{"id":103746,"date":"2020-09-08T15:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T20:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=103746"},"modified":"2020-09-01T12:32:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T17:32:10","slug":"vip-2000-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-617-august-26-2000-cover-story-on-angle-being-added-to-summerslams-main-event-kellers-end-notes-on-summerslams-undercard-keller-editorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/09\/08\/vip-2000-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-617-august-26-2000-cover-story-on-angle-being-added-to-summerslams-main-event-kellers-end-notes-on-summerslams-undercard-keller-editorial\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 2000 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #617 (August 26, 2000): Cover Story on Angle being added to Summerslam&#8217;s main event, Keller&#8217;s End Notes on Summerslam&#8217;s undercard, Keller editorial on whether there is anything positive coming from Russo&#8217;s booking, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2039781839\" 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 #617 cover-dated August 26, 2000:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> This issue includes a cover story on Kurt Angle being added to Summerslam&#8217;s main event&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s End Notes looks at Summerslam&#8217;s undercard&#8230; WWF Newswire features comments from Kurt Angle about shifting to pro wrestling&#8230; WCW Newswire has the latest backstage happenings&#8230; ECW Newswire features Paul Heyman&#8217;s comments on Vince Russo&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s feature BBL editorial asks whether there is anything positive coming from Russo&#8217;s booking&#8230; Plus reports on Raw, Nitro, ECW TV, Smackdown, and other shows, Letters to the Torch, and more&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PWTorchNewsletter617PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #617<\/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-2870912045\" 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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