900Global is introducing the Wolverine mid-performance bowling ball as having the biggest backend in the line to date on medium lane conditions. The S70 Pearl Reactive coverstock is polished with 1500-grit and is wrapped around the Lacerate 2.0 symmetric core. The Lacerate 2.0 core is a mash-up of 900Global's two most successful cores. The top part is from the Honey Badger core while the bottom part is from the Badger with an added flip block. This weight block was created to power the Wolverine to change directions with jaw dropping angle. This core and cover pairing allow the bowler to move in and open up angles while tearing up the backend and the competition.

Color: Navy/Aqua
All colors do vary somewhat from the picture shown
Core: LACERATE 2.0 Symmetric
Coverstock: S70 Pearl Reactive
RG: 2.54 (15# ball)
Differential: 0.053 (15# ball)
Finish: 1500 Polished
Recommended Lane Condition: Medium Oil

The new 900 Global ball is the Wolverine which features the Lacerate 2.0 core with S70 Pearl Reactive coverstock.  I drilled mine with a 5 inch pin down under my middle finger.  My first impressions were wow that's a lot of backend motion!  With the fresh cover I had to cut it with 3000 pad to help slow it down.  I compared the Wolverine to the Storm Hyroad Pearl with just a little more midlane motion.  900 Global is making some really good bowling balls these days and the Wolverine is definitely one of them.
I have drilled a handful of them at my shop.  From Low rev to high rev players.  Both have had great success with the Wolverine, mainly in the 2nd, 3rd game and in later blocks of tournaments when they need to get left.  Great ball for 900 Global.

Brian Watson

Storm Pro Shop Staff

Type (THS, Sport Pattern etc):

THS & Sport


COMMENTS

This may be the most beautiful ball on the market. I didn’t plan to drill it originally because I thought I had stuff in the arsenal that was too similar, I was wrong. There was WAY more backend motion than I had expected, it allowed me to move inside late in the blocks get it down there and make the corner. Partnered with my Altered Reality it was literally perfect.. A little sharper than the Altered so when the lanes started getting torched I moved from that to the Wolverine. The Wolverine is the perfect combination of looks and performance! With as well as it is performing on sport shots I believe the Wolverine will be in the bag for a long time.

I drilled my 900 Global WOLVERINE up 60 x 4.5 x 30. I have hit it with a 2000 abralon pad.

Out of box, this got a good ways down the lane before it broke for home. Classic skid/flip reaction. I took my pad to it to smooth it out some and it slowed down the large flip reaction and made it more controllable. I have throw it side by side with my BURNER SOLID, RST-X2, and SPECTRE. Compare to the SPECTRE, the WOLVERINE was more motion in the back end. These two really complimented each other well. BURNER SOLID was early and slower than the WOLVERINE. RST-X2 was also earlier but close to the same strong back end motion of the WOLVERINE.

If you are looking for something to get down the lane and really finish on the back, then the WOLVERINE is your ball.

If you've been around long enough to remember the original resin balls this ball will bring back some memories. It is just fun to throw!!!! If you bowl in a center with some friction just send it and watch the pins fly. For tougher patterns and tournaments this ball will be a burn killer especially for anyone who needs help getting the ball to continue the farther in they go. A light scuff this ball evens out and becomes much more controllable while maintaining its backend. Why ruin the fun? We have that with others if it's what we're looking for.  Seniors or anyone really who struggles with ball speed this ball will be an all time favorite and become their absolute go to ball.

The 900 Global Wolverine features the S70 Pearl Reactive coverstock wrapped around the Lacerate 2.0 Symmetric core.  The RG at 15lbs is 2.54 and the differential is .053.  This ball could be the sleeper ball of the year.  This ball fills a gap that I have been looking to fill for quite some time.  The Wolverine is great for broken down patterns and later in tournament blocks.  The ball is super clean and I would categorize the response time as medium…not too quick and not too slow.  A lot of people say this ball reminds them of an original HyRoad, but for me the Wolverine is much more controllable and predictable.  Where the HyRoad for me had a tendency to miss the spot, the Wolverine starts up a little sooner than the HyRoad and doesn’t really get the chance to hydroplane past the breakpoint.  If the lane has a friction spot to throw to, this ball will be in its glory. 

The 900 Global Wolverine Dark Moss features the S70 Pearl Cover and the Lacerate 2.0 Symmetric Core.  The Dark Moss has a medium RG of 2.54 a high differential of 0.053.  To bring this all together, the S70 Pearl coverstock combined with the Lacerate 2.0 Core that is a hybrid core combined with the top of the core from the honey badger and the bottom portion of the original Badger that is setup to be clean through the midlane and strong continuation on the backend.
The review is being done on a typical house shot 42’ with 25ml of oil.
The layout chosen was a 70 x 4 3/4 x 35 which will give you a strong angular arc reaction shape, normal transition time and a forward ball motion.  With this layout the Dark Moss will be great on a variety of patterns such as a medium to short sport patterns or on the transition on long sport or house shot.
I did a ball comparison to the 900 Global Zen & the Storm Hyroad Pearl, 
First up is the 900 Global Zen.  The Zen has the S77 Response Pearl cover and Mediate Symmetric core and a great compliment to the Zen Soul.  You will see how the Original Zen will help you out when the Zen Soul starts to burn up leaving the flat 10.  The original Zen hooks more by a couple of boards then the Dark Moss but I had to gravitate left into the heavier saturation of oil to see the difference.  Here is a little tidbit with the Zen, the surface I used a 1000/1500 polish to have it blend out the lane better because at the 4K Fast out of box surface would be on top of the Soul which would defeat the purpose of having a Zen and a Zen Soul.
The next comparison is to the Storm Hyroad Pearl.  As recommended by 900 Global Brand Manager Matt Cabanski I drilled the Dark Moss the same as the Hyroad Pearl so the transition from ball to ball will have an easier read.  The Dark Moss and the Hyroad Pearl are on top of each other until I get into the heavier oil where the Dark Moss is roughly two boards stronger.  As per surface prep, again recommended from Matt Cabanski , the out of box 4K Fast is really aggressive and needed to be tamed down to be on the other side of the Zen I applied polish directly to the 4K Fast finish then took a 4000 abralon pad to the ball by hand to make a matte finish and not to disrupt the polish.
In my bag, the Dark Moss will be under the Zen, followed by the Storm Hyroad Pearl