{"id":65530,"date":"2018-09-08T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=65530"},"modified":"2018-09-10T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T16:54:00","slug":"vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-512-september-19-1998-cover-story-on-return-of-flair-to-wcw-and-reuniting-of-the-horsemen-full-coverage-of-wcw-fall-brawl-ppv-expanded-wcw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/09\/08\/vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-512-september-19-1998-cover-story-on-return-of-flair-to-wcw-and-reuniting-of-the-horsemen-full-coverage-of-wcw-fall-brawl-ppv-expanded-wcw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1998 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #512 (September 19, 1998): Cover story on return of Flair to WCW and reuniting of the Horsemen, full coverage of WCW Fall Brawl PPV, expanded WCW Newswire, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1808576138\" 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 #512 cover-dated September 19, 1998:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>This issue features a cover story on the return of Ric Flair to WCW and the reuniting of the Horsemen, full detailed coverage of WCW Fall Brawl PPV, Wade Keller&#8217;s feature editorial ripping it as jaw-droppingly embarrassing, plus expanded WCW Newswire (including allegations Eric Bischoff embellished on his resume to get his executive WCW job) and WWF Newswire sections (with Vince McMahon&#8217;s public comments on Bret Hart), plus Wade Keller&#8217;s End Notes on Nitro and Raw, Letters to the Editor, TV reviews on Raw, Nitro, Heat, Thunder, ECW, and PPW, and more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TorchNewsletter512PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #512<\/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-3300182386\" 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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