{"id":78552,"date":"2019-04-27T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=78552"},"modified":"2019-04-22T22:49:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T03:49:41","slug":"vip-1999-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-546-may-1-1999-cover-story-on-death-of-rick-rude-coverage-of-wwe-breakdown-ppv-headlined-with-steve-austin-vs-rock-and-triple-h-vs-x-pac-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/04\/27\/vip-1999-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-546-may-1-1999-cover-story-on-death-of-rick-rude-coverage-of-wwe-breakdown-ppv-headlined-with-steve-austin-vs-rock-and-triple-h-vs-x-pac-more\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1999 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #546 (May 1, 1999): Cover Story on death of Rick Rude, coverage of WWE Breakdown PPV headlined with Steve Austin vs. Rock and Triple H vs. X-Pac, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1402833151\" 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. 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