{"id":70591,"date":"2018-12-01T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=70591"},"modified":"2018-11-28T19:26:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T01:26:08","slug":"vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-523-december-5-1998-cover-story-on-hogans-appearance-on-lenos-tonight-show-kellers-annual-wwf-roster-rankings-vince-mcmahon-says-nobody-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/12\/01\/vip-1998-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-523-december-5-1998-cover-story-on-hogans-appearance-on-lenos-tonight-show-kellers-annual-wwf-roster-rankings-vince-mcmahon-says-nobody-c\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1998 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #523 (December 5, 1998): Cover Story on Hogan&#8217;s appearance on Leno&#8217;s Tonight Show, Keller&#8217;s annual WWF Roster Rankings, Vince McMahon says nobody cares about steroids, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-875718011\" 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 #523 cover-dated December 5, 1998:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>This issue features a Cover Story on Hulk Hogan&#8217;s appearance on Jay Leno&#8217;s Tonight Show where he struggled to be taken seriously as he talked about retirement&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s annual WWF Roster Rankings with first, second, and third tier analysis and other breakdowns of the state of the roster in 1998&#8230; Also, Vince McMahon says nobody cares about steroids&#8230; Expanded versions of WCW Newswire and WWF Newswire featuring the latest insider news&#8230; The latest on the heated ratings battle between Raw and Nitro&#8230; Plus full coverage of Raw, Nitro, and ECW TV shows&#8230; And more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/TorchNewsletter523PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #523<\/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-1504566004\" 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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