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What the World Was Reading: WWF Magazine - June 1995

by Logan Scisco We return this week to cover my first-ever purchase of a wrestling magazine:  the June 1995 issue of WWF Magazine .  I remember getting it at Kroger when I went with my dad on a grocery trip on a Sunday.  We passed the magazine section and I wanted it, so he bought it for me.  I clearly read this issue a lot as a kid because the cover no longer exists.  For example, this is what the cover looked like:

What the World Was Watching: Monday Night Raw - June 2, 1997

by Logan Scisco - McMahon recaps last week’s tag team championship main event and the events that unfolded after the match.  McMahon also recaps the Undertaker’s interaction with Paul Bearer at the end of last week’s show. - Vince McMahon and Jim Ross are in the booth and they are broadcasting from Huntington, West Virginia.  This is the go home show for the King of the Ring pay-per-view .

What the World Was Watching: Monday Night Raw - May 19, 1997

by Logan Scisco - We return to May 1997 after I missed posting a review because of a hectic work schedule. - Vince McMahon narrates highlights of last week’s interaction between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels.  Off-air footage of Michaels giving Bret Sweet Chin Music and Steve Austin rescuing him from a beat down by the Hart Foundation is shown. -Jim Ross and Jerry “the King” Lawler are in the booth and they are coming to us from Mobile, Alabama. - Steve Austin comes out to be interviewed by Jim Ross.  Austin points out that he doesn’t care about Shawn Michaels, but came to his aid because the Hart Foundation turned its back to him.  Shawn Michaels comes out, dressed like a member of the Village People, and Michaels says he doesn’t care about Austin either.  Michaels runs down his accomplishments, but Austin is unimpressed and they brawl until WWF officials hit the ring and separate them.  The Hart Foundation, minus Bret Hart, appears on the Tita...