{"id":60953,"date":"2018-06-09T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=60953"},"modified":"2018-06-05T20:06:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T01:06:09","slug":"vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-499-june-20-1998-cover-story-on-flairs-lawsuit-against-wcw-newswire-features-on-new-booker-dusty-rhodes-plans-to-counter-flair-lawsuit-and-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/06\/09\/vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-499-june-20-1998-cover-story-on-flairs-lawsuit-against-wcw-newswire-features-on-new-booker-dusty-rhodes-plans-to-counter-flair-lawsuit-and-s\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1998 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #499 (June 20, 1998): Cover story on Flair&#8217;s lawsuit against WCW, Newswire features on new booker Dusty Rhodes&#8217; plans to counter Flair lawsuit and Shawn Michaels&#8217;s return to WWF event for first time in months, coverage of WCW Great American Bash, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2034648928\" 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 #499 cover-dated June 20, 1998:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>This issue headlines with a cover story detailing Ric Flair&#8217;s lawsuit against WCW&#8230; WCW Newswire features details on WCW&#8217;s new booker Dusty Rhodes plans to counter the Flair lawsuit creatively, plus an update on Hulk Hogan&#8217;s status&#8230; WWF Newswire details Shawn Michaels&#8217;s return to a WWF event for the first time in months, plus Raw ratings winning streak continues&#8230; In-depth coverage of the WCW Great American Bash with Keller&#8217;s match report with star ratings, Roundtable Reviews, Reader Reax, and Poll Results&#8230; Plus reports on Raw, Nitro, Thunder, and ECW, ECW Newswire, ETC. 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