{"id":77939,"date":"2019-04-13T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=77939"},"modified":"2019-04-09T16:23:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T21:23:44","slug":"vip-1999-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-544-april-17-1999-cover-story-on-firing-of-davey-boy-smith-while-he-was-hospitalized-coverage-of-wcws-spring-stampede-ppv-including-dallas-pag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/04\/13\/vip-1999-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-544-april-17-1999-cover-story-on-firing-of-davey-boy-smith-while-he-was-hospitalized-coverage-of-wcws-spring-stampede-ppv-including-dallas-pag\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1999 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #544 (April 17, 1999): Cover Story on firing of Davey Boy Smith while he was hospitalized, coverage of WCW&#8217;s Spring Stampede PPV including Dallas Page capturing WCW Title in four-way match with Sting, Flair, and Hogan, plus more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2613772598\" 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 #544 cover-dated April 17, 1999:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> This issue covers the firing of Davey Boy Smith by Eric Bischoff while Smith was hospitalized&#8230; WCW&#8217;s Spring Stampede PPV including Dallas Page capturing the WCW Title in a four-way match with Sting, Ric Flair, and Hulk Hogan including match-by-match coverage with Keller&#8217;s star ratings, Roundtable Reviews, and Reader Reax and Poll Results&#8230; WCW Newswire looks at how the political structure was staying put despite dipping ratings and bad morale&#8230; WWF Newswire looks at the anticipation of the pending deal with UPN for a new Thursday show&#8230; Tons of WCW and WWF insider notebook items&#8230; Reports on Raw, Nitro, ECW TV, Power Pro, Thunder, and Heat&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s End Notes&#8230; And more&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PWTorchNewsletter544PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #544<\/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-477780861\" 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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