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5 Yrs Ago Torch Newsletter: Hogan-WWE Fallout, Mitchell Presents Russo's Letter to McMahon Nov 23, 2007 - 1:25:09 PM
Torch Newsletter #731 (cover-dated November 16, 2002) has just been added to the Torch VIP Archives. VIP members can access the complete Torch Back issue by clicking here, or just click on the VIP Torch Archives button in the upper right cover of this webpage, then go to "Torch Newsletter Back Issues 2002" for a list of all 2002 back issues since the beginning of the year.
This issue opens a cover story on whether Big Show and HBK are strong enough to build a PPV around... The Top Five Stories includes an update on the Hulk Hogan fallout with WWE... Part seven of the "Torch Talk" with Sean Waltman... Jason Powell's "On Topic" features the adventures of an intern backstage at Raw... Pat McNeill updates the status of key players in the Bret Hart Swerve five years later... Wade Keller presents five suggestions to turn around WWE's business... Bruce Mitchell's feature column presents Vince Russo's letter to Vince McMahon... Plus WWE Newswire, TNA Newswire, ETC. Newswire, TV Reports, The Top Five Stories of the Week, the TNA PPV Report and Roundtable, 1992 Backtrack, End Notes, and more...
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AND NEW FOR 2009! Monthly "Vintage Audio Torch Talks." We are releasing for the first time ever audio versions of our text Torch Talk updates, the historical first series of insider interviews ever. Wade Keller's newsmaking in-depth interviews with wrestling's biggest names are now being made available exclusively to VIP members. But you must be a member each month, as these are not archived, so they are replaced with a new one each month! This debuted in January 2009 with a 68 minute interview with the late "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith. Who's next? Hulk Hogan? Eric Bischoff? The Rock? Goldberg? Jeff Hardy?