{"id":91267,"date":"2020-01-17T16:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T22:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=91267"},"modified":"2020-01-17T15:36:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T21:36:23","slug":"vip-2000-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-582-january-1-2000-triple-length-torch-talk-with-the-rock-wwf-newswire-with-first-reports-of-usa-network-contract-expiring-tazz-being-wwf-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/01\/17\/vip-2000-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-582-january-1-2000-triple-length-torch-talk-with-the-rock-wwf-newswire-with-first-reports-of-usa-network-contract-expiring-tazz-being-wwf-b\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP 2000 BACK ISSUE \u2013 Pro Wrestling Torch #582 (January 1, 2000): Triple-length &#8220;Torch Talk&#8221; with The Rock, WWF Newswire with first reports of USA Network contract expiring, Tazz being WWF bound, Jericho&#8217;s WWF problems, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4014505333\" 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 #582 cover-dated January 1, 2000:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"> This issue features a triple-length &#8220;Torch Talk&#8221; with The Rock from the first edition of Pro Wrestling Torch of the new millenium. In this interview, the longest insider interview Rock has ever done, he talks about subjects he has never otherwise talked about. Get his views on his breakout moment as a star, whether he turned too often, whether he gave his turns his all, the Bret Hart-Shawn Michaels controversy, the art of getting heel heat, whether he takes himself too seriously, and his background&#8230; Also, detailed reports on Raw, Nitro, Smackdown, ECW, and other TV shows&#8230; WWF Newswire with the first reports of the USA Network contract expiring, Tazz being WWF bound, Chris Jericho&#8217;s WWF problems, Randy Savage discussions, and much more backstage news&#8230; WCW Newswire with a report on Goldberg senselessly injuring himself on a car window backstage, Vince Russo-Kevin Sullivan politics, Tank Abbott&#8217;s backstage rep, and more&#8230; ECW Newswire, ETC. 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