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Post by Captain McKay on Nov 22, 2013 18:00:21 GMT -5
A while back I was watching some full episodes of Raw from early in 1998, and there would be the call-in line commercials. JR would say something like "which WCW star is thinking of showing up on the Royal Rumble, and what is Hulk Hogan doing talking about (such and such)...call the hot line!"
My question is, what WAS all that? Just people paying ridiculous amounts of money per minute on vague 'insider' tips? Anything more?
Got thinking about it today, thought maybe one of the guys here might know more, or maybe even might have called as a kid.
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Post by Nivro™ on Nov 22, 2013 18:04:27 GMT -5
Scheme Gene!!
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Post by Mike Giggs' Munchies on Nov 22, 2013 18:39:39 GMT -5
Wasn't it just copying WCW's one? I know Bischoff talks about the WCW one in his book and how much he hated it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2013 20:17:23 GMT -5
Those things were such a big deal in the mid-late 90s.
The "superstar line" and "Ross report".
I never called.
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Post by Captain McKay on Nov 22, 2013 22:24:38 GMT -5
I guess nobody did. I didn't figure it was anything really, but I was kinda wondering if anyone here could shed some insight on what exactly happened when you called that line.
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Post by Brad on Nov 23, 2013 1:44:45 GMT -5
Those things were such a big deal in the mid-late 90s. The "superstar line" and "Ross report". I never called. Holy bouncing boobs I love your sig |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2013 10:09:30 GMT -5
Those things were such a big deal in the mid-late 90s. The "superstar line" and "Ross report". I never called. Holy bouncing boobs I love your sig Hey thanks! It's what is best for business. I know Joker will agree as his love for Steph is well documented around these parts. |
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Nov 23, 2013 11:07:55 GMT -5
I guess nobody did. I didn't figure it was anything really, but I was kinda wondering if anyone here could shed some insight on what exactly happened when you called that line. Your parents got pissed at you when the phone bill came in the mail. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2013 13:00:03 GMT -5
Holy bouncing boobs I love your sig Hey thanks! It's what is best for business. I know Joker will agree as his love for Steph is well documented around these parts. Hate  springs to mind. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2013 13:16:20 GMT -5
I remember during PPVs they would usually have Sunny and Todd Pettengill hosting the "Superstar Line" and they would have (fill in the blank wrestler) on the phone after a match.
I'm not sure if you would listen in live like a Byte This segment or something or if it was just pre recorded stuff.
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on Nov 23, 2013 21:19:52 GMT -5
Those things were such a big deal in the mid-late 90s. The "superstar line" and "Ross report". I never called. One thing I remember about reading the Ross Report was when Jim Ross was praising the **** out of John Cena way before his SmackDown debut. |
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Post by Captain McKay on Nov 23, 2013 21:54:28 GMT -5
One thing I remember about reading the Ross Report was when Jim Ross was praising the **** out of John Cena way before his SmackDown debut. There used to be a wrestling Q&A site I would frequent, and the guy doing all the question answering was a huge Brock Lesnar and John Cena fan long before their debuts. Back when Cena was "Prototype." |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2013 5:53:48 GMT -5
In some of the earlier rumbles they used to tell you to phone the superstar hotline to find out who was next.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2013 6:49:25 GMT -5
I didn't waste time with WCW's hotline.
I called the WWF's and got told Jericho was gonna debut as X-Calibur/DX member.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2013 8:09:49 GMT -5
I didn't waste time with WCW's hotline. I called the WWF's and got told Jericho was gonna debut as X-Calibur/DX member. Seems legit. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2013 10:49:44 GMT -5
I didn't waste time with WCW's hotline. I called the WWF's and got told Jericho was gonna debut as X-Calibur/DX member. That is awesome. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2013 11:17:52 GMT -5
I didn't waste time with WCW's hotline. I called the WWF's and got told Jericho was gonna debut as X-Calibur/DX member. That is awesome. I talked to Headbanger Mosh for like 10 seconds once also. |
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Post by Next Man’s Knowing Rock on Nov 24, 2013 11:23:11 GMT -5
Holy bouncing boobs I love your sig Hey thanks! It's what is best for business. I know Joker will agree as his love for Steph is well documented around these parts. Is that the Irish guy with the weird obsessive hatred of her? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2013 12:00:20 GMT -5
I talked to Headbanger Mosh for like 10 seconds once also. I'm sorry. |
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on Nov 24, 2013 13:59:53 GMT -5
I didn't waste time with WCW's hotline. I called the WWF's and got told Jericho was gonna debut as X-Calibur/DX member. That is awesome. @bashcrashwiley, your sig really is best for business. |
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