VIP Exclusive Features NOVEMBER 1999 BACK ISSUE SERIES: Cover Story on Austin's neck injury, Mitchell reviews Foley's book, Torch Talk, Russo WCW Ratings Tracking, End of Boom
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The complete set of November 1999 back issues of Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter have now been published for the first time in both PDF formats and ONLINE TEXT formats. The following are summaries of all four issues from November 1999...
#574 SUMMARY: This issue features a cover story on WWF's setting the stage for Rock vs. Austin at WrestleMania 2000... A sidebar on Terry Taylor's tenuous status with the WWF... Part four of the Torch Talk with Justin Credible who talks about a time he tried to drink with Undertaker... Plus WWF Newswire on Shane McMahon being knocked silly, WCW Newswire with executive changes and a cutback, ECW Newswire with details of Tammy Sytch's problems, Raw review, Smackdown review, Nitro review, ECW TV Review, Power Pro TV Review, Wade Keller's End Notes comments Raw, Letters to the Torch, and more...
#575 SUMMARY: This issue features a Cover Story titled "Pro Wrestling No Longer Cable Anomaly" looking at UPN and IPO... A sidebar story updating the progress, or lack there of, of Russo's Nitro ratings... Detailed coverage of ECW November to Remember with RVD vs. Tazz, Mike Awesome vs. Masato Tanaka, Sabu vs. Chris Candido, plus Spike, Guido, Nova, Jerry Lynn, Tajiri, Super Crazy, New Jack, Tommy Dreamer, Raven... Part five of the Justin Credible Torch Talk interview series with his take on Paul Heyman... WWF Newswire looks at Terry Taylor's departure and the first signs of problems with Steve Austin... WCW Newswire looks at the firing of Dusty Rhodes as booker and Hogan-Russo tension... Plus Raw review, Smackdown review, Nitro review, ECW TV Review, Power Pro TV Review, Wade Keller's End Notes comments on Nitro, Letters to the Torch, and more...
#576 SUMMARY: This issue features a Cover Story titled "Austin's future uncertain, Big Show wins belt" with first reports anywhere of Austin's long-term in-ring career being in jeopardy due to neck problems and news of his engagement to Debra Marshall... Detailed Survivor Series coverage including Keller's match reports and star ratings, plus Roundtable Reviews and Reader Reax... Part six of the Justin Credible "Torch Talk" with his thoughts on ECW getting a clearance on TNN... WWF Newswire details Chris Jericho's rocky beginning in WWF injuring and hurting opponents... WCW Newswire covers a similar story of Steve "Dr. Death" Williams injuring opponents in his early WCW matches... Plus Raw review, Smackdown review, Nitro review, ECW TV Review, Power Pro TV Review, Wade Keller's End Notes comments the exploitation of the emotions after Owen Hart's death, Letters to the Torch, and more...
#577 SUMMARY: This issue features two cover stories that indicate the beginning of the end of the wrestling boom. One cover story features the headline: "Austin's full-time wrestling career may be over." The other states: "Activist group targets WWF." Both stories would end being devastating blows to the WWF over the next couple of years... Also, Bruce Mitchell writes about "The Destruction of Mankind" featuring a controversial look a the revered Mick Foley... The WCW Mayhem PPV in Toronto is covered in depth with Keller's match report and star ratings, Roundtable Reviews, Reader Reax, and Poll Results... Plus WCW Newswire, WWF Newswire, ECW Newswire, ETC. Newswire, Raw Review, Nitro Review, Smackdown Review, other TV Reviews, End Notes explaining changes to the Torch, and more...
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