{"id":100584,"date":"2020-07-18T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=100584"},"modified":"2020-07-13T14:33:03","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T19:33:03","slug":"vip-2000-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-610-july-8-2000-cover-story-questioning-whether-wwfs-move-from-usa-to-tnn-will-have-much-of-an-impact-mitchell-writes-about-the-death-of-har","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/07\/18\/vip-2000-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-610-july-8-2000-cover-story-questioning-whether-wwfs-move-from-usa-to-tnn-will-have-much-of-an-impact-mitchell-writes-about-the-death-of-har\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 2000 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #610 (July 8, 2000): Cover Story questioning whether WWF&#8217;s move from USA to TNN will have much of an impact, Mitchell writes about &#8220;The Death of Hardcore&#8221; and the troubles ECW faced, Keller theorizes what Kevin Nash&#8217;s master plan is as WCW contract comes due, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1948967276\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><em>We are now posting PWTorch Digital Newsletter PDFs for the year 1997 for the first time ever. These issues from 1997 have never been made available in their original format since their original printing press run 20 years ago.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\">SUMMARY of #610 cover-dated July 8, 2000:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> This issue includes a cover story commentary questioning whether the WWF&#8217;s move from USA to TNN will really have much of an impact&#8230; Bruce Mitchell writes about &#8220;The Death of Hardcore&#8221; and the troubles ECW faced&#8230; Keller theorizes what Kevin Nash&#8217;s master plan is as his WCW contract comes due&#8230; A sidebar story on Russo&#8217;s expected return to WCW&#8230; WWF Newswire on the USA-WWF court decision&#8230; WCW Newswire featuring details on Goldberg&#8217;s souring relationship with WCW&#8230; ECW Newswire detailing the cancellation of ECW on TNN&#8230; Reports on Raw, Nitro, Smackdown, ECW TV, Heat, and more&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PWTorchNewsletter610PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #610<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/category\/vipexclusives\/1998-back-issues\/\">LIST OF LATEST 1998 BACK ISSUE PDF POSTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/members.pwtorch.com\/torchbackissues98\/backissues98.shtml\">LIST OF ALL\u00a01998 BACK ISSUES<\/a>\u00a0(old text article format)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/category\/vipexclusives\/1997backissues\/\">LIST OF LATEST 1997 BACK ISSUE PDF POSTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/members.pwtorch.com\/torchbackissues97\/backissues97.shtml\">LIST OF ALL\u00a01997 BACK ISSUES<\/a>\u00a0(old text article format)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s4\">\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/members\/artman\/publish\/vipcatchall\/article_76799.shtml\">TUTORIAL ON DISPLAYING NEWSLETTER PDFS ON IPAD OR ANDROID TABLET<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1526077312\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>FULL NEWSLETTER TEXT AND PDF VERSIONS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY TO VIP MEMBERS\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>NOT VIP? 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