{"id":104472,"date":"2020-09-14T21:13:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T02:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=104472"},"modified":"2020-09-14T21:13:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T02:13:18","slug":"vip-2000-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-620-september-16-2000-cover-story-on-flairs-return-war-games-and-a-nash-steiner-tease-leading-to-a-nitro-ratings-surge-kellers-feature-edi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/09\/14\/vip-2000-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-620-september-16-2000-cover-story-on-flairs-return-war-games-and-a-nash-steiner-tease-leading-to-a-nitro-ratings-surge-kellers-feature-edi\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 2000 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #620 (September 16, 2000): Cover Story on Flair&#8217;s return, War Games, and a Nash-Steiner tease leading to a Nitro ratings surge, Keller&#8217;s feature editorial headlined &#8220;Bret is now complaining about complaining,&#8221; more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-259505651\" 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 #620 cover-dated September 16, 2000:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> This issue includes a cover story on Flair&#8217;s return, War Games, and a Nash-Steiner tease leading to a Nitro ratings surge&#8230; WWF Newswire covers the USA-WWF legal battle and backstage news&#8230; WCW Newswire details a Russo-Wrestler Meeting commotion and early talk of Eric Bischoff buying WCW, and drug sniffing police dogs at WCW event&#8230; ECW Newswire covers payroll problems&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s feature BBL editorial is headlined: &#8220;Bret is now complaining about complaining&#8221;&#8230; Plus reports on Raw, Nitro, ECW TV, Smackdown, and other shows, Letters to the Torch regarding Ric Flair&#8217;s WCW return, ETC. 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