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PWTorch Newsletter #1017: Flair gets spotlight on Raw, Mitchell on Congress-WWE, McNeill on HOF
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Pro Wrestling Torch, a weekly 12-16 page print newsletter delivered via traditional postal mail, has been published since 1987.
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This issue begins with a Cover Story looking at Ric Flair getting the spotlight on Raw... Bruce Mitchell's feature column checks in on the latest on Congress and WWE and drug testing... Pat McNeill reviews the WWE Class of 2008 Hall of Fame... Wade Keller's "End Notes" looks back at WrestleMania 14... Jason Powell's second "Page 2 Buzz" news feature... Plus The Raw Page, The Smackdown/ECW Page, and The TNA Impact Page featuring Keller's newsletter-exclusive big picture newspaper-style analysis of the programs, in-depth WWE Newswire, ROH Newswire, ETC. Newswire, and TNA Newswire, and more...
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