{"id":77080,"date":"2019-03-30T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=77080"},"modified":"2019-03-26T21:00:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T02:00:37","slug":"vip-1999-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-542-april-3-1999-in-depth-coverage-of-wrestlemania-15-in-great-depth-cover-story-on-espns-outside-the-lines-program-dedicated-to-controver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/03\/30\/vip-1999-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-542-april-3-1999-in-depth-coverage-of-wrestlemania-15-in-great-depth-cover-story-on-espns-outside-the-lines-program-dedicated-to-controver\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1999 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #542 (April 3, 1999): In-depth coverage of WrestleMania 15 in great depth, Cover Story on ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;Outside the Lines&#8221; program dedicated to controversies in wrestling, notes on Bart Gunn&#8217;s reaction backstage to losing to Butterbean, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-24020624\" 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 #542 cover-dated April 3, 1999:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> This issue covers Wrestlemania 15 in great depth including Wade Keller&#8217;s match-by-match analysis and star ratings, Torch staff Roundtable Reviews, reader reax and poll results, and backstage news&#8230; The Cover Story examines ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;Outside the Lines&#8221; program dedicated to controversies in wrestling&#8230; Plus notes on Bart Gunn&#8217;s reaction backstage to losing to Butterbean, Kevin Sullivan collapsing backstage in WCW, and more&#8230; WWF Newswire, WCW Newswire, ETC. 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