{"id":62815,"date":"2018-07-14T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=62815"},"modified":"2018-07-10T16:38:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T21:38:16","slug":"vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-504-july-25-1998-cover-story-on-jay-leno-agreeing-to-wrestle-on-wcw-ppv-cover-sidebar-on-raw-scoring-another-big-ratings-win-over-nitro-pt-6-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/07\/14\/vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-504-july-25-1998-cover-story-on-jay-leno-agreeing-to-wrestle-on-wcw-ppv-cover-sidebar-on-raw-scoring-another-big-ratings-win-over-nitro-pt-6-o\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1998 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #504 (July 25, 1998): Cover story on Jay Leno agreeing to wrestle on WCW PPV, cover sidebar on Raw scoring another big ratings win over Nitro, pt. 6 of Sean Waltman Torch Talk, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2090728410\" 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 #504 cover-dated July 25, 1998:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>This issue headlines with a cover story on the Tonight Show&#8217;s Jay Leno agreeing to wrestle on a WCW PPV&#8230; Also a cover sidebar on Raw scoring another big ratings win over Nitro&#8230; Torch Talk with Sean Waltman, pt. 6, includes his take on the controversial Four Horsemen spoof on Nitro he participated in&#8230; A detailed ECW Arena report&#8230; Letters to the Editor responding to Bruce Mitchell&#8217;s &#8220;Meat Puppets&#8221; column&#8230; Plus reports on Raw, Nitro, Thunder, and ECW, WCW Newswire, WWF Newswire, ECW Newswire, ETC. 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