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This issue begins with a cover story on the death of Road Warrior Hawk, plus feature commentaries by both Wade Keller and Bruce Mitchell on his career... Detailed coverage of WWE No Mercy including Keller's match report, Roundtable Reviews, and McNeill's "At the Bar" feature... Plus Jason Powell's column, part four of the Torch Talk with Raven, the Torch Newswire, the Top Five Stories, TV reports, Live Event Results, End Notes with Wade Keller, and more...



ORIGINAL DETAILED PREVIEW

-COVER STORY by Wade Keller: An overview of the career of The Road Warriors from how they broke into the business to where they succeeded and failed to why they didn't sign with the WWF sooner to what they've been up to lately.

-TOP FIVE STORIES by Wade Keller: The top story looks at the death of Road Warrior Hawk and details the heart condition that may have contributed to his death and what medical studies say about it's connection to drugs Hawk has used in his lifetime. Also, the other four top stories of the week.

-THIS WEEK with Wade Keller: This features an in-depth look at the legacy of The Road Warriors, the good and the bad, what they are blamed for and why it may not be fair, and analysis of how the industry would have been different without them.

-PAT MCNEILL'S "MCNEILL FACTOR" FEATURE COLUMN: Pat's popular "At the Bar for the PPV" featuring his observations of how fans at the bar reacted to No Mercy on Sunday.

-MITCHELL'S MEMO: Bruce Mitchell writes about Hunter's movie career, Hawk's death, and Hulk Hogan's political strategies.

-WWE NO MERCY REPORT AND ROUNDTABLE: Wade Keller's final star ratings for each of the matches, plus the Torch staff reviews and scores for the event.

-PLUS: A summary of the major WWE TV shows and the TNA PPV... Major results from the week... The handy upcoming events schedule...

ORIGINAL PRINT EXCLUSIVES...

-TORCH TALK: Raven talks about his last stint with WWE and how frustrating it was for him. He gets introspective as he talks about how his lack of a push in WWE led to problems outside of wrestling. He details his meetings with Vince McMahon and explains what he thinks went wrong.

-WWE NEWSWIRE: This week's WWE Newswire is packed with exclusive news including extensive details on three wrestlers who have tremendous locker room heat or are developing heat through their recent conduct. We name names and explain exactly what they've been doing to raise eyebrows or cause eye rolling... Tons of news on unreported injuries in WWE and the latest info on banned moves... The latest on Rock, Rob Van Dam, Survivor Series, locker room morale, locker room reaction to Stephanie, and much much more. The Notebook is packed this week with exclusive insider newsbits...

-NWA-TNA NEWSWIRE: Tons of exclusive, first-generation, behind the scenes news on Hulk Hogan, Jimmy Hart, Vince Russo, the power structure, which wrestlers have heat, and much more...

-JASON POWELL'S "ON TOPIC" COLUMN: Jason makes some suggestions on how WWE can boost house show business.

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