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PWTORCH #40: This issue leads with the Torch Newsbreakers with WrestleMania V headlines, plus news on the Midnight Express leaving the NWA and tag team title changes... The Hot News by The Random Marc features "news" of how Jim Cornette saved his job... Page two features the Multifarious introduction to the newsletter, "Reader Rhetoric" letters to the editor, and the Bad Joke of the Day... Page three features "Ringside Beat" reports by Alex Marvez at a Florida event, Bruce Grummert at a Central States event, and Elyse Zois who attended the WWF at MSG... Pages four and five feature News Analysis, The Wrestling Pollster on whether the WWF will dominate through the mid-'90s, and Quotebook... Page six features Mick Karch's "Submission" column and Ray Whebbe's "Ring Rumblings," plus the "Potshots" comic by Bill Kunkel... Page six features a full "Potshots" column by Bill Kunkel regarding Hulk Hogan's movie, and analysis of Curt Hennig... Page eight features a report on WrestleMania V and the Clash of the Champions which went head-to-head...

PWTORCH #41: This issue leads with the Torch Newsbreakers headlines with Barry Windham being fired by the NWA, Randy Savage linking with Sherri Martel, Bill Watts not getting a WCW booking job, and Terry Funk's new job. Also, The Hot News features "breaking info" on Windham and Terry Taylor... Page two features the "Multifarious" introduction to the issue and "Reader Rhetoric" letters to the edior... Page three features "Ringside Beat" reports on the NWA in D.C, CWA in Nashville, and PWA in Minneapolis by Wade Keller, and the "Parts Unknown" comic... Pages four and five feature the "News Analysis" pages, Reader Ratings on tag teams, managers, and announcers, and the "Quotebook"... Page six features columns by Wade Keller and Tracy Breeden, plus a "Wrestling Potshots" comic... Page seven features "Mr. Mike's Mondo Torching" column... Page eight features a plug for the PWTorch Summer Annual II and the year-end awards ballot...

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