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Smackdown won the week with thirty minutes of wrestling while NXT had another strong week and finished in second place with another twenty-six minute performance. Impact took the bronze with twenty-five minutes while Raw and Superstars had twenty-four minutes of wrestling. Ring of Honor brought up the rear with nineteen minutes.
With seven ten minute matches this week, we had the highest total in that category since week ninety-two when we had eight ten minutes matches. The only show this week not to have a ten minute match was Ring of Honor, which came close with a nine minute match in the main event. NXT and Smackdown had two ten minute matches this week.
We had another week with three one minute matches and they came from Raw and Smackdown again. Smackdown and Impact each have a plus one differential between ten and one minute matches.
A few milestones were achieved this week. Ring of Honor passed two thousand minutes while Impact passed the three thousand minute barrier. The other four shows may pass milestones next week.
At the end of this column, I take a look at May’s totals. Here are the overall totals for 2012 through the end of May:
Total Amount of Wrestling on Television: 2,768 Minutes
Total Amount of Wrestling on Pay Per View: 956 Minutes
Total Amount of Wrestling: 3,724 Minutes
The wrestling times below cover the wrestling that takes place during the show so commercials are not included. All times are rounded to the closest minute (examples: a 4:23 match will be listed as 4 minutes while a 4:32 match will be listed as 5 minutes and anything under a minute is rounded up to a minute).
Breakdown of the matches on each show:
WWE Raw
Alberto Del Rio versus Santino Marella: 1 Minute
Kofi Kingston and R Truth versus Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler: 4 Minutes
Daniel Bryan versus CM Punk: 12 Minutes
Christian versus Miz: 4 Mintues
Sheamus versus David Otunga: 3 Minutes
WWE NXT
Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks versus The Usos: 10 Minutes
Tamina Snuka versus Kaitlyn: 5 Minutes
Justin Gabriel, Derrick Bateman, and Percy Watson versus Michael McGillicutty, JTG, and Johnny Curtis: 11 Minutes
WWE Superstars
Alicia Fox versus Beth Phoenix: 5 Minutes
Alex Riley versus Tensai: 4 Minutes
Yoshi Tatsu versus Jinder Mahal: 3 Minutes
Christian versus Drew McIntyre: 12 Minutes
TNA Impact
Sting versus Bobby Roode: 10 Minutes
Austin Aries versus Chris Sabin: 4 Minutes
Jeff Hardy versus Devon: 4 Minutes
A.J. Styles versus Christopher Daniels: 7 Minutes
WWE Smackdown
Sin Cara versus Heath Slater: 2 Minutes
Damien Sandow versus Ezekiel Jackson: 2 Minutes
Ryback versus Chris Lyons and Ryan Shelton: 2 Minutes
Dolph Ziggler versus Sheamus: 10 Minutes
Santino Marella and Zack Ryder versus Titus O’Neil and Darren Young: 1 Minute
Cody Rhodes versus Tyson Kidd: 1 Minute
Kane versus CM Punk: 12 Minutes
Ring of Honor
Adam Cole versus Mike Mondo: 8 Minutes
Tommaso Ciampa versus Nick Westgate: 2 Minutes
Kenny King and Rhett Titus versus Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander: 9 Minutes
This Week’s Totals
Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:
WWE Smackdown: 30 Minutes in 7 Matches (last week 24 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 26 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 26 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 25 Minutes in 4 Matches (last week: 27 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 24 Minutes in 4 Matches (last week 27 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 24 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 24 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 19 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week no wrestling)
Total Wrestling for the Week: 148 Minutes in 26 Matches (Last Week: 128 Minutes in 25 Matches)
Hourly Averages
WWE NXT: 26 Minutes (No Change)
WWE Superstars: 24 (down from 27 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 19 Minutes (No Wrestling Last Week)
WWE Smackdown: 15 Minutes (up from 12 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 12.5 Minutes (down from 13.5 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 12 Minutes (No Change)
Per Match Averages (this week):
WWE NXT: 8.67 Minutes (up from 6.5 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 6.33 Minutes (No Wrestling Last Week)
TNA Impact: 6.25 Minutes (up from 5.4 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 6 Minutes (down from 9 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 4.8 Minutes (up from 4 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 4.29 Minutes (up from 3.43 Minutes)
Longest Matches
Daniel Bryan versus CM Punk: 12 Minutes (WWE Raw May 28)
Christian versus Drew McIntyre: 12 Minutes (WWE Superstars May 31)
Kane versus CM Punk: 12 Minutes (WWE Smackdown June 1)
Shortest Matches
Santino Marella and Zack Ryder versus Titus O’Neil and Darren Young: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown June 1)
Cody Rhodes versus Tyson Kidd: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown June 1)
Alberto Del Rio versus Santino Marella: 1 Minute (WWE Raw May 28)
Overall Totals
Total Wrestling Time by Show
