{"id":47856,"date":"2017-09-23T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=47856"},"modified":"2017-09-13T17:12:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T22:12:20","slug":"vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-460-october-4-1997-flair-disbands-four-horsemen-judge-rules-erich-kulas-lawsuit-ecw-jerry-jarretts-letter-state-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/09\/23\/vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-460-october-4-1997-flair-disbands-four-horsemen-judge-rules-erich-kulas-lawsuit-ecw-jerry-jarretts-letter-state-u\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1997 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #460 (October 4, 1997): Flair disbands the Four Horsemen, judge rules against Erich Kulas in lawsuit against ECW, Jerry Jarrett&#8217;s letter on state of USWA, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1636684656\" 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 #460 cover-dated October 4, 1997:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\">This issue headlines with a cover story on Ric Flair disbanding the Four Horsemen&#8230; A sidebar story covers the judge ruling against Erich Kulas in his lawsuit against ECW&#8230; An expanded excellent Letters to the Editor feature including Jerry Jarrett&#8217;s letter on the state of the USWA&#8230; Chris Zavisa&#8217;s feature column reports on the change in the Japan women&#8217;s scene&#8230; Plus WCW Newswire, WWF Newswire, ECW Newswire, ETC. Newswire, reports on Raw, Nitro, ECW TV, a WCW Arena Report, and more&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/TorchNewsletter460PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #460<\/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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