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OCTOBER 1999 BACK ISSUE SERIES: Beginning of Russo/Ferrara era in WCW, Jarrett holds up WWF, Russo Torch Talk, Tons of Backstage Politics News in WWF, WCW
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The complete set of October 1999 back issues of Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter have now been published for the first time in PDF formats and ONLINE TEXT formats. The following are summaries of all four issues from October 1999...
#568 SUMMARY: This issue comes one week before the hiring of Vince Russo and Ed Ferrera from the WWF and the headline reads: "Nitro ratings sink lower, but morale is up"... The Cover Sidebar headline reads "Lawler indicted before election"... Full coverage of the WWF Unforgiven PPV headlined with Triple H vs. Rock vs. British Bulldog vs. Big Show vs. Kane vs. Mankind and X-Pac vs. Chris Jericho... Torch Talk with Justin Credible, pg. 3, with his comments on being sorta kinda part of the infamous WWF behind the scenes Clique... Plus Letters to the Torch, Wade Keller's End Notes, WWF Newswire, WCW Newswire, ECW Newswire, ETC. Newswire, Raw report, Nitro report, Thunder report, Smackdown report, ECW TV report, and more...
#569 SUMMARY: This issue covers in great depth the shocking jump of Vince Russo and Ed Ferrera, the WWF's top two writers, to WCW. The in-depth cover story goes behind the scenes to the timeline of what happened, what went into the decision Russo and Ferrara made to leave without giving Vince McMahon any notice, and McMahon's response to the move according to WWF insiders... Part one of a multi-part Torch Talk with Vince Russo as he talks to Torch editor Wade Keller about his decision, taking on tough questions about his controversial move and making predictions for his future in WCW... Plus WWF Newswire including the first news of Droz's neck injury, WCW Newswire with insider fallout from how Russo and Ferrara would change the power landscape in WCW as it related to Kevin Nash and others, ECW Newswire including the latest on the Raven contract controversy and breaking info on the New Jack-Erich Kulas lawsuit, ETC. Newswire with info on the Heroes of Wrestling PPV, WWF Raw report, WCW Nitro report, ECW TV report, Smackdown TV report, Wade Keller's End Notes, and more...
#570 SUMMARY: This issue features the second part of a "Torch Talk" with Vince Russo where he discusses his resignation from the WWF in order to jump to WCW and what he regretted about how he handled that process... Results of Jerry Lawler's run for mayor of Memphis... WWF Newswire including an update on Droz's surgery, Chris Jericho's early WWF struggles, and the death of Gorilla Monsoon... WCW Newswire with a health update on Scott Steiner, highlights of Russo and Ed Ferrara's online chat, Hulk Hogan's interview on CNN... ECW Newswire with wrestlers concern over TNN ratings and Taz's desire to leave ECW... Wade Keller's feature editorial on how Vince Russo upstaged Paul Heyman... Letters to the Torch... Wade Keller's End Notes on Triple H's transformation as champion and whether it works for his personality... And more...
#571 SUMMARY: This issue features a cover story, detailed match report, Torch staff Roundtable Reviews, and Torch reader reaction to the Heroes of Wrestling PPV featuring an infamous and embarassing performance from Jake "The Snake" Roberts along with matches involving Marrty Jannetty, Greg Valentine, George "The Animal" Steele, Too Cold Scorpio, Superfly Snuka, Bob Orton, Jim Neidhart, King Kong Bundy, Yokozuna, Tully Blanchard, Stan Lane, The Bushwackers, Sheik & Volkoff, and more. Also, the third part of a "Torch Talk" with Vince Russo in which he discusses the night Owen Hart died and the last conversation he had with Owen... Also, WWF Newswire (including controversy with Jeff Jarrett's contract and an update on Droz), WCW Newswire (including news of 20 wrestlers released and the Lenny & Lodi controversy), ECW Newswire (including why TNN rejected an episode of ECW's TV show), ETC. Newswire (with tons of backstage details on the Heroes of Wrestling PPV including Jake Roberts's backstage behavior), End Notes with Wade Keller reviewing that week's Nitro, and more...
#572 SUMMARY: This issue features a Cover Story detailing Jeff Jarrett's controversial jump to WCW and how Jim Ross and Bruce Prichard took the blame... Detailed coverage of the WWF No Mercy PPV including the infamous Jeff Jarrett vs. Chyna IC Title match, with Wade Keller's match report and star ratings, Torch staff Roundtable Reviews, and reader reax... The fourth and final installment of Vince Russo's "Torch Talk" includes his feelings on his influence on the WWF Attitude era... Plus WWF Newswire, WCW Newswire, ECW Newswire, Raw review, Nitro review, ECW TV review, Smackdown review, WCW Thunder reviews, and Wade Keller's "End Notes" grading Vince Russo's first edition of Nitro...
#573 SUMMARY: This issue features a cover story detailing the ratings performance of Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara two weeks into their stint writing for WCW, plus a sidebar story on Russo sending Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan home for two months... Wade Keller's feature editorial looking at the Jeff Jarrett-WWF departure, why it happened, how it happened, and who was to blame... Detailed coverage of WCW Halloween Havoc including a controversial Sting vs. Hulk Hogan match, and Goldberg vs. Sting, Dallas Page vs. Ric Flair, and Lex Luger vs. Bret Hart... Plus WWF Newswire, WCW Newswire, ECW Newswire, Raw review, Smackdown review, Nitro review, Wade Keller's End Notes comments on Nitro and Raw, Letters to the Torch, and more...
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