{"id":107595,"date":"2020-11-28T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=107595"},"modified":"2020-11-05T14:54:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T20:54:56","slug":"vip-2000-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-631-december-9-2000-cover-story-with-exclusive-news-that-bischoff-had-assembled-group-of-investors-that-planned-to-purchase-wcw-ecw-massacre-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/11\/28\/vip-2000-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-631-december-9-2000-cover-story-with-exclusive-news-that-bischoff-had-assembled-group-of-investors-that-planned-to-purchase-wcw-ecw-massacre-on\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 2000 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #631 (December 9, 2000): Cover Story with exclusive news that Bischoff had assembled group of investors that planned to purchase WCW, ECW Massacre on 34th St. coverage, Keller&#8217;s Annual Roster Rankings of ECW, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-940925845\" 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 #631 cover-dated December 9, 2000:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> This issue includes a cover story with exclusive major news that Eric Bischoff had assembled a group of investors that planned to purchase WCW and an announcement was forthcoming&#8230; WWF Newswire includes notes on Shawn Stasiak&#8217;s response to being fired for secretly recording conversations&#8230; WCW Newswire details the reaction to reports of Bischoff&#8217;s return and fallout from a disturbance on an airplane carrying WCW employees&#8230; ECW Newswire details Scott Hall&#8217;s interest in working for ECW, plus details of Paul Heyman addressing his wrestlers regarding payroll and more&#8230; In depth coverage of ECW Massacre on 34th St. headlining with Steve Corino vs. Justin Credible vs. Jerry Lynn in the main event&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s Annual Roster Rankings of ECW&#8230; A Torch Talk with Vic Grimes&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s editorial on Eric Bischoff&#8217;s To-Do List if he were to take over WCW&#8230; Plus reports on Raw, Nitro, Smackdown, Thunder, ECW TV, and more&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PWTorchNewsletter631PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #631<\/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-118686513\" 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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