{"id":197175,"date":"2025-05-10T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=197175"},"modified":"2025-05-02T13:59:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:59:48","slug":"vip-2005-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-860-may-7-2005-remembering-chris-candido-phil-mushnick-hurts-his-cause-nash-compares-michaels-to-bret-and-survivor-series-screwjob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/05\/10\/vip-2005-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-860-may-7-2005-remembering-chris-candido-phil-mushnick-hurts-his-cause-nash-compares-michaels-to-bret-and-survivor-series-screwjob\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 2005 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #860 (May 7, 2005): Remembering Chris Candido, Phil Mushnick hurts his cause, Nash compares Michaels to Bret and Survivor Series Screwjob"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3671008165\" 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 #860 cover-dated May 7, 2005:<\/strong> This issue features a Cover Story on Chris Candido&#8217;s life and death, Pat McNeill&#8217;s &#8220;In Their Words&#8221; tribute to Candido, and Wade Keller&#8217;s &#8220;End Notes&#8221; chastising Phil Mushnick for inappropriate usage of Candido&#8217;s death to prompt his latest editorial on the New York Post&#8230; The Top Five Stories of the Week including WWE&#8217;s successful European tour, Batista&#8217;s win over Triple H at Backlash, Hulk Hogan&#8217;s return, and Monty Brown&#8217;s contract impasse with TNA&#8230; Bruce Mitchell writes about the daring pushes of John Cena and Batista&#8230; Part five of the &#8220;Torch Talk&#8221; with Kevin Nash who compares Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and gives his take on the Bret Hart Survivor Series Swerve&#8230; WWE Newswire with Hogan&#8217;s media tour, Brock Lesnar countersuit highlights, the latest on the ECW PPV, and much more&#8230; TNA Newswire, ROH Newswire, and ETC. 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