{"id":201969,"date":"2025-08-09T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=201969"},"modified":"2025-07-30T16:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T21:22:09","slug":"vip-2005-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-873-august-6-2005-hogan-rips-austin-and-rock-brock-lesnar-turns-down-wwe-return-jerichos-plans-to-leave-wwe-keller-challenges-hbk-to-show-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/08\/09\/vip-2005-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-873-august-6-2005-hogan-rips-austin-and-rock-brock-lesnar-turns-down-wwe-return-jerichos-plans-to-leave-wwe-keller-challenges-hbk-to-show-up\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 2005 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #873 (August 6, 2005): Hogan rips Austin and Rock, Brock Lesnar turns down WWE return, Jericho&#8217;s plans to leave WWE, Keller challenges HBK to show up Hogan on PPV"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3604073207\" 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 #873 cover-dated August 6, 2005:<\/strong> The cover story looks at Chris Jericho&#8217;s future in pro wrestling now that he&#8217;s finishing up with WWE after Summerslam&#8230; Part 16 (out of 17) with Kevin Nash features his thoughts on Goldberg&#8217;s run, Lesnar&#8217;s decision to leave WWE, Jim Ross, Jeff Jarrett, Sid, Randy\u2008Savage, Curt Hennig, and more&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s expanded feature editorial looks at the behind the scenes dynamic going on between Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan, with a forecast of what could happen at Summerslam and how it is similar to and different than the Hulk Hogan-Rock dynamic&#8230; Pat McNeill examines why wrestlers are choosing to sign with WWE almost at a 100 percent rate compared to other reasonable options&#8230; Gabe Sapolsky tells the Torch why he&#8217;s changed his booking approach recently&#8230; Plus WWE Newswire, TNA Newswire, OVW Newswire, ETC. 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