{"id":15209,"date":"2016-04-03T11:44:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T16:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=15209"},"modified":"2016-04-03T12:53:53","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T17:53:53","slug":"vip-1996-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-373-feb-10-davey-boy-smith-faces-possible-prison-time-heyman-tells-torch-thoughts-second-ecw-show-ny-road-warriors-vs-sting-luger-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/03\/vip-1996-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-373-feb-10-davey-boy-smith-faces-possible-prison-time-heyman-tells-torch-thoughts-second-ecw-show-ny-road-warriors-vs-sting-luger-n\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1996 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #373 (Feb. 10): Davey Boy Smith faces possible prison time, Heyman tells Torch thoughts on ECW show in NY, Road Warriors vs. Sting &#038; Luger on Nitro, Konnan Torch Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1649189456\" 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 #373 cover-dated Feb. 10, 1996:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>This issue includes a cover story on Davey Boy Smith&#8217;s possible prison sentence&#8230; WWF Newswire covers the planned India tour, the latest Billionaire Ted skit, and more&#8230; WCW Newswire covers Nitro ratings success and more&#8230; ETC. Newswire looks at ECW&#8217;s policy of all new wrestlers doing a job upon entering the promotion&#8230; Torch Triple Play includes an interview with Paul Heyman reviewing his second ECW show in New York&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s BBL editorial looks at the Royal Rumble&#8230; Part two of the Konnan Torch Talk includes his goals in WCW and analysis of AAA&#8217;s failure the expand in the U.S&#8230; John Williams&#8217;s debut column looks at the Extreme Southwest&#8230; Plus Wade Keller&#8217;s End Notes, live event reports, reports on Raw, Nitro, ECW TV, New Japan, All Japan, and more&#8230;<\/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\/04\/373TorchNewsletterPDF.pdf\" rel=\"\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #373 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-996646928\" 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-1345016993\"><div id=\"pwtor-1869740743\"><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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