{"id":219773,"date":"2026-08-08T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=219773"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:14:56","slug":"vip-2006-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-926-august-5-2006-ufc-overtakes-wwe-as-king-of-ppv-in-depth-analysis-of-wwes-shift-toward-relying-on-international-revenues-plus-news-column","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/08\/08\/vip-2006-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-926-august-5-2006-ufc-overtakes-wwe-as-king-of-ppv-in-depth-analysis-of-wwes-shift-toward-relying-on-international-revenues-plus-news-column\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 2006 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #926 (August 5, 2006): UFC overtakes WWE as king of PPV, in-depth analysis of WWE&#8217;s shift toward relying on international revenues, plus News, Columns, TV Reports, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3367346477\" 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 #926 cover-dated August 5, 2006:<\/strong> This issue includes a special series of articles taking an in-depth look at what&#8217;s wrong with WWE&#8217;s business today, what&#8217;s hiding what&#8217;s wrong, and how to fix it including Wade Keller&#8217;s in-depth expanded cover story, James Caldwell&#8217;s in-depth feature column, and a Keller Sidebar overview of startling statistics&#8230; Plus WWE Newswire, TNA Newswire, ROH Newswire, Mitchell&#8217;s Memo, End Notes, Big Story report on Raw, Smackdown, TNA Impact, and ECW\u2008on\u2008Sci-Fi, 1996 Backtrack, ROH Live Event Report, PPV Reax, and more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/artman2\/members\/uploads\/4\/926TorchNewsletterPDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #926<\/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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