The latest Torch Newsletter "20 Years Ago" back issue has just been converted to PDF format and is now available to Torch VIP Members in the "Access Torch Archives" section. It is Torch Newsletter #32 from 20 years ago (cover-dated December 15, 1988). VIP members can access the complete Torch Back issue by clicking here, or just click on the VIP Feature Jump Menu and select 1988 Torch Back Issues.

This issue leads with the Torch Newsbreakers including Dusty Rhodes replaced as NWA booker by a committee headed by Ric Flair, SuperClash III's main event results, Nikita Koloff leaving the NWA, and a Clash of Champions event. Also on page one is "The Hot News" by Wade Keller featuring details of Ted Turner's shocking meeting with WCW brass... Page two features Keller's Komments and Reader Rhetoric which includes the debut of Bill Kunkel's print "Potshots"... Page three features the "If I Became Booker..." column, Tracy Breeden's "DDT" column, and the Zhozhan the Wizard comic... Page four features "Ringside Beat" with reports on a PWA event with Brad Rheinfans, a WWF event at MSG headlined by Hulk Hogan vs. Big Bossman, and Keller's SuperClash III PPV report... Page five includes Ray Whebbe's "Ring Rumblings" column and Mick Karch's "Submissioon" column, plus Bill Kunkel's "Potshots" column... Pages six and seven feature the "Torch News Rundown" with a "real wrestling promotion" start-up headlining, plus Steve Gerber's "What's Out There" video review and the "Quotebook"... Page eight features the "History Lesson" looking back at December 1987 happenings...



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