WWE Smackdown: 3,293 Minutes
WWE Raw: 3.066 Minutes
TNA Impact: 3,017 Minutes
WWE Superstars: 2,381 Minutes
[On WGN: 1,153 Minutes]
[On WWE.com: 1,228 Minutes]
Ring of Honor: 2,005 Minutes
[On HDNet: 1,350 Minutes]
[On Sinclair: 655 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 1,691 Minutes
[Season 5: 1,111 Minutes]
[Season 4: 161 Minutes]
[Season 3: 90 Minutes]
[Season 2: 158 Minutes]
[Season 1: 171 Minutes]
Overall Wrestling Time: 15,453 Minutes
Total Number of Matches by Show
WWE Raw: 686 Matches
WWE Smackdown: 665 Matches
TNA Impact: 615 Matches
WWE Superstars: 396 Matches
[On WGN: 194 Matches]
[On WWE.com: 202 Matches]
WWE NXT: 314 Matches
[Season 5: 190 Matches]
[Season 4: 29 Matches]
[Season 3: 24 Matches]
[Season 2: 31 Matches]
[Season 1: 40 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 254 Matches
[On HDNet: 174 Matches]
[On Sinclair: 80 Matches]
Total Number of Matches: 2,930
Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 24.16 Minutes (down from 24.22 Minutes)
[On HDNet: 25.96 Minutes]
[On Sinclair: 21.13 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 20.18 Minutes (up from 20.15 Minutes)
[On WWE.com: 20.81 Minutes]
[On WGN: 19.54 Minutes]
Overall Average: 14.84 Minutes (up from 14.83 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 14.33 Minutes (up from 14.23 Minutes)
[Season 5: 17.36 Minutes (up from 17.22 Minutes)]
[Season 4: 12.38 Minutes]
[Season 3: 6.92 Minutes]
[Season 2: 12.15 Minutes]
[Season 1: 11.4 Minutes]
WWE Smackdown: 13.84 Minutes (up from 13.83 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 12.78 Minutes (down from 12.79 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 12.363 Minutes (down from 12.365 Minutes)
Per Match Averages
Ring of Honor: 7.89 Minutes (down from 7.91 Minutes)
[On Sinclair: 8.19 Minutes]
[On HDNet: 7.76 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 6.0126 Minutes (up from 6.0128 Minutes)
[On WGN: 5.94 Minutes]
[On WWE.com: 6.08 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 5.39 Minutes (up from 5.35 Minutes)
[Season 5: 5.85 Minutes (up from 5.80 Minutes)]
[Season 4: 5.55 Minutes]
[Season 3: 3.75 Minutes]
[Season 2: 5.1 Minutes]
[Season 1: 4.28 Minutes]
Overall Average: 5.274 Minutes (up from 5.27 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 4.95 Minutes (down from 4.96 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 4.905 Minutes (up from 4.897 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 4.469 Minutes (up from 4.467 Minutes)
Longest Matches
Tyler Black versus Davey Richards: 27 Minutes (Ring of Honor October 18, 2010)
Davey Richards and The Briscoes versus Roderick Strong and the Kings of Wrestling: 26 Minutes (Ring of Honor April 4, 2011)
John Cena, CM Punk, Sheamus, Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, and Mason Ryan versus Alberto Del Rio, Christian, Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger and David Otunga: 21 Minutes (WWE Raw October 3, 2011)
Shortest Matches
258 Total Matches at 1 Minute
The Last Ten Matches that Qualified:
Santino Marella and Zack Ryder versus Titus O’Neil and Darren Young: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown June 1)
Cody Rhodes versus Tyson Kidd: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown June 1)
Alberto Del Rio versus Santino Marella: 1 Minute (WWE Raw May 28)
Ryback versus Brian Edwards and Kevin Bendl: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown May 25)
Damien Sandow versus Yoshi Tatsu: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown May 25)
Kane versus Daniel Bryan: 1 Minute (WWE Raw May 21)
Beth Phoenix versus Alicia Fox: 1 Minute (WWE Raw May 14)
Brodus Clay versus Hunico: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown May 11)
AJ Lee versus Kaitlyn: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown May 11)
Big Show versus Daniel Bryan: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown May 11)
Looking back at May 2012
Total Amount of Wrestling
Television
Impact: 121 Minutes
NXT: 118 Minutes
Superstars: 118 Minutes
Smackdown: 116 Minutes
Raw: 96 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 77 Minutes
Total: 646 Minutes
Pay Per View
Over the Limit: 101 Minutes
Sacrifice: 89 Minutes
Total: 190 Minutes
Total Amount of Wrestling: 836 Minutes
Average Match Length
Television
Ring of Honor: 7.7 Minutes
NXT: 7.38 Minutes
Superstars: 6.94 Minutes
Impact: 5.26 Minutes
Raw: 4.36 Minutes
Smackdown: 4 Minutes
Total: 5.52 Minutes
Pay Per View
Over the Limit: 11.22 Minutes
Sacrifice: 11.13 Minutes
Total: 11.18 Minutes
Overall Average Match Length: 6.24 Minutes
Amount of Wrestling Per Hour
Television
Ring of Honor: 26.7 Minutes
NXT: 23.6 Minutes
Superstars: 23.6 Minutes
Smackdown: 14.5 Minutes
Impact: 12.1 Minutes
Raw: 12 Minutes
Total: 16.6 Minutes
Pay Per View
Over the Limit: 33.67 Minutes
Sacrifice: 29.67 Minutes
Total: 31.67 Minutes
Overall Average Wrestling Per Hour: 18.6 Minutes
Number of Matches
Television
Smackdown: 29 Matches
Impact: 23 Matches
Raw: 22 Matches
Superstars: 17 Matches
NXT: 16 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 10 Matches
Total: 117 Matches
Pay Per View
Over the Limit: 9 Matches
Sacrifice: 8 Matches
Total: 17 Matches
Overall Number of Matches: 134 Matches
