{"id":109663,"date":"2021-01-02T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=109663"},"modified":"2020-12-14T13:53:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T19:53:22","slug":"vip-2001-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-636-january-13-2001-cover-story-on-shawn-michaelss-negotiations-to-come-out-of-retirement-part-three-of-torch-2000-awards-part-five-of-torch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/01\/02\/vip-2001-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-636-january-13-2001-cover-story-on-shawn-michaelss-negotiations-to-come-out-of-retirement-part-three-of-torch-2000-awards-part-five-of-torch\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 2001 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #636 (January 13, 2001): Cover Story on Shawn Michaels&#8217;s negotiations to come out of retirement, Part three of Torch 2000 Awards, Part five of Torch Talk with Steve Corino, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1315458936\" 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 #636 cover-dated January 13, 2001:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> This issue includes a Cover Story on Shawn Michaels&#8217;s negotiations to come out of retirement&#8230; Part three of the Torch 2000 Awards&#8230; Part five of the Torch Talk with Steve Corino&#8230; WWF Newswire features highlights of the Vince McMahon interview with Playboy&#8230; WCW Newswire has the latest on the WCW sale and backstage attitude&#8230; ECW Newswire has the latest on the promotion&#8217;s tenuous ability to continue promoting shows due to lack of funds&#8230; In-depth coverage of ECW Guilty as Charged PPV including Keller&#8217;s match report with star ratings, Roundtable Reviews, Reader Reax, and Poll Results&#8230; Plus reports on Raw, Nitro, Thunder, Smackdown, and more&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PWTorchNewsletter636PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #636<\/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-3650413648\" 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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