{"id":50288,"date":"2017-11-11T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=50288"},"modified":"2017-11-01T18:03:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T23:03:48","slug":"vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-467-november-22-1997-vince-mcmahon-explains-side-hart-controversy-air-promo-british-bulldog-owen-hart-pulled-road-bret-ha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/11\/11\/vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-467-november-22-1997-vince-mcmahon-explains-side-hart-controversy-air-promo-british-bulldog-owen-hart-pulled-road-bret-ha\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1997 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #467 (November 22, 1997): Vince McMahon explains his side of Hart controversy in on-air promo, British Bulldog and Owen Hart pulled from road, Bret Hart&#8217;s comments, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3261966957\" 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 #467 cover-dated November 22, 1997:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\">This issue headlines with a cover story on Vince McMahon explaining his side of the Bret Hart controversy in an on-air promo that began the germs of the Mr. McMahon character&#8230; WWF Newswire details British Bulldog and Owen Hart &#8211; Bret Hart allies &#8211; being pulled from the road over the double-cross controversy reaction, plus Bret Hart&#8217;s comments in his newspaper column reacting to the controversy&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s BBL editorial takes a stand on the Montreal Double-cross: Vince was devious, but more dignified than Bret&#8230; More reader letters debating the controversy with Bret and Vince&#8230;Part five of the Sandman &#8220;Torch Talk&#8221; including a story of him approaching Vince McMahon backsrtage smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer&#8230; WCW Newswire covers Rick Rude&#8217;s jump to WCW&#8230; Plus ECW Newswire, ETC. Newswire, reports on Raw, Nitro, ECW TV, and more&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TorchNewsletter467PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #467<\/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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