{"id":25820,"date":"2016-07-16T02:29:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T07:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=25820"},"modified":"2016-07-16T02:33:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-16T07:33:42","slug":"vip-1996-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-391-june-15-world-peace-festival-l-hall-previews-nash-bulldog-gives-notice-new-jack-pillman-torch-talk-wspicolli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/16\/vip-1996-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-391-june-15-world-peace-festival-l-hall-previews-nash-bulldog-gives-notice-new-jack-pillman-torch-talk-wspicolli\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1996 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #391 (June 15): World Peace Festival in L.A., Hall previews Nash, Bulldog gives notice, New Jack-Pillman, Torch Talk w\/Spicolli"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3395010602\" 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><em>We are now posting PWTorch Digital Newsletter PDFs for the year 1996 for the first time ever. These issues from 1996 have never been made available in their original format since their original printing press run 20 years ago.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\">SUMMARY of #391 cover-dated June 15, 1996:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 This issue includes a cover story and detailed match report on L.A.&#8217;s World Peace Festival with Liger, Jericho, Inoki, Severn, Giant, Sting, Neidhart, Luger, Konnan, and more&#8230; A story on Nitro&#8217;s first two-hour show beating Raw&#8230; WWE Newswire details British Bulldog giving his notice and WWE sending a complaint to Scott Hall&#8230; WCW Newswire details Hall previewing the arrival of Kevin Nash&#8230; Plus a detailed ECW Arena Report with New Jack addressing Brian Pillman, another ECW spot show report, John Williams comments on Smart Fans, part one of the Louie Spicolli &#8220;Torch Talk,&#8221; Wade Keller&#8217;s End Notes, reports on Raw, Nitro, ECW TV, and more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u2013<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/391TorchNewsletterPDF.pdf\" rel=\"\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #391 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/category\/vipexclusives\/1996backissues\/\">LIST OF LATEST 1996 BACK ISSUE PDF POSTS<\/a> (new in 2016)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>FULL NEWSLETTER TEXT AND PDF VERSIONS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY TO VIP MEMBERS\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>NOT VIP? 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