{"id":81305,"date":"2019-06-15T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=81305"},"modified":"2019-06-11T16:51:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T21:51:57","slug":"vip-1999-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-553-june-19-1999-cover-story-titled-owen-hart-family-files-wrongful-death-lawsuit-bruce-mitchell-reviews-ecw-arena-event-in-depth-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/06\/15\/vip-1999-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-553-june-19-1999-cover-story-titled-owen-hart-family-files-wrongful-death-lawsuit-bruce-mitchell-reviews-ecw-arena-event-in-depth-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1999 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #553 (June 19, 1999): Cover Story titled &#8220;Owen Hart family files wrongful death lawsuit,&#8221; Bruce Mitchell reviews ECW arena event, In-depth coverage of WCW&#8217;s Great American Bash PPV, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3362262895\" 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 #553 cover-dated June 19, 1999:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> This issue features a cover story titled &#8220;Owen Hart family files wrongful death lawsuit&#8221;&#8230; Bruce Mitchell reviews an ECW arena event&#8230; In-depth coverage of WCW&#8217;s Great American Bash PPV with Kevin Nash vs. Randy Savage, Sting vs. Rick Steiner, and Ric Flair vs. Roddy Piper including Keller&#8217;s match analysis with star ratings, Jason Powell&#8217;s review, reader comments and scores, and Keller&#8217;s feature editorial looking at why the Bash signified a need for a chance in the PPV format&#8230; Plus tons of backstage news on the WWF and WCW, TV reviews of Raw, Nitro, ECW TV, Heat, Thunder, and Power Pro, ECW Newswire, ETC. 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