The TV Classics bucket or section on WWE Classics On Demand includes many hours of classic re-airings of wrestling TV shows. Some shows include Monday Night Raw, Monday Night Nitro, Prime Time Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling, ECW Hardcore TV, Saturday Night's Main Event, World Championship Wrestling (NWA-Jim Crockett Promotions), and Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NWA-Jim Crockett Promotions) just to name a few.
Note: Some programs below may not air every month on WWE Classics On Demand.
*Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (MACW)- was a wrestling program that was produced by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), which was a wrestling promotion under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) umbrella in the Mid-Atlantic region. Jim Crockett Sr. was the founder of Jim Crockett Promotions, which was formed in 1931 and joined the NWA in 1952. Its main TV program Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling debuted in 1973 when Jim Crockett Jr. took over the company after his Father's death in '73. MACW was taped at WRAL Studios in Raleigh, NC until 1981 when the program was moved over to WPCQ Studios in Charlotte, NC. MACW ran from 1973-1986.
- Program currently airs on WWE Classics On Demand-
*World Championship Wrestling (WCW)- was a wrestling program that was produced by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), which was a wrestling promotion under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) umbrella in the Mid-Atlantic region. WCW came about after WWF purchased an interest in Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) on July 14th 1984 (this date was known as black saturday). Shareholders (The Brisco Brothers- Jack & Jerry Brisco) and Jim Barnett sold the WTBS time slot to Vince McMahon. McMahon controlled the Saturday night time slot on WTBS. To compete with McMahon, GCW wrestler Ole Anderson's Championship Wrestling From Georgia (CWG) went head to head with WWF's Georgia Championship Wrestling. To make a long story short, GCW fans were upset of McMahon's takeover, in which his talent wrestled on GCW. More fans started watching Ole's CWG. With poor ratings and public outcry, McMahon cut his loss and sold the time slot to Jim Crockett and JCP, who ran Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (MACW) in the Carolina's. In April 1985 Crockett purchased Ole's CWG. Crockett merged MACW, GCW, and CWG. Crockett was able to fill two hours of wrestling that took place inside Ted Turner's Atlanta studios, which was aired on WTBS. The name of the show was World Championship Wrestling, which was the flagship program under GCW before McMahon took over the time slot. Crockett kept the name. WCW ran from 1985-1992 under the JCP brand.
-Program currently airs on WWE Classics On Demand-
* World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW)- was a wrestling program produced by World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), which was a wrestling promotion under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) umbrella in Dallas and Fort Worth, TX. WCCW separated from the NWA in 1986. The TV program had the same name as the promotion. Shows were taped at the famed Dallas Sportatorium, while some events took place at Reunion Arena in Dallas, TX. WCCW ran from 1981 until the company folded in 1991. On WWE Classics On Demand this program is known as 'The History Of World Class Championship Wrestling.'
- Program currently airs on WWE Classics On Demand-
Hosts: Kevin Von Erich & Michael "P.S." Hayes
*ECW Hardcore TV- was a wrestling program produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), which was a wrestling promotion under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) umbrella until 1994 when the promotion left. ECW Hardcore TV came about in 1993 and folded with the company in 2001. On WWE Classics On Demand this program is known as 'The History Of ECW.'
-Program currently airs on WWE Classics On Demand-
Hosts: Joey Styles and Tazz
*Prime Time Wrestling- was a wrestling program produced by World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which at one time was under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) umbrella until 1963 when the promotion split into its own company. PTW was a precursor to today's Raw and aired on the USA Network from 1985-1993. PTW debut hosts were the late Jack Reynolds and Jesse "The Body" Ventura. Through the years PTW saw many hosts, but the two that gelled together best were the late Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, who hosted PTW from 1986 until 1991. The show included wrestling matches from house shows, interviews, promos, announcements, and up coming pay-per-view events during the two hour program.
-Program currently airs on WWE Classics On Demand-
*The Monday Night War: The Beginning- WWE Classics On Demand takes you back to 1995 where it all started between World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). WCW's Monday Nitro debuted on September 4th 1995 to compete with WWF's Monday Night Raw, which debuted on January 11th 1993. For 84 continues weeks Nitro defeated Raw in the ratings and the Monday Night War between these two shows is chronicled.
-Program currently airs on WWE Classics On Demand-
Host: Michael Cole
Note: The Monday Night War: The Beginning is re-aired from when it originally aired on WWE Classics On Demand back in 2004. This gives newer WWE Classics On Demand subscribers a chance to go back in time and catch what they missed 5 years ago.
*The Monday Night War- WWE Classics On Demand takes you back to the ratings battle between WWF's Raw and WCW's Nitro. Raw and Nitro are currently in 1998 as the battle continues. Both Raw and Nitro are shown.
WWE Monday Night Raw/Raw Is War/Raw- is a wrestling show produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Before Raw there was Prime Time Wrestling, which aired on the USA Network from 1985-1993. The WWE was moving into more of an 'edgier' product then it had produced back in the 1980s and felt it was a way to compete with Ted Turner's World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The show has ran on the USA Network, TNN (The National Network), Spike TV, and back to the USA Network in 2005. During 1995 WCW debuted their flagship program called Monday Nitro to compete with the WWE. For 84 consecutive weeks Nitro led Raw in the ratings war, until April 13th 1998 when Raw finally took over in the ratings. WCW Nitro folded on March 26th 2001 when WWE bought WCW and the war between the two companies was over. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair took on Sting for the final match. Raw still airs to this day.
-Program currently airs on WWE Classics On Demand-
Host: Michael Cole
The programs below (entire program) can be
seen from time to time on WWE Classics On Demand.
These programs have aired in the TV Classics section
since August 2006.
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