{"id":76536,"date":"2019-03-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=76536"},"modified":"2019-03-15T15:56:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T20:56:18","slug":"vip-1999-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-540-march-20-1999-coverage-of-wcws-uncensored-ppv-headlined-by-flair-vs-hogan-behind-the-scenes-news-on-monday-night-war-wwfs-plans-for-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/03\/16\/vip-1999-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-540-march-20-1999-coverage-of-wcws-uncensored-ppv-headlined-by-flair-vs-hogan-behind-the-scenes-news-on-monday-night-war-wwfs-plans-for-a\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1999 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #540 (March 20, 1999): Coverage of WCW&#8217;s Uncensored PPV headlined by Flair vs. Hogan, behind the scenes news on Monday Night War, WWF&#8217;s plans for a WWF-themed casino in Las Vegas, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-552599020\" 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 #540 cover-dated March 20, 1999:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> This issue covers in-depth WCW&#8217;s Uncensored PPV headlined by Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan including Keller&#8217;s match-by-match report with star ratings, Torch staff Roundtable Reviews with Bruce Mitchell and Jason Powell, Wade Keller&#8217;s End Notes, and Torch Reader Reax&#8230; Plus in-depth insider behind the scenes news on the Monday Night War including Eric Bischoff&#8217;s attempts to strong-arm Chris Jericho into re-signing with WCW, WWF&#8217;s plans for a WWF-themed casino in Las Vegas, changing coming for the plummeting Nitro, tons of ECW news&#8230; Reviews of Nitro, Raw, Thunder, Heat, ECW TV, Power Pro TV&#8230; Part three of the &#8220;Torch Talk&#8221; with Jim Brunzell&#8230; And more! <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/PWTorchNewsletter540PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #540<\/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-1669474045\" 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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