{"id":180875,"date":"2024-06-29T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=180875"},"modified":"2024-07-01T12:25:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T17:25:24","slug":"vip-2004-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-816-july-10-2004-mitchells-feature-review-of-ric-flairs-autobiography-final-installment-of-samoa-joe-torch-talk-newswires-tv-reviews-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/06\/29\/vip-2004-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-816-july-10-2004-mitchells-feature-review-of-ric-flairs-autobiography-final-installment-of-samoa-joe-torch-talk-newswires-tv-reviews-more\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 2004 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #816 (July 10, 2004): Mitchell&#8217;s feature review of Ric Flair&#8217;s autobiography, final installment of Samoa Joe Torch Talk, Newswires, TV Reviews, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-601188784\" 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>SUMMARY of #816 cover-dated July 10, 2004:<\/strong> Bruce Mitchell&#8217;s feature review of Ric Flair&#8217;s autobiography. Mitchell has followed Flair&#8217;s career about as closely and up-close as anyone and he offers his perspective on what surprised him about Flair&#8217;s book&#8230; Torch Talk with ROH World Champion Samoa Joe: The eighth and final installment sees Joe explain why he thinks people&#8217;s expectations for WWE are sometimes a bit outlandish, his knowledge and acceptance of WWE&#8217;s policy in pushing new talents, his future aspirations in pro wrestling, and more&#8230; Pat McNeill&#8217;s feature column: This week&#8217;s &#8220;McNeill Factor&#8221; features part two of his alternate universe scenario involving food poisoning and a leveraged takeover of WWE the day of the Bash PPV by Paul Heyman and how different things could have been&#8230; Jason Powell&#8217;s feature column features Powell&#8217;s in-depth analysis of the current feuds on Raw&#8230; Expanded WWE Newswire and TNA Newswire features with a ton of backstage news and business analysis on both promotions&#8230; Plus, Wade Keller&#8217;s End Notes, the handy upcoming events schedule, TV reviews for Raw and Smackdown, TNA PPV rundown with star ratings, ROH Newswire, and more!<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PWTorchNewsletter816PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #816<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/members.pwtorch.com\/torchbackissues04\/backissues04.shtml\">LIST OF ALL 2004 BACK ISSUES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/members\/artman\/publish\/vipcatchall\/article_76799.shtml\">TUTORIAL ON DISPLAYING NEWSLETTER PDFS ON IPAD OR ANDROID TABLET<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>FULL NEWSLETTER TEXT AND PDF VERSIONS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY TO VIP MEMBERS\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"pwtorch-com_dynamic_incontent1\" class=\"fs-dynamic\" data-slot=\"complete\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\">\n<div id=\"pwtorch-com_dynamic_incontent1_slot\" data-google-query-id=\"CN-Bz8HL9IMDFbYFTwgdNNgI2w\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/15184186,22430266072\/pwtorch-com_in-content-narrow_position_0__container__\">NOT VIP? 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