Pro Wrestling Illustrated is going to discontinue its sister publications, The Wrestler and Inside Wrestling. These two magazines had been combined into one large issue in recent years and had been in circulation since 1968. Growing up, my magazine of choice was a combination of Pro Wrestling Illustrated, The Wrestler and Inside Wrestling.
Before the days of internet web sites, these magazines is where one would go to for all the latest wrestling news. I was unaware of the Kayfabe nature of the articles that teased inter-promotional dream matches such as Sting vs. The Ultimate Warrior, that were impossible at the time. There were also speculative articles of wrestlers leaving one company for another. Sometimes it was true and other times it was tabloid gossip.
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