{"id":17745,"date":"2016-04-28T08:49:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T13:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=17745"},"modified":"2016-04-28T08:49:52","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T13:49:52","slug":"17745","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/28\/17745\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1996 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #379 (Mar. 16): Nash headed to WCW, Steiners &#038; Badd headed to WWE, Bret plays heel, Keller editorial on Hall &#038; Nash jumping, Torch Talk w\/Mero on his jump to WWF"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3523844748\" 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 #379 cover-dated Mar. 16, 1996:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> This issue includes a cover story detailing the jumps between WCW and the WWF including Diesel, the Steiners, and Marc Mero all giving notice to their promotion in the same week&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s BBL feature editorial explains how losing Kevin Nash and Scott Hall could be an opportunity for WWF&#8230; Part one of the Marc Mero &#8220;Torch Talk&#8221; as he explains his decision to jump from WCW to the WWF&#8230; Detailed ECW Arena report featuring details of Cactus Jack&#8217;s farewell&#8230; WCW Newswire details Ric Flair being arrested and Nitro&#8217;s ratings surge&#8230; Plus reports on Raw, Nitro, ECW, USWA, and Japan TV shows, and an arena report on Bret Hart playing heel against Shawn Michaels&#8230;<\/span><strong><span class=\"s1\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8211;<a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/379TorchNewsletterPDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #379 PDF<\/a><\/p>\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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