{"id":80663,"date":"2019-06-01T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=80663"},"modified":"2019-05-29T21:27:09","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T02:27:09","slug":"vip-1999-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-551-june-6-1999-cover-story-with-headline-wwf-may-face-wrongful-death-lawsuit-from-harts-sidebar-story-looking-at-mainstream-media-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/06\/01\/vip-1999-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-551-june-6-1999-cover-story-with-headline-wwf-may-face-wrongful-death-lawsuit-from-harts-sidebar-story-looking-at-mainstream-media-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1999 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #551 (June 6, 1999): Cover Story with headline &#8220;WWF may face wrongful death lawsuit from Harts,&#8221; Sidebar story looking at mainstream media reaction to death of Owen Hart, WCW Newswire covering latest on Jericho giving notice to WCW that he was signing with WWF, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-445220098\" 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 #551 cover-dated June 6, 1999:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> This issue features an in-depth Cover Story following up on the death of Owen Hart the week before with the headline, &#8220;WWF may face wrongful death lawsuit from Harts&#8221;&#8230; A sidebar story on the cover looked at the mainstream media reaction to the death of Owen Hart&#8230; Torch readers&#8217; letters were also featured reacting to a variety of topics related to Owen Hart&#8217;s death, including the Raw tribute to Owen&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s feature editorial stated: &#8220;Let the right lessons be learned from Owen Hart&#8217;s death&#8221;&#8230; The WWF Newswire featured a wide variety of information on the Owen situation, also&#8230; Plus, WCW Newswire covered the latest on Chris Jericho giving his notice to WCW that he was signing with the WWF, the signing of Tank Abbott, and more&#8230; Plus TV reviews of Raw, Nitro, ECW TV, Heat, Thunder, and Power Pro, ECW Newswire, ETC. 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