After WWE announced they were bringing the Starrcade name back for their Nov. 25 show in Greensboro, and as they unveiled a card which includes a women’s title steel cage match and Hall of Famers The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express in action, you heard a lot of fans saying and typing “I hope this in on the Network!”

At this point, a few weeks out from the event, it’s pretty clear that WWE Starrcade won’t be streamed, despite recent word Ric Flair will likely be added to the list of talent scheduled to appear. Reports are the name was brought out of mothballs and the card loaded up to help sell tickets and move merchandise in the arena on a holiday weekend with a big independent show nearby, and that’s it.

Wrestling Observer Radio (subscription required but recommended) recently provided a little more background, saying company officials believe the cost of filming the show for a Network broadcast outweighs any financial benefit in terms of subscribers.

If this show, with a name fans feel a lot of nostalgia for and several unique attractions, isn’t something which marketing data suggests would help increase or even retain subscribers, there probably isn’t a house show out there that would.

Which is likely why we haven’t seen more concepts like The Beast In The East broadcast from Tokyo in 2015 or the following March’s Roadblock show from Toronto. The fans who want that content are probably already regular or intermittent Network subscribers. Spending the money to make more live events camera-worthy doesn’t change that.

So look forward to some clips on YouTube and WWE.com, but don’t expect to see Starrcade - or any other wrestling which isn’t currently filmed for broadcast like Raw, SmackDown and regular pay-per-view (PPV) events - on WWE Network.