{"id":201010,"date":"2025-07-12T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=201010"},"modified":"2025-07-14T15:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:05:05","slug":"vip-2005-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-869-july-9-2005-kevin-nash-torch-talk-talks-about-drug-parties-escaping-death-himself-wrestler-deaths-plus-keller-proposes-roh-offer-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/07\/12\/vip-2005-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-869-july-9-2005-kevin-nash-torch-talk-talks-about-drug-parties-escaping-death-himself-wrestler-deaths-plus-keller-proposes-roh-offer-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 2005 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #869 (July 9, 2005): Kevin Nash Torch Talk talks about drug parties, escaping death himself, wrestler deaths, plus Keller proposes ROH offer Internet PPVs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2090141496\" 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 #869 cover-dated July 9, 2005:<\/strong> This issue features a cover story breakdown of the WWE layoffs and the reasons behind many of them based on insider information&#8230; In part 13 of the Kevin Nash &#8220;Torch Talk&#8221; interview, he talks about escaping death, drug parties, and what he feels can or cannot be done to prevent future deaths, plus his thoughts on life in WWE after Vince McMahon retires&#8230; Wade Keller presents a business model that could revolutionize wrestling in a way that affects hardcore fans as much as the Monday Night Wars did, and provides dozens of new good paying jobs to dedicated wrestlers&#8230; James Guttman reviews WWE&#8217;s &#8217;80s DVD documentary&#8230; Pat McNeill looks at a Philadelphia Story involving Blue Meanie and local wrestling politics&#8230; Bruce Mitchell looks at the nostalgia craze in wrestling&#8230; Derek Burgan&#8217;s monthly Buyers&#8217; Guide looks at new ECW-related offerings&#8230; Backtrack looks at the launching of the Monday Nitro concept&#8230; WWE Newswire packed with the week&#8217;s biggest news and insider backstage notebook items&#8230; Plus TNA Newswire, ETC. Newswire, the Top Five Stories of the Week, Arena Spotlight, and more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PWTorchNewsletter869PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #869<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/category\/vipexclusives\/2005-back-issues\/\">LIST OF ALL 2005 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? 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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>OR SIGN UP FOR HOME POSTAL DELIVERY OF WEEKLY PAPER COPY:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pwtorch.com\/papercopy\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2598542074\"><div id=\"pwtor-2512449079\"><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>SUMMARY of #869 cover-dated July 9, 2005: This issue features a cover story breakdown of the WWE layoffs and the reasons behind many of them based on insider information&#8230; In part 13 of the Kevin <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/07\/12\/vip-2005-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-869-july-9-2005-kevin-nash-torch-talk-talks-about-drug-parties-escaping-death-himself-wrestler-deaths-plus-keller-proposes-roh-offer-internet\/\" title=\"VIP 2005 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #869 (July 9, 2005): Kevin Nash Torch Talk talks about drug parties, escaping death himself, wrestler deaths, plus Keller proposes ROH offer Internet PPVs\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":201011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1361],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vipexclusivealerts","category-vip_newsletters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/07\/TorchCover869_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201010"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201013,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201010\/revisions\/201013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}