{"id":59242,"date":"2018-05-01T14:38:02","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T19:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=59242"},"modified":"2018-05-01T14:39:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T19:39:03","slug":"vip-newsletter-pro-wrestling-torch-1560-apr-30-2018-bruno-sammartino-cover-story-keller-editorial-on-wwes-saudi-arabia-sellout-keller-editorial-evaluating-smackdown-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/05\/01\/vip-newsletter-pro-wrestling-torch-1560-apr-30-2018-bruno-sammartino-cover-story-keller-editorial-on-wwes-saudi-arabia-sellout-keller-editorial-evaluating-smackdown-after\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP NEWSLETTER \u2013 PRO WRESTLING TORCH #1560 (Apr. 30, 2018) \u2013 Bruno Sammartino cover story, Keller editorial on WWE&#8217;s Saudi Arabia sellout, Keller editorial evaluating Smackdown after Shake-up, Greatest Royal Rumble report, Parks on Mauro"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4157347369\" 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><h2><strong>PWTorch Newsletter #1560<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Cover-dated April 30,\u00a02018<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>LINK:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PWTorchNewsletter1560PDF.pdf\">1560 PWTorch Newsletter PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/category\/vipexclusives\/2018newsletters\/\">LIST OF ALL\u00a0LATEST\u00a0NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>\u2013<\/b><\/span><\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/category\/vipexclusives\/2017backissues\/\">CLICK FOR ALL 2017 NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>\u2013<\/b><\/span><\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/legacy-content\/pwtorch-back-issues\/\">CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTORY OF ALL PAST NEWSLETTERS BY YEAR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>SUMMARY:\u00a0<\/strong>This week\u2019s PWTorch Newsletter includes\u00a0Keller&#8217;s Cover Story on the death of Bruno Sammartino&#8230; Keller&#8217;s editorial evaluating the Smackdown roster post-Shake-up&#8230; Greg Parks looks at the polarizing Mauro Ranallo and the quotes that some love and some don&#8217;t&#8230; Keller&#8217;s WWE Greatest Royal Rumble report&#8230; Keller&#8217;s Raw and Smackdown TV reports&#8230; Keller&#8217;s End Notes on WWE&#8217;s decision to run an event in Saudi Arabia without women performers and workers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>PWTORCH NEWSLETTERS \u2013 in both PDF and ALL-TEXT formats are for VIP subscribers only.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOT VIP? 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