{"id":61987,"date":"2018-06-30T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=61987"},"modified":"2018-06-25T20:54:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T01:54:39","slug":"vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-502-july-11-1998-cover-story-on-goldberg-beating-hogan-to-capture-wcw-title-mitchells-feature-column-titled-meat-puppets-on-long-term-rami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/06\/30\/vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-502-july-11-1998-cover-story-on-goldberg-beating-hogan-to-capture-wcw-title-mitchells-feature-column-titled-meat-puppets-on-long-term-rami\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1998 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #502 (July 11, 1998): Cover story on Goldberg beating Hogan to capture WCW Title, Mitchell&#8217;s feature column titled &#8220;Meat Puppets&#8221; on long-term ramifications of Hardcore Era, WWF Newswire reports on Brawl for All bracketing, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2179464358\" 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 #502 cover-dated July 11, 1998:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>This issue headlines with a cover story on Goldberg beating Hulk Hogan to capture the WCW Title at the Georgia Dome&#8230; Bruce Mitchell&#8217;s feature column titled &#8220;Meat Puppets&#8221; on the long-term ramifications of the Hardcore Era&#8230; WWF Newswire reports on the Brawl for All bracketing and much more&#8230; Part five of the Torch Talk with Sean Waltman where he talks about the temptation of prescription pills in wrestling even after rehab&#8230; A detailed WWF Arena Report from Vancouver&#8230; More King of the Ring PPV reader reax&#8230; Plus reports on Raw, Nitro, Thunder, and ECW, ECW Newswire, ETC. 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