WWE and Candy Digital, the company’s digital trading card partner, are teaming up to release NFTs, and Shawn Michaels will be the first legend to be featured in the initiative.
In a tweet, WWE announced that the NFT trading card of Michaels will be available from August 15-August 22. One of the items, a one-of-one gold statue trading card of Michaels, will only be available through an online auction, where the winner will get a “personal meet-n-greet” with Michaels at an NXT 2.0 event and receive a backstage tour.
From Candy Digital‘s official website:
The Main Event, The Heartbreak Kid, Mr. WrestleMania himself, is making his way to the ring of digital Trading Card NFT collectibles. This limited edition Trading Card NFT drop is set to bring the dynamic, exhilarating and competitive world of WWE to Candy in a show-stopping way. Get involved in the action by collecting the commemorative Trading Card NFT of the legendary WWE Superstar Shawn Michaels.
As a two-time WWE Hall-of-Fame inductee, and four-time World Champion, Shawn Michaels deserves his nickname, “The Main Event.” His show-stopping storytelling set the bar for WWE Superstars to follow as he broke industry standards with his iconic flair, crowd pleasing energy and dynamic maneuvers. Shawn Michaels’ biography is a tearful story of triumph, as millions at home watched this hero turn into a legend over the years. Now, his next chapter is upon us as Shawn Michaels defies generations once again with the first ever WWE Superstar Trading Card NFT.
Collection Details: WWE and Candy is a dream match.
The Heartbreak Kid | Gold Statue Trading Card NFT
- 1:1 available for auction on Bitski
- Includes audio, video, and pyrotechnics
- IRL experiences: Get a personal meet-n-greet with Shawn Michaels himself. You’ll sit ringside at an NXT 2.0 event and brush shoulders with some other WWE Superstars in your backstage tour. That’s not all, walk away with a curated gift bag filled with Shawn Michaels merch
The Heartbreak Kid | Silver Statue Trading Card NFT
- 100 collectibles for $200
- Includes audio and video
- Includes a signed poster by the Heartbreak hero himself*
**limited to US and Canada customers – Snapshot for physical signed merchandise to be taken 8/23 at 1PM EST.
The Heartbreak Kid | 3D Trading Card NFT
- Open Edition for $20.22
- Visuals of Shawn from three different eras
Drop Details & Dates to Know
- 3D Trading Card NFTs: August 15th, 2022
- Silver & 1:1: August 16th, 2022
- 1:1 auction ends at 7pm on August 22, 2022
- Collection ends on August 22, 2022
Get ready to own a piece of history with the first-ever @ShawnMichaels digital Trading Card NFT collectible from @candydigital! pic.twitter.com/oJRoKdQfpM
— WWE (@WWE) August 10, 2022
In an interview with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated, “The Heartbreak Kid” discussed the news and stated that he was proud to be the first star in the lineup.
“This is a pretty fascinating piece of work, a 3-D carousel animation, and I’m proud to be the first guy launching it,” Michaels said. “My music is in there, my signature pose, and it highlights three different eras of my career. I’m the first one, which makes me think back to that ladder match, that Iron Man match, that Hell in a Cell match—somebody’s got to go out there and test the waters. Like I was then, I’m honored to be first.”
“It’s nice to be recognized with projects like this NFT trading card,” Michaels says. “I take a lot of pride in it because I loved the job. I still do. During my career, I can’t tell you the amount of times I heard, ‘You should really slow down.’ But I couldn’t. It meant too much to me. That’s the same mentality I use now working with NXT. I was built to do one thing, and I’m doing it, just in a different aspect now with them.”
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