{"id":52002,"date":"2017-12-09T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=52002"},"modified":"2017-12-09T23:01:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T05:01:20","slug":"vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-471-december-20-1997-two-fan-riots-wwf-house-shows-bret-harts-nitro-debut-preemptive-strike-declaring-start-attitude-era-wwf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/12\/09\/vip-1997-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-471-december-20-1997-two-fan-riots-wwf-house-shows-bret-harts-nitro-debut-preemptive-strike-declaring-start-attitude-era-wwf\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1997 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #471 (December 20, 1997): Two fan riots at WWF house shows, Bret Hart&#8217;s Nitro debut, preemptive strike declaring start of Attitude Era of WWF, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2360585419\" 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 #471 cover-dated December 20, 1997:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\">This issue headlines with a cover story on two fan riots at WWF house shows&#8230; A cover sidebar features details of Bret Hart&#8217;s Nitro debut&#8230; WWF Newswire details a preemptive strike declaring the start of the Attitude Era of WWF, plus Owen Hart speaks out on Raw&#8230; Part six of a &#8220;Torch Talk&#8221; with Sandman&#8230; More Letters to the Editor on the Bret-Vince situation&#8230; Plus Wade Keller&#8217;s End Notes, WCW Newswire, ECW 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\/12\/TorchNewsletter471PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #471<\/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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