Editing WWE Classics on Demand (section)

{{short description|WWE subscription television program}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name         = WWE Classics On Demand
| logo         = WWE Classics on Demand.png
| logo_size    =
| launch_date  = {{Start date|2004|11|2}}
| closed_date  = {{End date|2014|1|31}}
| owner        = [[WWE]]
| country      = United States
| former_names = WWE 24/7 On Demand (2004–2008)<br /> WWE 24/7 Classics On Demand (2008–2009)
| replaced_by  = [[WWE Network]]
| website      =  
}}
'''WWE Classics On Demand''' was an American subscription [[video on demand]] television service provided by [[WWE]]. It featured footage from WWE's [[WWE Video Library|vast archive of wrestling footage]], including classic WWE, [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW), [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] (ECW) and more. It offered around 40 hours of rotating programming per month, arranged into four (previously six) "programming buckets", often centered on a specific theme. It was originally called '''WWE 24/7 On Demand'''. In September 2008, it was changed to '''WWE 24/7 Classics on Demand'''. In April 2009, it was changed again to WWE Classics On Demand.

WWE Classics was presented only on [[cable television|digital cable]]. Among the services carrying it were [[Comcast]], [[AT&T U-Verse]] (discontinued in 2012),<ref name=discontinued>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/64118/wwe-classics-on-demand-being-discontinued-according-to-cable-provider.html|title=WWE Classics On Demand Being Discontinued, According To Cable Provider|last=Johnson|first=Mike|work=PWInsider.com|date=December 12, 2011|access-date=January 3, 2012}}</ref> [[Verizon FiOS]], [[Mediacom]], [[Charter Communications]], [[Cox Communications]], [[Rogers Cable]], [[EastLink (company)|EastLink]], [[Seaside Communications]], [[Cogeco]], [[Armstrong Group of Companies|Armstrong]], [[Cablevision (US)|Cablevision]], [[Sky Italia]] and not long ago, [[Astro (Malaysian satellite television)|Astro]]. Some of its programming was packaged as ''Madison Square Garden Classics'' and began airing on [[MSG (TV network)|MSG Network]] in the summer of 2006. In November 2007, the service had around 115,000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2007/articles/1195163613.php |title=Current Number Of WWE 24/7 Subscribers Worldwide, Ric Flair Finance, More |access-date=2007-11-16 |publisher=Lords of Pain |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071117102212/http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2007_/articles/1195163613.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-11-17}}</ref>

The service closed on January 31, 2014 to make way for their new video-streaming and  subscription service [[WWE Network]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/WWEClassicsOnDemand|title=WWE Network Coming 2.24.14|access-date=February 5, 2014}}</ref>