{"id":51427,"date":"2017-12-02T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=51427"},"modified":"2017-11-21T22:46:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T04:46:58","slug":"vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-470-december-13-1997-ken-shamrock-finishing-wwf-returning-ufc-wwf-degeneration-x-ppv-coverage-update-hart-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/12\/02\/vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-470-december-13-1997-ken-shamrock-finishing-wwf-returning-ufc-wwf-degeneration-x-ppv-coverage-update-hart-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1997 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #470 (December 13, 1997): Ken Shamrock finishing with WWF and returning to UFC, WWF Degeneration X PPV coverage, update on Hart Foundation, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2577399261\" 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 #470 cover-dated December 13, 1997:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\">This issue headlines with a cover story on Ken Shamrock&#8217;s finishing with the WWF and signing to return to UFC&#8230; Full coverage of the WWF Degeneration X PPV including Keller&#8217;s match report with star ratings, Roundtable Reviews, Reader Reax, and Poll Results&#8230; WWF Newswire features an update on the Hart Foundation&#8230; WCW Newswire features &#8220;Bret Hart&#8217;s final comments on the double-cross&#8221;&#8230; ECW November to Remember Roundtable Reviews&#8230; Plus Wade Keller&#8217;s End Notes, 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\/TorchNewsletter470PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #470<\/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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These issues from 1997 have never been made available in their original format since their original printing press <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/12\/02\/vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-470-december-13-1997-ken-shamrock-finishing-wwf-returning-ufc-wwf-degeneration-x-ppv-coverage-update-hart-foundation\/\" title=\"VIP 1997 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #470 (December 13, 1997): Ken Shamrock finishing with WWF and returning to UFC, WWF Degeneration X PPV coverage, update on Hart Foundation, more\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1361],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vipexclusivealerts","category-vip_newsletters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2017\/11\/TorchCover470_3x2_600.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51427"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51430,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51427\/revisions\/51430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}