{"id":66156,"date":"2018-09-29T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=66156"},"modified":"2018-09-17T14:40:16","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T19:40:16","slug":"vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-515-october-10-1998-cover-story-on-close-ratings-race-between-nitro-and-raw-during-peak-of-monday-night-war-mitchells-signature-column-on-flai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/09\/29\/vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-515-october-10-1998-cover-story-on-close-ratings-race-between-nitro-and-raw-during-peak-of-monday-night-war-mitchells-signature-column-on-flai\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1998 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #515 (October 10, 1998): Cover Story on close ratings race between Nitro and Raw during peak of Monday Night War, Mitchell&#8217;s signature column on Flair and why he is considered greatest of all time, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2343018192\" 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 #515 cover-dated October 10, 1998:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>This issue features a Cover Story on the close ratings race between Nitro and Raw during the peak of the Monday Night War&#8230; Bruce Mitchell&#8217;s signature column on Ric Flair, making a case why he is considered the greatest of all time (in case anyone doesn&#8217;t understand why he has that rep)&#8230; Detailed coverage of Raw, Nitro, ECW, Thunder, Heat, and PPW&#8230; Full expanded-length Newswires on the WWF and WCW packed with insider news from that week&#8230; And more!&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TorchNewsletter515PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #515<\/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-4109563189\" 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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