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This issue includes part two of a major Torch Talk series with Mick Foley where he talks about how his experience being part of wrestlers being cast in roles helped him define characters in his novel... Wade Keller's "This Week" column reviews Foley's book... Pat McNeill's "McNeill Factor" looks at a theme of Foley's in-ring career... In part three of the Torch Talk with Konnan, he talks about how Vince McMahon should not be compared to Osama Bin Laden... Jason Powell's "On Topic" looks at TNA surviving a year and the Carter family's involvement... The Cover Story reviews HBO's feature on drug-related deaths in pro wrestling... Plus TNA PPV Report and Roundtable, Torch Newswire, Live Event Results, 1993 Backtracks, Raw & Smackdown Reports, Keller's End Notes, and more...

FULL PREVIEW

-COVER STORY: A detailed minute by minute rundown of last night's HBO special report on drug deaths in pro wrestling.

-END NOTES: Wade Keller's look at why HBO Real Sports was Real Disappointing, how Vince McMahon let down his company, family, wrestlers, and industry, and what Vince McMahon should have said instead.

-TOP FIVE STORIES OF THE WEEK: Keller's analysis of this week's biggest five happenings.

-WWE NEWSWIRE: Column after column of insider news that we've dug up from our sources over the past week.

-TNA NEWSWIRE: All the latest news from NWA-TNA including the prospects of a future TV deal.

-ETC. NEWSWIRE: Other interesting tidbits from around the world.

-TORCH TALK: Part two of our 100 minute exclusive one-on-one with Mick Foley includes fascinating insight into his novel, his career, his thoughts on pro wrestling these days, and more.

-TORCH TALK: Part three of our Konnan interview includes his thoughts on TNA's booking, Vince Russo, the justification for Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan to be headlining these days, and more. (This is the first time ever we've run "Torch Talk" installments with two wrestlers in the same issue.)

-ON TOPIC: Jason Powell's look the future of NWA-TNA.

-THIS WEEK: Wade Keller's detailed examination of the strengths and weaknesses of Mick Foley's first novel, due to be released in two weeks, and what early critical reviews indicate about how the book will be received by the literary world.

-MCNEILL FACTOR: Pat McNeill's look at what technique Mick Foley has used during his career to become a main eventer and stay there without causing political waves.

-BRUCE MITCHELL MEMO: Mitchell's "Weekly Memo" attempts to explain what exactly Stephanie was really doing last week on Smackdown when she threw a fit at her father for whoring her out when she was 17 years old.

-PLUS: Full rundowns of the TNA 1st Anniversary PPV and Torch Roundtable reviews of the event... A rundown of the biggest live events of the past week... A summary of the major WWE TV shows... The handy upcoming events schedule...

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