Torch Today EXCLUSIVE EXCERPTS: Highlights from latest Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter (A.J. Styles's reaction to TNA Title loss, Jack Swagger's title win, more!)
Apr 21, 2010 - 3:15:40 PM
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The following are several excerpts of this week's PWTorch Newsletter #1145 posted today for Torch VIP Members and mailed out to print subscribers. If you've never seen a PWTorch Newsletter, this will give you an idea of how it goes above and beyond typical web content and why we've been a thriving business for more than two decades with thousands of subscribers worldwide!
EXCERPTS OF PAGE 2 BUZZ WITH JASON POWELL, a weekly feature packed with news, scoops, and insight from Prowrestling.net editor Jason Powell. Get the full original version as a PWTorch VIP member:
-- A.J. Styles was not a happy camper after dropping the TNA Title to Rob Van Dam on Monday’s Impact. He headed backstage, immediately changed his clothes, and left the building without showering. The belief is that he was upset because he didn’t get much warning about the change in direction, and there may have been some insecurity issues regarding his standing with the company after he dropped the title...
Torch subscribers can read three paragraphs more paragraphs of information on why Styles may have been upset.
-- Jack Swagger didn’t find out until the day of the Smackdown taping that he was winning the World Hvt. Championship...
Torch subscribers can find out more info on when WWE creative may have decided on the title change.
-- Triple H replaced Batista in the WWE Films project "Killing Karma." The decision was apparently made because Batista is nearing the end of his contract as has yet to commit to a new deal...
-- Plus, more information on Batista's future in WWE, Vince Russo telling friends he's becoming burnt out as a TNA writer, the latest on Paul Heyman's interest in TNA, Jim Ross's potential in WWE or TNA, and more.
EXCERPT OF WADE KELLER'S "BBL EDITORIAL:
Monday night’s TNA Impact was a huge step in the right direction. If you’re going to hot–shot, that’s how you hot–shot. Next week will be rough with the three–hour
WWE Raw draft special, but that show gave people who want to like TNA Impact something to brag about. Here’s what was better about that Impact than any in recent months...
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