{"id":47353,"date":"2017-09-02T13:07:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T18:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=47353"},"modified":"2017-09-02T13:14:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T18:14:03","slug":"vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-457-september-13-1997-ecw-founder-tod-gordon-revealed-mole-attempting-orchestrate-massive-walkout-wcw-zavisa-new-japans-25th-ann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/09\/02\/vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-457-september-13-1997-ecw-founder-tod-gordon-revealed-mole-attempting-orchestrate-massive-walkout-wcw-zavisa-new-japans-25th-ann\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1997 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #457 (September 13, 1997): ECW founder Tod Gordon revealed to be mole attempting to orchestrate massive walkout to WCW, Zavisa on New Japan&#8217;s 25th Anniversary, WWE PPV report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-744495211\" 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 #457 cover-dated September 13, 1997: <\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\">This issue headlines with a story on the odd story of ECW founder Tod Gordon being revealed to be a &#8220;mole&#8221; trying to help facilitate massive walkout to WCW&#8230; WWF Ground Zero PPV coverage including a very good Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels main event, plus Bret Hart vs. The Patriot&#8230; Chris Zavisa&#8217;s column focuses on the 25th Anniversary of New Japan&#8230; Plus WWF Newswire, WCW Newswire (more on Arn &amp; Flair being upset with with the NWO spoof), ECW Newswire, ETC. Newswire, reports on Raw, Nitro, ECW TV, and the USWA, a WCW Arena Event report, Wade Keller&#8217;s End Notes on lessons learned from WWF Ground Zero, and more&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/TorchNewsletter457PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #457<\/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><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/members.pwtorch.com\/torchbackissues97\/backissues97.shtml\">LIST OF ALL\u00a01997 BACK ISSUES<\/a>\u00a0(old text article format)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s4\">\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/members\/artman\/publish\/vipcatchall\/article_76799.shtml\">TUTORIAL ON DISPLAYING NEWSLETTER PDFS ON IPAD OR ANDROID TABLET<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/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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