeared on SmackDown over the years. There are a variety of insert sets, many of which are continuing from other releases. A box advertises 24 packs with 7 cards per pack, including two hits, one of which is an autograph.
This box includes:
101 Base (100% of 90 card set)
12 Base Green Parallels
2 Base Purple Parallels
20 Corey Says
4 Ronda Rousey Spotlight
24 20 Years of Smackdown
1 Commemorative Championship Plate Purple R Truth
1 Autograph 20th Anniversary Sonya Deville