{"id":219759,"date":"2026-07-11T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=219759"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:00:39","slug":"vip-2006-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-922-july-8-2006-sabu-rvd-drug-incident-including-backstage-reaction-mcneill-on-a-new-national-promotion-mitchells-in-person-report-on-sd-hous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/07\/11\/vip-2006-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-922-july-8-2006-sabu-rvd-drug-incident-including-backstage-reaction-mcneill-on-a-new-national-promotion-mitchells-in-person-report-on-sd-hous\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 2006 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #922 (July 8, 2006): Sabu\/RVD drug incident including backstage reaction, McNeill on a new national promotion, Mitchell&#8217;s in-person report on SD house show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3599787382\" 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 #922 cover-dated July 8, 2006:<\/strong> This issue includes an expanded, in-depth cover story on the Sabu\/RVD drug incident in Ohio including details on the backstage reaction, management&#8217;s reaction, the wrestlers&#8217; reaction, why the punishment was dished out the way it was, and much more&#8230; Pat McNeill breaks news of a new national promotion on cable on the verge of announcing its launch for this fall&#8230; Bruce Mitchell writes about this weekend&#8217;s Smackdown house show in-depth&#8230; James Caldwell looks at the key to ECW&#8217;s success and it&#8217;s chances of happenings&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s End Notes reacts to Sabu\/RVD and present Random\u2008Thoughts&#8230; Plus WWE\u2008Newswire, TNA Newswire, ROH Newswire, the weekly\u2008Quotebook, the 1996 Backtrack, the weekly schedule, ECW TV Reax, and more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/artman2\/members\/uploads\/4\/922TorchNewsletterPDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #922<\/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<p data-inc=\"1\">NOT VIP? 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