{"id":77402,"date":"2019-04-06T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=77402"},"modified":"2019-04-02T16:46:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T21:46:01","slug":"vip-1999-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-543-april-10-1999-cover-story-on-revamping-of-wcw-nitro-bret-hart-talks-about-why-hes-ashamed-of-wwf-mitchell-column-on-wwfs-marketing-to-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/04\/06\/vip-1999-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-543-april-10-1999-cover-story-on-revamping-of-wcw-nitro-bret-hart-talks-about-why-hes-ashamed-of-wwf-mitchell-column-on-wwfs-marketing-to-c\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1999 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #543 (April 10, 1999): Cover Story on revamping of WCW Nitro, Bret Hart talks about why he&#8217;s ashamed of WWF, Mitchell column on WWF&#8217;s marketing to children, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2072642429\" 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 #543 cover-dated April 10, 1999:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> This issue covers the revamping of WCW Nitro and the poor ratings showing despite considerable hype for the show&#8217;s makeover&#8230; Bret Hart talks about why he&#8217;s ashamed of the WWF and sells his quitting WCW&#8230; Detailed coverage of Nitro, Raw, Heat, Thunder, and Power Pro&#8230; Bruce Mitchell&#8217;s feature column on the WWF&#8217;s marketing of its product to children, how children are naturally drawn to the WWF, and how Vince McMahon often approaches or responds to controversy as a child would&#8230; End Notes with Wade Keller&#8217;s analysis of Nitro&#8230; An in-depth report on ECW Arena featuring RVD, The Dudleys, Balls, Shane Douglas, Taz, Chris Candido, Jerry Lynn, Tajiri, and more&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PWTorchNewsletter543PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #543<\/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-1326993053\" 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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