{"id":85617,"date":"2019-09-07T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=85617"},"modified":"2019-09-03T13:58:30","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T18:58:30","slug":"vip-1999-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-565-september-11-1999-cover-story-titled-bad-decisions-by-wcw-leadership-stack-up-steve-austins-return-to-wwf-rings-x-pac-getting-sued-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/09\/07\/vip-1999-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-565-september-11-1999-cover-story-titled-bad-decisions-by-wcw-leadership-stack-up-steve-austins-return-to-wwf-rings-x-pac-getting-sued-p\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 1999 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #565 (September 11, 1999): Cover Story titled &#8220;Bad Decisions by WCW leadership stack up,&#8221; Steve Austin&#8217;s return to WWF rings, X-Pac getting sued, Part two of Torch Talk with Justin Credible, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1537154988\" 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 #565 cover-dated September 11, 1999:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> This issue features a Cover Story titled &#8220;Bad Decisions by WCW leadership stack up&#8221; which set the stage for the events that would lead to Eric Bischoff being ousted from power just days later&#8230; WWF Newswire covers Steve Austin&#8217;s return to WWF rings and X-Pac getting sued&#8230; WCW Newswire covers Kidman&#8217;s attempt to get out of his WCW contract to go to the WWF and why it didn&#8217;t happen, WCW releases eight wrestlers, and Sid vs. Goldberg notes&#8230; ECW Newswire covers Taz contract extension details and ECW on TNN ratings&#8230; Bruce Mitchell&#8217;s column titled &#8220;The New Work&#8221;&#8230; Part two of a Torch Talk with Justin Credible&#8230; Plus End Notes with Wade Keller, Letters to the Torch, Raw review, Nitro review, Smackdown review, ECW TV review, PPW TV review, tons of indy results, and more&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/PWTorchNewsletter565PDF.pdf\">DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #565<\/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-948786709\" 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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