{"id":197842,"date":"2025-05-31T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=197842"},"modified":"2025-05-14T18:40:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T23:40:45","slug":"vip-2005-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-863-may-28-2005-smackdown-moves-to-fridays-matt-hardy-reacts-to-lita-edge-controversy-kevin-nash-torch-talk-part-eight-on-hogan-joining-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/05\/31\/vip-2005-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-863-may-28-2005-smackdown-moves-to-fridays-matt-hardy-reacts-to-lita-edge-controversy-kevin-nash-torch-talk-part-eight-on-hogan-joining-outside\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 2005 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #863 (May 28, 2005): Smackdown moves to Fridays, Matt Hardy reacts to Lita-Edge controversy, Kevin Nash Torch Talk part eight on Hogan joining Outsiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2406787584\" 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 #863 cover-dated May 28, 2005:<\/strong> This issue features a Cover Story on Smackdown&#8217;s move from Thursdays to Fridays&#8230; The Top Five Stories of the Week&#8230; WWE Newswire covers Matt Hardy&#8217;s reaction to the Lita-Edge situation and Cena&#8217;s publicity tour&#8230; Keller&#8217;s feature column on why the Heyman-Bischoff-McMahon segment on Raw may have been good for ECW&#8217;s PPV, not bad&#8230; Part eight of the Kevin Nash &#8220;Torch Talk&#8221; where he details why Bischoff didn&#8217;t want Nash to jump to WCW at first, what he thought of Hogan turning heel and joining the Outsiders, and his theory on why the NWO return to WWE didn&#8217;t work out&#8230; End Notes builds a potential roster for TNA if they move to a national slot on Monday nights&#8230; Pat McNeill expands the Draft Lottery to include ROH and TNA&#8230; Plus WWE Judgment Day coverage including the Roundtable Reviews, Reader PPV Reax, Raw Reax, Backtrack with a look at Hispanics in wrestling ten years ago, the handy weekly events schedule, TNA Newswire, ROH Newswire, OVW Newswire, and more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/artman2\/members\/uploads\/2\/863TorchNewsletterPDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #863<\/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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