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Post by SirLucas on Jun 21, 2017 18:46:08 GMT -5
It was the predecessor to the WWE Network? But now, it seems so forgotten. I remember how excited I was for it when it launched. There was a monthly schedule of programming, so you knew exactly what was airing each month. The content uploaded was limited and was replaced each month. So if you wanted to save show, you can to pull you a DVD-Recorded. I couldn't remember when the service was discontinued, but according to Wikipedia, it stopped in January 2014, a month before the launch of the Network.
Was anybody a subscriber up until the end?
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Post by MiLB Fan on Jun 21, 2017 23:27:36 GMT -5
Yes! I was so jealous of Blue Ridge Cable because it was the first company to sign on with WWE's then-new service. Months went by and more providers came on board, but no Comcast. I don't know if they still have it but Comcast's website had a form you could fill out to request channels. I must have sent one in asking for Classics on Demand every day. Sometimes more than once a day! Looking back now it was pretty childish but I wanted Classics on Demand SO BAD. I can still remember where I was when I found out that WWE finally struck a deal with Comcast to carry its service. It was the day after my college graduation and I was browsing PWInsider when I saw this headline: "More Info on WWE's Comcast Clearance for 24/7." I think my heart stopped for a split-second! The Classics website had a clock counting down to August 15, when Comcast subscribers could sign up. The first thing I remember watching was a Coliseum Video. After WWE reached that settlement with the WWF in July 2012, watching unedited episodes of Raw on 24/7 was like a blast of fresh air. And not just seeing the scratch logo, but actually hearing "W-W-F" after ten years of censorship was almost jarring. Classics on Demand closed on January 31, 2014. I wanted to watch until the bitter end, but I guess Comcast couldn't wait to kick it out the door. When I got home from work that night, everything had changed to "Free With Subscription" even though I was already a subscriber. We actually had a dedicated thread for WWE 24/7: officialfan.proboards.com/thread/157958/official-wwe-network-threadDespite the thread title, this *was* the official thread for WWE 24/7. Before the mods gave WWE's new streaming service its own forum, this was the "WWE 24/7 Discussion Thread." The OP then changed the title and tried to make it the official Network thread.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jun 21, 2017 23:47:06 GMT -5
I was subscribed until the very end. I loved watching the old episodes of Raw and Nitro, even if Nitro started becoming even more incomprehensible than it already was due to removing any matches or even references to Benoit.
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Post by bob on Jun 22, 2017 6:27:10 GMT -5
I only remember this because it was in the intro to a lot of their DVDs
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Post by agent817 on Jun 22, 2017 6:38:18 GMT -5
I only remember this because it was in the intro to a lot of their DVDs I can still quote some of the ad. "They made you jump to your feet, took your breath away, and left you in amazement."
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Post by chronocross on Jun 22, 2017 15:08:20 GMT -5
I had it till it ended also, I kept it mostly for the WWF house shows and I remembered they aired events like Showdown at Shea and the full version of The Big Event show from Toronto.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jun 22, 2017 16:11:49 GMT -5
I had it for a few months in 2013 before a dispute with my cable company led to me cutting the cord. It was nice for the time, but only having a small cross-section of material replaced once a month just doesn't compare to the library you have access to with the Network.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2017 20:09:06 GMT -5
I'll give classics on demand some credit it made me tolerate Matt Striker with hosting 10 count and the short lived team of him & Renee watching 98/99 raws and doing host bits giving their thought on the show between commercial breaks were enjoyable.While you get way more now with the network I liked the variety and the fact that shows aired in order on classics not just throwing up random mid south or GWF shows they were airing the weekly shows of 1977 WWWF Championship wrestling,81/82 Mid Atlantic,87 thru 90 Wwf Primtime,a couple new wwf houseshows every month,nitro & raw from 98,raw from 99,81 awa,98 ecw and 85 thru 88 wcw Saturday night,plus old coliseum home videos.
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Post by corndog on Jun 24, 2017 11:43:31 GMT -5
I had it for a little bit around 2004/05 soon after it first launched and absolutely loved it. Afterwards I moved to an apartment that only carried their own cable which didn't have the product, so I couldn't get it. When I was watching there was a lot of Prime Time Wrestling from '88, World Championship Wrestling around 85/86, RAW/Nitro from the Monday Night Wars, Championship Wrestling from Florida, and the occasional World Class, random episodes of Superstars and other territories, plus the Legends of Wrestling Roundtables.
Hated waiting a month for the new stuff, but I loved the content. I still don't understand why they don't have Championship Wrestling from Florida on the network, great stuff there.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2017 16:05:56 GMT -5
I miss the "On 24/7 this month" threads.
