VIP 1999 BACK ISSUE – Pro Wrestling Torch #550 (May 29, 1999): Cover Story on death of Owen Hart at WWF’s “Over the Edge” PPV, match-by-match coverage of the PPV, Mitchell’s column looking at how WWE handled the Owen Hart situation and circumstances that led to it happening, more


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SUMMARY of #550 cover-dated May 29, 1999: This issue features an in-depth Cover Story on the death of Owen Hart at the WWF’s “Over the Edge” PPV on May 23, 1999… Match-by-Match coverage of the PPV during which Owen died and details of how it was handled by the announcers… Torch Roundtable Reviews of the PPV with reaction to Owen’s death by Jason Powell and Chris Zavisa… Bruce Mitchell’s feature-length column titled “Fluke” looking at how WWE handled the Owen Hart situation and the circumstances that led to it happening… Wade Keller’s “End Notes” commentary reacting to Phil Mushnick’s exploitative and off-base opportunism in going after the WWF for Owen Hart’s death with limited details to work from… WWE Newswire with tons of details on how WWE was handling the funeral, backstage reaction, what went on behind the scenes, and more… WCW Newswire with notes on reaction within WCW to what happened with Owen… WWF Raw review with the detailed look at the Owen Hart Tribute episode… WCW Nitro including acknowledgement of Owen’s death… Plus other TV reviews…

DIRECT LINK: PWTorchNewsletter #550

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