The latest Torch Newsletter "20 Years Ago" back issue has just been converted to PDF format and is now available to Torch VIP Members in the "Access Torch Archives" section. It is Torch Newsletter #38 from 20 years ago (cover-dated March 9, 1989). VIP members can access the complete Torch Back issue by clicking here, or just click on the VIP Feature Jump Menu and select 1989 Torch Back Issues.

This issue leads with the Torch Newsbreakers including a new upstart IWA promotion with national aspirations, plus Lance Russell hired to replace Tony Schiavone on the syndicated shows, Roddy Piper signing with the WWF, and more... Also on page one, "The Hot News by Wade Keller"... Page two features the Multifarious page with a preview of the newsletter and random notes, plus the Reader Rhetoric page with letters from readers... Page three features the Ringside Beat feature with live event reports on the WWF and Central States, plus the "Parts Unknown" comic... Page four features the News Analysis page. Page five features more News Analysis plus the "What's Out There" video review of Roddy Piper's "Hell Comes to Frogtown" and the "Quotebook"... Page six features Mick Karch's "Submission" column and Ray Whebbe's "Ring Rumblings" column... Page seven features Bill Kunkel's "Potshots" column with a comic... Page eight features "The Wrestling Pollster" on whether pro wrestling should be considered a sport, plus Bill Kunkel's "Potshots" comic on the emergence of PPV...

The VIP section adds around ten new back issues from 5, 10, and 20 years ago in the PWTorch VIP Archives section each month. The back issues catch you up on insider stories and controversial commentaries at a very different time in the wrestling industry. Learn how we got to where we are today one week at a time as a VIP member! Sign up today and catch up on all of the posted back issues from 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 now available, with new ones being added every week. Over 500 complete back issues have already been posted, available right now for VIP members!

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