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Post by chibul on Aug 17, 2017 10:45:48 GMT -5
Yes! I was so jealous of Blue Ridge Cable because it was the first company to sign on with WWE's then-new service. Months went by and more providers came on board, but no Comcast. I don't know if they still have it but Comcast's website had a form you could fill out to request channels. I must have sent one in asking for Classics on Demand every day. Sometimes more than once a day! Looking back now it was pretty childish but I wanted Classics on Demand SO BAD. I can still remember where I was when I found out that WWE finally struck a deal with Comcast to carry its service. It was the day after my college graduation and I was browsing PWInsider when I saw this headline: "More Info on WWE's Comcast Clearance for 24/7." I think my heart stopped for a split-second! The Classics website had a clock counting down to August 15, when Comcast subscribers could sign up. The first thing I remember watching was a Coliseum Video. After WWE reached that settlement with the WWF in July 2012, watching unedited episodes of Raw on 24/7 was like a blast of fresh air. And not just seeing the scratch logo, but actually hearing "W-W-F" after ten years of censorship was almost jarring. Classics on Demand closed on January 31, 2014. I wanted to watch until the bitter end, but I guess Comcast couldn't wait to kick it out the door. When I got home from work that night, everything had changed to "Free With Subscription" even though I was already a subscriber. We actually had a dedicated thread for WWE 24/7: officialfan.proboards.com/thread/157958/official-wwe-network-threadDespite the thread title, this *was* the official thread for WWE 24/7. Before the mods gave WWE's new streaming service its own forum, this was the "WWE 24/7 Discussion Thread." The OP then changed the title and tried to make it the official Network thread. I was living in Phoenix at the time and it sucked. WWE struck a deal with Cox yet for some reason Cox in Phoenix refused to get Video on demand so for years every single area Cox had cable in had WWE 24-7 *EXCEPT* Phoenix. I used to always send the request demanding 24-7 only to get canned email reply's. I was getting the shows through the tape trading community at the time. I think it debuted in late 2004 and I finally got it in late 2008. I later was eating dinner at PF Changs by myself at a bar and this guy came in and I was a regular there and I would sometimes strike up conversation with people eating there. Anyways this guy told me he worked in sales and he sold video on demand services to cable companies and he had just closed the deal on video on demand with Cox Phoenix. He told me that because Cox in Phoenix had zero competition they didn't feel adding Video on Demand would bring them any extra revenue so that's why they held off. This is why preserving net neutrality is important. If we leave it to the internet service providers to regulate themselves, they will f*** everybody else over. Cox didn't want to make the effort to add video on demand because they were the only game in town and DirecTV and Dish Network didn't offer on demand programming.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2017 22:05:02 GMT -5
I loved the Legends of Wrestling round-tables on there...
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Post by The 1Watcher Experience on Aug 22, 2017 12:40:16 GMT -5
I loved the Legends of Wrestling round-tables on there... Those were awesome. Back then I still collected DVDs and I remember going to Best Buy just to get the bonus discs that were individually sold that weren't included on the Legends of Wrestling Collection set just so I could own more round table discussions on DVD. They also included the NWO one as a bonus on the NWO: Revolution Blu Ray. I had to get that one too since it was one of the best ones they did.
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Post by johnnyk9 on Oct 8, 2017 11:52:02 GMT -5
When it started putting repeats it was to stale for me I prefer the network now
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Post by nickcave on Oct 8, 2017 14:36:49 GMT -5
I remember being subscribed to it when I was in middle school. I remember my friends coming over and watching the old 97 Raws they would have for the Monday Night Wars to educate them on things that happened before the Cena era.
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Post by auph10imitated on Oct 10, 2017 8:26:55 GMT -5
I never understood how WWE 24-7 worked, but I assumed at the time it was how Network does now and I was unbelievably jealous of anyone who had it and had no idea how to get it, which is why when The Network was announced I was confused because I thought they already had one.. so im kinda confused at the concept of it.
I got to watch a lot of old shows via Torrents though so it was amazing, I think it began around 2005? I got broadband for the first time in Nov 2005 and discovered the torrent sites in 2006
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Post by cjh on Oct 10, 2017 8:43:08 GMT -5
I never understood how WWE 24-7 worked, but I assumed at the time it was how Network does now and I was unbelievably jealous of anyone who had it and had no idea how to get it, which is why when The Network was announced I was confused because I thought they already had one.. so im kinda confused at the concept of it. I got to watch a lot of old shows via Torrents though so it was amazing, I think it began around 2005? I got broadband for the first time in Nov 2005 and discovered the torrent sites in 2006 It worked like the Network in terms of the on demand aspect. The main differences were that you had to be a subscriber to a cable company, like Comcast, that carried the service, and the content would only be available for a limited time before being replaced (like an old Raw would be up for 2 weeks, then would be removed in favor of the next episode). There was also no live channel like the Network has.
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Post by Squirrel Master on Oct 21, 2017 11:28:14 GMT -5
I recorded many DVD-Rs of house shows off 24-7, some of which I was in attendance, and others before my time. I treasure these discs and feed them to my DVD just to have background noise as I clean my apartment.
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