{"id":61494,"date":"2018-06-16T13:45:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T18:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=61494"},"modified":"2018-06-16T13:45:25","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T18:45:25","slug":"vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-500-june-27-1998-cover-story-on-austin-and-undertaker-both-suffering-injuries-that-forced-wwf-to-cancel-house-shows-cover-sidebar-on-jay-leno-an","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/06\/16\/vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-500-june-27-1998-cover-story-on-austin-and-undertaker-both-suffering-injuries-that-forced-wwf-to-cancel-house-shows-cover-sidebar-on-jay-leno-an\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1998 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #500 (June 27, 1998): Cover story on Austin and Undertaker both suffering injuries that forced WWF to cancel house shows, Cover Sidebar on Jay Leno and TIME talking wrestling, WCW Newswire detailing Bobby Walker lawsuit, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2490506313\" 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 #500 cover-dated June 27, 1998:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>This issue headlines with a cover story on both Steve Austin and Undertaker suffering injuries that forced the WWF to cancel house shows&#8230; A Cover Sidebar details Jay Leno and TIME talking about wrestling&#8230; WCW Newswire details Bobby Walker&#8217;s lawsuit, Ric Flair&#8217;s status, and Nitro closing gap with Raw&#8230; Expanded Letters to the Editor with Keller feedback to several letters&#8230; Bruce Mitchell&#8217;s feature column titled Karaoke Wrestling Federation where he details what happens when friends get involved in promoting&#8230; Plus reports on Raw, Nitro, Thunder, and ECW, ECW Newswire, ETC. 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