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The 15 issues included in this special are the ones covering the first 15 Summer Slam events, which are:

 

September 12’88, September 3’89, September 3’90 September 6’91, September 8’92, September 6’93, September 5’94, September 4’95,

August 26’96, August 11’97, September 7’98, August 30’99,

September 4’00, August 27’01, September 2’02

 

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The first 10 issues covering SummerSlam

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Sept. 12 (10)                            Update on the Turner purchase of Crockett promotions

1988                                        Hisashi Shinma back in New Japan

                                                WWF Summer Slam ’88 8/29 card coverage

                                                Giant Baba Brody memorial show 8/29

                Tommy Rich turns heel in Georgia

 

Sept. 3 (8)                               WWF  Summerslam 8/28 card coverage

1989                                        Ultimate Warrior wins Intercontinental title from Ric Rude

                                                Art Barr arrested on rape charge

                                                Cactus Jack Manson returning home to heal                            

Lots of rumors from the NWA talent front

 

Sept. 3 (10)                              WWF Summer Slam ‘90 8/27 card coverage

1990                                        NWA Meadowlands 8/24 card coverage

                                                Herb Abrams & UWF hold press conference

                                                Mean Mark gives NWA notice, he is WWF bound

                                                Sid Vicious status up in the air

Legal action going on between Snowman & USWA re title situation

 

 

Sept 6 (10)                              Ultimate Warrior suspended

1991                                        Summer Slam 8/26 card coverage

                                                Steroid update

                                                Vivian Vachon passes away

                                                No movement on Superstar Graham lawsuit

                                                Flair’s lawyers contact Jack Petrick demanding retraction of Jim Herd comment

                                                Sting wins US title over Steve Austin

                Cien Caras wins EMLL title from Conan

 

Sept 8 (20)**                           Summer Slam 8/29 card coverage- Bulldog wins IC title from Bret Hart

Double issue price                     Multi Channel News publishes article on decline of wrestling PPV buys

1992                                        Best matches of the 90’s

                                                Looking at the Tokyo wrestling scene 92-8/10-8/23 card coverages

 

Sept 6 (10)                              AAA threatens to be biggest promotion in North America                      

1993                                        Summer Slam ‘93 8/30 card coverage

                                                AAA 8/28 card coverage

                                                Mitsuhiro Matsunaga jumps from W*ING to FMW

                                                Feud between Sandy Barr & Oregon commissioner Bruce Anderson continues

                                                Dustin Rhodes wins US title from Ric Rude

 

Sept 5 (12)                               Records set at Clash of Champions XXVIII - 8/24 card coverage

1994                                        Summer Slam 8/29 card coverage – Razor Ramone wins IC title from Diesel

                                                ECW double crosses NWA via Shane Douglas win

                                                All Japan women 8/24 card coverage- Manami Toyota wins All Pacific belt

                                                Jim Ross through with WWF

 

Sept 4 (12)                              UWFI & New Japan to combine show at Tokyo Dome 10/9

1995                                        Summerslam 8/27 card coverage

                                                Paul Heyman announced ECW is declaring war on WCW

                                                Broadcasting & Cable + Multichannel News run stories on Monday Nitro

                                                Konan spends time in jail for brawl in stands

 

 

Aug 26 (12)                             WWF considering weekly Saturday Night PPV

1996                                        Summer Slam 8/18 card coverage

Clash of the Champions XXXIII 8/15 card coverage

Health update on Ahmed Johnson & Great Sasuke

King of Pancrase 8/16 PPV review

Giant Baba says AJPW will never do interpromotional matches                              

UWFI Tokyo Jingu Baseball Satadium 8/17 card a major flop-card review

 

Aug 11 (12)                             Steve Austin hospitalized after winning IC title from Owen Hart

1997                                        Summerslam ‘97 8/3 card coverage -Hart wins WWF title from Undertaker-

                                                Lex Luger wins WCW title from Hogan 8/4-Nitro now three hours

                                                Kensuke Sasaki wins NJPW G-1 tournament-Riki Choshu hospitalized

                                                Carlos Maynes kidnapped in Mexico after card

                                                Steven Regal status in WCW questionable after airline disturbance

                                                Psycho Sid to undergo neck surgery

 

Sept 7 (16)                               Ric Flair believed to be returning to WCW

1998                                        Summer Slam 8/30 card coverage-HHH wins IC belt from The Rock

                                                                New Age Outlaws win WWF belts from Mankind

                                                Decision of Catholic Youth Centre to not rent to WWF may be warning sign         

                                                1998 Match quality ratings

                                                Make up of UFC PPV continues to change due to financial cutbacks

 

Aug 30 (18)                             WWF Summer Slam 8/22 card coverage-Mankind wins WWF title

1999                                        WCW morale worse over botched up powerplay attempt by Eric Bischoff

                                                1st ever singles match between Hogan and Bret Hart anticlimactic

                                                A look to the new TV season

                                                Ann Laverne & Walter Johnson pass away

 

Sept 4 (18)                               Summerslam 8/27 card coverage-Chyna wins IC title

2000                                        Pride 8/27 card review -Kazushi Sakuraba beats Renzo Gracie

                                                Pro wrestling Olympians

                                                ECW puts on 2 of best shows in company history at Hammerstein Ballroom

                                                Andy Hug passes away

                                                Fox News runs feature on backyard wrestling

                                                Fishman loses mask to La Parka

 

Aug 27 (18)                            Summerslam 8/19 card coverage-Edge wins IC, Rock wins WCW title

2001                                       New Japan’s Kazuyuki Fujita loses in 0:49 to Mirco Cro Cop in shoot

                                                Brian Johnston suffers stroke

                                                G-1 Climax an example of what New Japan does right

                                                Reviews of “Faded Glory” & “No Holds Barred: Evolution”

                                                Appears WWF will not air PPV on DirecTV

                                                Savio Vega announces retirement

                                                WOW magazine in grave danger

    

Sept 2 (18)                               Hall of Fame issue-Kobashi, Toyota & McDaniel voted in

2002                                        Summerslam 8/28 card coverage-Brock Lesnar becomes youngest champ,

                                                Shawn Michaels the show stealer again, RVD wins IC title

                                                WWE finance review

                                                Tiger Ali Singh files lawsuit vs WWE

                                                Jacques Rougeau 8/24 card will feature the return of Bret Hart to Montreal

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