VIP Exclusive Features PWTorch Newsletter #1076/1077: Cover Story on Test Lessons, Keller proposes improvements, Poffo Torch Talk on cocaine in 1980s WWF, Keller BBL on neglected MITB, Mitchell Memo, more (28 pages)
Mar 25, 2009 - 4:18:00 PM
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Pro Wrestling Torch, a weekly 12-16 page print newsletter delivered via traditional postal mail, has been published since 1987 with several PDF-version bonus pages most weeks.
The new PWTorch Newsletter double issue (#1076/1077) has just been posted online for PWTorch VIP members, cover-dated March 28. It's 28 pages packed with news, TV reviews, interview highlights, newsletter exclusive editorials, newsletter exclusive analysis, and more. Here is a summary...
This issue opens with Wade Keller's cover story following up on the death of Andrew "Test" Martin and how the fallout follows the same pattern of blame rather than solutions... Keller's BBL proposes seven ways to improve the wrestling industry and wrestler safety... Keller's second BBL in this special double issue looks at the neglected Money in the Bank match... Mitchell's Memo presents keys to promoting babyfaces and heels... Brian Hoops looks at the politics and context of WrestleMania IV... Greg Parks looks at the MITB match being an opportunity to revitalize MVP... Jason Powell's "Page 2 Buzz" features his review of the ROH on HDNet show and the latest insider scoops... The 11th and final installment of the Lanny Poffo Torch Talk includes his thoughts on cocaine use in the WWF in the 1980s, more insight into various personalities from the WWF in the 1980s, and his non-wrestling passions... Keller's TV reports on Raw, Smackdown, ECW, and Impact... Caldwell's ROH TV report... The Torch Newswire with the latest news on WWE, TNA, ROH, and ETC. with newsletter-exclusive Keller Analysis weaved throughout... Plus the Torch Triple Play, Top Five Stories List, and more...
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