PWTorch ‘90s Pastcast - Moynahan & McDonald discuss PWTorch Newsletter #385 (4-27-96) incl. Pillman car crash, UFC event in doubt, more

About this episode

Patrick Moynahan and Alex McDonald discuss the PWTorch Newsletter #385, covering significant events in wrestling and UFC from April 1996.

In this episode of PWTorch ‘90s Pastcast, Patrick Moynahan and Alex McDonald discuss issue #385 of the PWTorch including Brian Pillman’s serious car accident, UFC’s big Michigan event may be cancelled due to state laws, the Giant beats Flair for the WCW title, update on Hogan’s status in WCW, and much more. Contact us with questions, reactions, and more at torchpastcast@gmail.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/pwtorch-dailycast--3276210/support .

People in this episode

Hosts: Patrick Moynahan, Alex McDonald

Topics covered

• wrestling history
• UFC
• WCW
• Brian Pillman
• PWTorch Newsletter

Keywords

• PWTorch
• Brian Pillman
• UFC
• WCW
• wrestling news
• 1990s wrestling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UFC, WCW, PWTorch

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