{"id":62811,"date":"2018-07-10T16:18:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T21:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=62811"},"modified":"2018-07-10T16:18:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T21:18:22","slug":"vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-503-july-18-1998-cover-story-on-media-eating-up-rodman-and-malone-participating-on-wcw-bash-at-the-beach-ppv-detailed-coverage-of-bash-at-the-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/07\/10\/vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-503-july-18-1998-cover-story-on-media-eating-up-rodman-and-malone-participating-on-wcw-bash-at-the-beach-ppv-detailed-coverage-of-bash-at-the-be\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1998 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #503 (July 18, 1998): Cover story on media eating up Rodman and Malone participating on WCW Bash at the Beach PPV, detailed coverage of Bash at the Beach, Zavisa column on drastic changes in Japan, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1399561781\" 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 #503 cover-dated July 18, 1998:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>This issue headlines with a cover story on the media eating up Dennis Rodman and Karl Malone participating on the WCW Bash at the Beach PPV. Also, detailed Torch coverage of the Bash at the Beach including Keller&#8217;s match report with star ratings, Roundtable Reviews, Reader Reax, and Poll Results&#8230; Chris Zavisa&#8217;s column on drastic changes in Japan&#8230; WCW Newswire details record set by Hogan-Goldberg&#8230; WWF Newswire details the return of Shawn Michaels&#8230; Plus reports on Raw, Nitro, Thunder, and ECW, ECW Newswire, ETC. 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