Breh, looking back it was hilarious how long they would ramble before giving the "dirt." I can't speak for the WWF/E one though, but I assume it was the same. I had learned my lesson before that, as one year (94) I begged my Grandmother to let me call one of those gaming tips hotlines, because I was struggling to pass a level in Ultraman for SNES

Dude on the other line, literally put me on hold for 5 minutes so that he could (probably) go find a manaul and read it to me

When that bill came in, and my Mother saw,,,

Luckily I used my Grandmother as the escape goat
First and last time for me. So when the wrestling hotlines started coming around, I was like

I want to live past elementary school, thanks

I just kept my mouth shut when I'd be over at my friends and they would beg their parents to call, because I wanted to know the inside scoop