{"id":118173,"date":"2021-05-08T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=118173"},"modified":"2021-04-26T15:47:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T20:47:48","slug":"vip-2001-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-654-may-19-2001-humble-mcmahon-concedes-xfl-future-keller-says-foley-fails-to-express-regret-well-mcneill-reviews-foleys-second-book-jerry-j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/05\/08\/vip-2001-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-654-may-19-2001-humble-mcmahon-concedes-xfl-future-keller-says-foley-fails-to-express-regret-well-mcneill-reviews-foleys-second-book-jerry-j\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 2001 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #654 (May 19, 2001): Humble McMahon concedes XFL future, Keller says Foley fails to express regret well, McNeill reviews Foley&#8217;s second book, Jerry Jarrett Torch Talk, Too Late for new WCW?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2639667316\" 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><strong><span class=\"s1\">SUMMARY of #654 cover-dated May 19, 2001:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> <span class=\"arttext\"><span class=\"style143 style62\">This issue begins with a cover story Vince McMahon&#8217;s press conference conceding the failure of the XFL&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s BBL feature editorial asserts that Mick Foley fails to properly express regret&#8230; Pat McNeill&#8217;s feature column reviews Mick Foley&#8217;s second book&#8230; A ton on the latest plans for the WCW relaunch in the WWF Newswire and WCW Newswire&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s End Notes asks if it&#8217;s already too late for a WCW relaunch to work and points out the self-centered nature of Jesse Ventura&#8230; Jerry Jarrett, in part four of his &#8220;Torch Talk,&#8221; discusses the lack of leverage wrestlers have in a one-promotion industry&#8230; Plus Ask the Torch, reports on Raw and Smackdown, ETC. 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