{"id":28606,"date":"2016-08-14T03:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=28606"},"modified":"2016-08-14T06:38:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T11:38:00","slug":"vip-1996-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-400-aug-10-1996-ecw-cyberfight-event-choshu-wins-g1-final-tourney-kobashi-story-torch-talk-spicolli-wwf-lifestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/14\/vip-1996-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-400-aug-10-1996-ecw-cyberfight-event-choshu-wins-g1-final-tourney-kobashi-story-torch-talk-spicolli-wwf-lifestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1996 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #400 (Aug. 10, 1996): ECW CyberFight event, Choshu wins G1 in his final tourney, The Kobashi Story, Torch Talk with Spicolli on WWF lifestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3178118265\" 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 #400 cover-dated August 10, 1996:<\/span><\/strong> This issue includes a cover story on Japanese legend Riki Choshu winning his final G1 Tournament&#8230; Torch contributor John Williams writes &#8220;The Kobashi Story&#8221; with a look at another top Japanese worker&#8230; Part five of the &#8220;Torch Talk&#8221; with Louie Spicolli focused on the WWF lifestyle on the road and his thoughts on Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels&#8230; Detailed report on the ECW Arena &#8220;CyberFight&#8221; event and another report on an ECW spot show&#8230; Plus reports on Raw, Nitro, ECW TV, and other regional TV shows, Quotebook, WWF Newswire, WCW Newswire, and ETC. Newswire&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u2013<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/400TorchNewsletterPDF.pdf\" rel=\"\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #400 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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