{"id":12928,"date":"2016-03-09T12:42:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T18:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=12928"},"modified":"2016-03-25T11:52:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T16:52:55","slug":"vip-1996-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-369-jan-13-hogan-sues-alleging-extortion-another-sex-scandal-wwf-takes-gloves-off-wcw-benoit-torch-talk-mitchells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/03\/09\/vip-1996-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-369-jan-13-hogan-sues-alleging-extortion-another-sex-scandal-wwf-takes-gloves-off-wcw-benoit-torch-talk-mitchells\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1996 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #369 (Jan. 13): Hogan sues alleging extortion in another sex scandal, WWF gloves off vs. WCW, Benoit Torch Talk, Mitchell&#8217;s &#8220;Possibly Gay&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1085576782\" 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 1996 for the first time ever. These issues from 1996 have never been made available in their original format since their original printing press run 20 years ago.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">SUMMARY of #371 cover-dated Jan. 27, 1996:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>This issue includes a cover story on Shawn Michaels winning the Royal Rumble, the return of Elizabeth and Roddy Piper to national TV, Vader suspended, and Nitro crushing Raw in the ratings&#8230; WCW Newswire includes Eric Bischoff&#8217;s response to Vince McMahon&#8230; In-depth Royal Rumble and WCW Clash of the Champions coverage&#8230; Plus WWE Newswire, Editor&#8217;s Notes, reports on Raw, Nitro, and ECW TV, and more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>FULL NEWSLETTER TEXT AND PDF VERSIONS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY TO VIP MEMBERS\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>NOT VIP? NO PROBLEM\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/pwtorch-vip-membership-information\/\">CLICK HERE FOR VIP SIGN UP INFO<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(app users hard-press the link to activate)<\/p>\n<h2>VIP MEMBER LINKS<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/369TorchNewsletterPDF.pdf\" rel=\"\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #369 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/category\/vipexclusives\/1996backissues\/\">-LIST OF LATEST 1996 BACK ISSUE PDF POSTS<\/a> (new in 2016)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u2013<span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/members.pwtorch.com\/torchbackissues96\/backissues96.shtml\">LIST OF ALL\u00a01996 BACK ISSUES<\/a>\u00a0(old text article format)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/members\/artman\/publish\/vipcatchall\/article_76799.shtml\"><span class=\"s4\">TUTORIAL ON DISPLAYING NEWSLETTER PDFS ON IPAD OR ANDROID TABLET<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-418771300\" 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<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-687314076\"><div id=\"pwtor-3960322059\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>We are now posting PWTorch Digital Newsletter PDFs for the year 1996 for the first time ever. 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