We are now posting PWTorch Newsletter PDFs for the year 2005 for the first time ever. These issues in 2005 were previously available online in text-article format or paper copy editions sent to subscribers originally the week they were published.

We plan to publish all of 2005's PWTorch Newsletters in PDF format throughout 2010 at the rate of about two per week.

SUMMARY #873 (8-6-2005): The cover story looks at Chris Jericho's future in pro wrestling now that he's finishing up with WWE after Summerslam... Part 16 (out of 17) with Kevin Nash features his thoughts on Goldberg's run, Lesnar's decision to leave WWE, Jim Ross, Jeff Jarrett, Sid, Randy Savage, Curt Hennig, and more... Wade Keller's expanded feature editorial looks at the behind the scenes dynamic going on between Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan, with a forecast of what could happen at Summerslam and how it is similar to and different than the Hulk Hogan-Rock dynamic... Pat McNeill examines why wrestlers are choosing to sign with WWE almost at a 100 percent rate compared to other reasonable options... Gabe Sapolsky tells the Torch why he's changed his booking approach recently... Plus WWE Newswire, TNA Newswire, OVW Newswire, ETC. Newswire, ROH Newswire, Top Five Stories of the Week, The Raw Big Story, The Smackdown Big Story, The OVW Big Story, The TNA Impact Big Story, End Notes with Wade Keller, and more...

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