{"id":49506,"date":"2017-10-28T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=49506"},"modified":"2017-10-17T15:20:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T20:20:23","slug":"vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-465-november-8-1997-inside-story-bret-harts-move-wwf-wcw-kellers-bbl-roster-evaluation-wwf-minus-bret-hart-part-four-sandman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/10\/28\/vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-465-november-8-1997-inside-story-bret-harts-move-wwf-wcw-kellers-bbl-roster-evaluation-wwf-minus-bret-hart-part-four-sandman\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1997 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #465 (November 8, 1997): Inside story on Bret Hart&#8217;s move from WWF to WCW, Keller&#8217;s BBL roster evaluation of WWF minus Bret Hart, part four of Sandman Torch Talk, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2717088907\" 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 #465 cover-dated November 8, 1997:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\">This issue headlines with an expanded cover story on Bret Hart&#8217;s pending move from the WWF to WCW with the inside story on what led to the jump&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s BBL annual roster evaluation of the WWF minus Bret Hart&#8230; Part four of the Sandman &#8220;Torch Talk&#8221; including him talking about wrestling drunk&#8230; WWF Newswire with the latest on Steve Austin&#8217;s health&#8230; WCW Newswire with news on ratings and buyrates going up and the end of tag team wrestling&#8230; Plus ECW Newswire, ETC. 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