Why this card matters
An amateur-wrestling card from a set that a Collectors Universe poster says was made by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, issued while Couture was an Olympic Greco-Roman alternate. Cardboard Connection calls it 'the first card of Couture', and collectors on that forum treat it as his rookie. PSA grades the set (GemRate lists Couture and Dan Henderson among its most-graded subjects).
Identification
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- Card #8 per Cardboard Connection
- Wrestling (not MMA) card from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame 'Heroes of Wrestling' issue
- Not on TCDB's Couture list
Disputed
Card number #8 comes only from Cardboard Connection; the forum thread and GemRate confirm Couture is in the set but don't give the number.
Parallels
No parallels recorded for this card.
Population & market
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Cardboard Connection — Randy Couture Cards, Rookie Cards and Autographed Memorabilia Guide
Collectors Universe forums — 1998 Heroes of Wrestling: Randy Couture & Dan Henderson Rookies, Kurt Angle and Alexander Karelin
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Available copies
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Further reading
Randy Couture Has No Official Rookie Card. Here Are the Candidates.
Allen & Ginter in 2006, a wrestling card in 1998, or Topps UFC in 2009 — three answers, and what each one rests on.
Why 2009 Topps UFC Matters
Two products, released seven months apart, that hold the first UFC-licensed cards of almost every name from the sport's first era.
Randy Couture rookie card guide
The long version, with every card people confuse it with.
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1998 Culture House Heroes of Wrestling #8 — Randy Couture.
Card number #8 comes only from Cardboard Connection; the forum thread and GemRate confirm Couture is in the set but don't give the number.