Before streaming and digital cable, many fans watched WWF, WCW and ECW pay-per-views scrambled. On analog cable systems, pay-per-view channels were scrambled rather than blocked. If a household did not order the event, the channel still displayed a distorted picture of warped colors and rolling lines. On many systems, the audio was unaffected or only lightly distorted. Fans who did not order the show could hear the full broadcast, while the picture remained unwatchable. Some followed entire pay-per-views this way. The scrambling would occasionally drift, making portions of the picture briefly visible before distorting again. For those who missed the show entirely, results were covered on television programs like Superstars and later Raw, but only through still photos. Rather than airing footage, the shows recapped pay-per-view matches with freeze-frame images and voiceover. This protected the value of the pay-per-view and the eventual home video release, which typically arrived mon...