{"id":63511,"date":"2018-08-04T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=63511"},"modified":"2018-07-23T16:48:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T21:48:08","slug":"vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-507-august-15-1998-cover-story-on-jay-leno-at-wcw-road-wild-ppv-cover-sidebar-on-lenos-affects-on-raw-nitro-ratings-detailed-coverage-of-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/08\/04\/vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-507-august-15-1998-cover-story-on-jay-leno-at-wcw-road-wild-ppv-cover-sidebar-on-lenos-affects-on-raw-nitro-ratings-detailed-coverage-of-road\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1998 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #507 (August 15, 1998): Cover story on Jay Leno at WCW Road Wild PPV, cover sidebar on Leno&#8217;s affects on Raw-Nitro ratings, detailed coverage of Road Wild PPV, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1282467784\" 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 #507 cover-dated August 15, 1998:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Features cover story on Jay Leno&#8217;s respectable showing in a match at the WCW Road Wild PPV, a sidebar cover story on Leno&#8217;s affects on Raw-Nitro ratings, Newswire coverage of the WWF, WCW, ECW, and the Indy Scene with backstage insider news from that week, detailed Torch coverage of the Road Wild PPV with Leno &amp; DDP vs. Eric Bischoff &amp; Hollywood Hogan, and a detailed ECW Arena Report with Sabu &amp; RVD vs. The Dudleys in the main event plus Lance Storm, Spike Dudley, Chris Candido, Jerry Lynn, Masato Tanaka, Mike Awesome, Bam Bam Bigelow, Sabu, Taz, Justin Credible, Nicole Bass, Sandman , and more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TorchNewsletter507PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #507<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/category\/vipexclusives\/1998-back-issues\/\">LIST OF LATEST 1998 BACK ISSUE PDF POSTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/members.pwtorch.com\/torchbackissues98\/backissues98.shtml\">LIST OF ALL\u00a01998 BACK ISSUES<\/a>\u00a0(old text article format)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/category\/vipexclusives\/1997backissues\/\">LIST OF LATEST 1997 BACK ISSUE PDF POSTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/members.pwtorch.com\/torchbackissues97\/backissues97.shtml\">LIST OF ALL\u00a01997 BACK ISSUES<\/a>\u00a0(old text article format)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s4\">\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/members\/artman\/publish\/vipcatchall\/article_76799.shtml\">TUTORIAL ON DISPLAYING NEWSLETTER PDFS ON IPAD OR ANDROID TABLET<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1189436397\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>FULL NEWSLETTER TEXT AND PDF VERSIONS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY TO VIP MEMBERS\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>NOT VIP? 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