{"id":14186,"date":"2016-03-25T11:19:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T16:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=14186"},"modified":"2016-03-25T11:58:13","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T16:58:13","slug":"vip-1996-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-371-jan-27-michaels-wins-royal-rumble-nitro-smashes-raw-ratings-bischoff-responds-mcmahon-acknowledging-wcw-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/03\/25\/vip-1996-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-371-jan-27-michaels-wins-royal-rumble-nitro-smashes-raw-ratings-bischoff-responds-mcmahon-acknowledging-wcw-air\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1996 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #371 (Jan. 27): Michaels wins Royal Rumble, Nitro smashes Raw in ratings, Bischoff responds to McMahon acknowledging WCW on air"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-532083176\" 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 #368 cover-dated Jan. 6, 1996:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\">This issue includes a cover story on the heated up battle between WCW and the WWF in the Monday Night War, including the Vader signing announcement and WCW spoofing Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage\u2026 WCW Newswire details a controversy with the U.S. Title with a match for strange political reasons and Gene Okerlund running a retraction demanded by Rick Steamboat\u2026 WWF Newswire details the Royal Rumble and Jim Cornette\u2019s future with the company now that SMW shut down\u2026 ECW Holiday Hell from ECW Arena covered in depth including Raven vs. Sandman\u2026 A detailed WWF house show report from Las Vegas featuring Undertaker vs. Yokozuna and Razor vs. 1-2-3 Kid\u2026 Part four of the Chris Benoit \u201cTorch Talk\u201d\u2026 Letters to the Editor\u2026 Wade Keller\u2019s feature editorial on Cactus Jack\u2019s controversial message to hardcore fans\u2026 Plus Editor\u2019s Notes, Quotebook, reports on Raw, Nitro, and ECW TV, plus more\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><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 WITH DIGITAL PDF &amp; TEXT NEWSLETTER ACCESS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OR SIGN UP FOR HOME POSTAL DELIVERY OF WEEKLY PAPER COPY: <a href=\"http:\/\/pwtorch.com\/papercopy\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>VIP MEMBER LINKS<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/371TorchNewsletterPDF.pdf\" rel=\"\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #371 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><div id=\"pwtor-1763074003\" 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 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>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3372849677\"><div id=\"pwtor-3958891932\"><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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