{"id":40356,"date":"2017-03-25T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=40356"},"modified":"2017-03-24T14:18:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T19:18:16","slug":"vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-434-apr-5-1997-olympic-wrestlers-shine-extreme-fighting-ppv-part-three-jerry-jarrett-torch-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/03\/25\/vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-434-apr-5-1997-olympic-wrestlers-shine-extreme-fighting-ppv-part-three-jerry-jarrett-torch-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1997 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #434 (Apr. 5, 1997): Olympic wrestlers shine in Extreme Fighting PPV, Part three of Jerry Jarrett Torch Talk, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1369334088\" 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 1997 for the first time ever. These issues from 1997 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 #434 cover-dated April\u00a05, 1997: <\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\">This issue headlines with a cover story on Olympic wrestlers shining in the Extreme Fighting PPV&#8230; Also: Part three of the &#8220;Torch Talk&#8221; with Jerry Jarrett in which he talks about the viability of territories in the 1990s&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s BBL editorial examines ECW&#8217;s countdown to debuting on PPV&#8230; Plus WWF Newswire, WCW Newswire, ECW Newswire, ETC. Newswire, Letters to the Torch, and more&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/434TorchNewsletterPDF.pdf\" rel=\"\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #434 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/category\/vipexclusives\/1997backissues\/\">LIST OF LATEST 1997 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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