One benefit of VIP membership is access to our back issue library, contemporaneous, in-depth, insider reporting on pro wrestling in real time over the past 30-plus years.

And throughout the year 2022, we're going to begin our March through the year 2002 with back issues posted each week in PDF and all text formats.

You can read it in a PDF format with our original

magazine slash newsletter style layout on your screen and flip through the pages, or you can read

a straightforward all text format on your phone or tablet or laptop. The back issues early in 2002

covered the arrival of Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Hulk Hogan to WWE, and all the controversy

that came with them. Plus my cover story that broke the news on the planned launch by Jerry

and Jeff Jarrett of a promotion called TNA. Also, the early 2002 features are 2001

year-in review features, including ranking Pro Wrestling's most influential power brokers and our

torch year-end awards, the year in quotes, and the top 50 stories ranked in order from the year

2001. So go VIP and dive into our back issues. We have most of our back issues available

as soon as you sign up with new back issues week by week from the year 2002 one at a time throughout the year 2022 pwtorch.com

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Now, people.W. Torch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast.

It's time for this week's interview classic, where Wade Keller interviews one of Pro Wrestling's Newsmakers.

Ten years ago this week, I interviewed ex-WB creative team member Matt McCarthy,

who detailed his in-person experience at WrestleMania 31 weekend,

his previous Hall of Fame backstage role, his thoughts on the future of Roman Raines,

Stephanie McMahon's philanthropy tweet.

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