Whatever experience you may have, you haven't learnt much about bog standard Champion plugs.
You don't have to drop and break one to get the resistor out. You just unscrew the grub screw that holds it in.
The resistor in the picture isn't 'broken' in the physical sense. That's exactly the size and shape they are when they leave the factory. However, the one in the picture has a problem you can't see.