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2003 Torch Newsletter Series: "Classy" Freddie Blassie Remembered, Torch Talk with Konnan Part One, More! Jun 13, 2008 - 3:42:06 PM
Torch Newsletter #761 (cover-dated June 7, 2003) 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 2003" for a list of all 2003 back issues since the beginning of the year.
This issue includes a cover story on the death of "Classy" Freddie Blassie... Part one of the Torch Talk with the always-controversially blunt Konnan... Jason Powell looks at the good in wrestling's top targets in a Half Glass Full column... Wade Keller quotes Torch readers on why they aren't ordering TNA PPVs... Pat McNeill discusses the improvement in hype for house shows and Kurt Angle's limitations... Mitchell's Memo looks at TNA's attempts to sell PPVs... Plus TNA PPV Report and Roundtable, Torch Newswire, Live Event Results, 1993 Backtracks, Raw & Smackdown Reports, Keller's End Notes, and more...
FULL PREVIEW
-COVER STORY: A look at Freddie Blassie's career including his in-ring career history, his bizarre movie with Andy Kauffman, and his crossover celebrity status over the course of several decades. [Now on-line]
-TOP FIVE STORIES OF THE WEEK: Keller's analysis of this week's biggest five happenings, including Kurt Angle's return, Mick Foley's situation, WWE UK PPV debacle, and more.
-WWE NEWSWIRE: All the latest news from WWE.
-TNA NEWSWIRE: All the latest news from NWA-TNA.
-ON TOPIC: Jason Powell looks at the bright side of our favorite targets.
-THIS WEEK: Wade Keller lets Torch readers tell TNA why they aren't ordering their PPVs. This should be an eye-opener for TNA management.
-MCNEILL FACTOR: Pat McNeill's looks at Stacy Kiebler, the UK PPV line-up mess, Raw, Smackdown, Kurt Angle, and Triple H.
-TORCH TALK with Konnan, part one: In the first installment of this "Torch Talk" with Konnan, he explains how Jeff Jarrett is doing a remarkable job balancing all of the political factions in TNA while setting an example by working hard, talks about his past as a booker and how he relates to Jarrett because of it, and looks at the crazy politics of the Puerto Rico wrestling scene.
-BRUCE MITCHELL MEMO: Mitchell's "Weekly Memo" cuts to the chase about exactly what he sees as TNA's overriding fault at this point. Harsh, biting, and right to the heart of the matter.
-END NOTES: Wade Keller's Random Thoughts on Kurt Angle's return, Ric Flair's surge of enthusiasm, Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, Bad Blood, and Mick Foley.
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