{"id":43692,"date":"2017-06-15T00:26:23","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T05:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=43692"},"modified":"2017-06-15T00:27:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T05:27:19","slug":"vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-445-june-21-1997-wwfs-attempts-get-michaels-return-four-wrestlers-car-wreck-kevin-greene-upsets-nfl-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/06\/15\/vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-445-june-21-1997-wwfs-attempts-get-michaels-return-four-wrestlers-car-wreck-kevin-greene-upsets-nfl-team\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1997 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #445 (June 21, 1997): WWF&#8217;s attempts to get Michaels to return, four wrestlers in car wreck, Kevin Greene upsets his NFL team, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3604421956\" 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 #445 cover-dated June 21, 1997: <\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\">This issue begins with a cover story on the WWF&#8217;s attempts to get Shawn Michaels to return after the fight with Bret Hart the week before&#8230; WWF Newswire details four wrestlers in a car wreck and more&#8230; WCW Newswire details Kevin Greene upsetting his NFL team&#8230; Keller&#8217;s in-depth report on the WCW Great American Bash PPV along with Roundtable Reviews and Reader Reax&#8230; Plus ECW Newswire, ETC. Newswire, and reports on Raw, Nitro, ECW TV, and more&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/445TorchNewsletterPDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #445 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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