{"id":41381,"date":"2017-04-22T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=41381"},"modified":"2017-04-18T16:02:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T21:02:06","slug":"vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-438-may-3-1997-vader-kuwait-controversy-part-four-jerry-jarrett-torch-talk-wrevelations-inner-workings-wwf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/04\/22\/vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-438-may-3-1997-vader-kuwait-controversy-part-four-jerry-jarrett-torch-talk-wrevelations-inner-workings-wwf\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1997 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #438 (May 3, 1997): Vader-Kuwait controversy, Part four of Jerry Jarrett Torch Talk w\/revelations of inner-workings of WWF, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2743017271\" 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 #438 cover-dated May 3, 1997: <\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\">This issue leads with a cover story on the Vader-Kuwait controversy, plus includes part four of the Torch Talk with Jerry Jarrett who reveals inner-workings of the WWF from his first-hand perspective, Wade Keller&#8217;s BBL makes a case that Eric Bischoff has to step up and stop the in-fighting destroying WCW from within, plus WCW Newswire, WWF Newswire, ECW Newswire, ETC. Newswire, Letters to the Torch, reports on Raw, Nitro, ECW, USWA, and Wade Keller&#8217;s End Notes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/438TorchNewsletterPDF.pdf\" rel=\"\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #438 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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