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2003 Torch Newsletter Series: Foley Torch Talk on Russo, SummerSlam main event change, Columns, News Aug 14, 2008 - 8:49:08 PM
Torch Newsletter #770 (cover-dated August 9, 2003) has just been added to the Torch VIP Archives. VIP members can access the complete Torch Back issue by clicking here, or just click on the VIP Torch Archives button in the upper right cover of this webpage, then go to "Torch Newsletter Back Issues 2003" for a list of all 2003 back issues since the beginning of the year.
You can read this back issue online in two ways: either as text on a web browser or as a PDF (which is also printable) so you can see the news and features as they were originally formatted and featured - a new feature for select PWTorch Newsletters.
This issue begins with a cover story on the Goldberg vs. Triple H SummerSlam headliner called off and replaced with a six-man tag... Jason Powell's feature column asks whether Zach Gowen is good for wrestling... The seventh installment of the Mick Foley "Torch Talk" includes comments on Vince Russo's booking, Tough Enough, and other autobiographies... Plus the WWE Newswire, TNA Newswire, Raw and Smackdown reports, TNA PPV report and roundtable, columns by Pat McNeill, Bruce Mitchell, and Wade Keller, and more...
ORIGINAL PREVIEW
-COVER STORY: Wade Keller looks at the change in the SummerSlam main event, the reasons for it, the odds of Triple H not coming out of the match with the WWE Title (and why), and who is most likely to end up with the title if not Hunter.
-TOP FIVE STORIES OF THE WEEK: Keller's analysis of this week's biggest five happenings.
-WWE NEWSWIRE: All the latest insider news from WWE.
-TNA NEWSWIRE: All the latest insider news from NWA-TNA.
-TORCH TALK: The seventh and final installment of the Mick Foley "Torch Talk" where he talks about Vince Russo, Tough Enough, other wrestler autobiographies, the WWF-WWE name change, and Steve Austin.
-ON TOPIC: Jason Powell explains why Zach Gowen is not bad for pro wrestling, as many people have been contending.
-THIS WEEK: Wade Keller's full-page column looking at one opportunity Vince McMahon has to really shake things up in the SummerSlam main event by creating a new star and a huge fan buzz in the process, and it's not too late to do it.
-MCNEILL FACTOR: Pat McNeill looks into his crystal ball, plus analyzes some interesting comments by Vince McMahon regarding how long he plans to remain an on-air talent.
-END NOTES with Wade Keller: The first announcement of balloting for this year's Torch Annual Wrestling Fantasy Draft including a look back at how last year's top ten finishers have done since last year's draft.
-PLUS: A full rundown of the TNA's PPV and Torch Roundtable reviews of the event... A summary of the major WWE TV shows... The handy upcoming events schedule... Two 10 Years Ago This Week "Backtrack" features...
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AND NEW FOR 2009! Monthly "Vintage Audio Torch Talks." We are releasing for the first time ever audio versions of our text Torch Talk updates, the historical first series of insider interviews ever. Wade Keller's newsmaking in-depth interviews with wrestling's biggest names are now being made available exclusively to VIP members. But you must be a member each month, as these are not archived, so they are replaced with a new one each month! This debuted in January 2009 with a 68 minute interview with the late "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith. Who's next? Hulk Hogan? Eric Bischoff? The Rock? Goldberg? Jeff Hardy?
