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For the first time in six weeks, Smackdown finished in second place with their first week over 30 minutes in 5 weeks. Impact finished in third place but was only 1 minute behind Smackdown. Main Event finished in fourth place, almost by default with a 7 minute advantage over NXT. Superstars fell into the single digits with only 8 minutes of wrestling.
It has been seven weeks since Raw hit double digits and they accomplished it this week. When you add Smackdown’s totals for the week, those two shows had more than half of the matches on television.
There was an increase in the number of one and ten minute matches. Main Event and Smackdown had the ten minute matches while NXT and Smackdown hosted the three one minute matches this week.
Only Main Event and Impact averaged more than five minutes per match this week. If Superstars maintains the averages for the last three weeks, we will finally see the show’s average match length hit the six minute mark.
NXT had their 50th one minute match this week, while Raw and Smackdown have combined to have 350 of the 493 one minute matches. Next week should see three or four shows pass milestones if they maintain their totals from this week. NXT hit the 800 match mark with its total from this week.
Main Event had its 100th episode this week. Over those 100 weeks, they have had 2,143 minutes of wrestling for an average of 21.43 minutes per show. There have been 279 matches meaning that there was an average of just under 3 matches per show. There have been 93 ten minute matches and 4 one minute matches. The average match on Main Event is 7.68 minutes.
Because the month does not officially end until Sunday, the totals for August will show up in next week’s column. Even though the information has already been tabulated for the month, some time constraints prevent me from doing the overblown analysis at this time.
Since this week’s episode of Ring of Honor featured matches from Philadelphia that were not part of a specified television taping, the matches do not qualify for the column. The matches on the show were Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe versus Hanson and Raymond Rowe that was 8 minutes; Adam Page and Tadarius Thomas versus RD Evans and Moose that was 4 minutes; and Cedric Alexander versus Michael Elgin that was 16 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
Jack Swagger versus Rusev: 9 Minutes
Cesaro versus Rob Van Dam: 4 Minutes
Paige versus Natalya: 3 Minutes
Goldust and Stardust versus Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso: 5 Minutes
Dolph Ziggler versus Damien Sandow: 2 Minutes
Kane and Seth Rollins versus Roman Reigns: 3 Minutes
Heath Slater and Titus O’Neil versus Fernando and Diego: 4 Minutes
Kofi Kingston versus Bo Dallas: 2 Minutes
John Cena versus Bray Wyatt: 4 Minutes
John Cena, Big Show, and Mark Henry versus Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan: 7 Minutes
WWE Main Event
Seth Rollins versus Rob Van Dam: 10 Minutes
Adam Rose versus Curtis Axel: 5 Minutes
Goldust and Stardust versus Fernando and Diego: 8 Minutes
TNA Impact
Bobby Lashley versus Tommy Dreamer: 5 Minutes
Madison Rayne versus Taryn Terrell: 6 Minutes
Low Ki, Tigre Uno, and Crazzy Steve versus Zema Ion, Homicide, and Manik: 5 Minutes
Ethan Carter III versus Rhino: 6 Minutes
Bully Ray and Devon versus Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy versus Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards: 9 Minutes
WWE NXT
Konor and Viktor versus Thing 1 and Thing 2: 1 Minute
Bayley versus Sasha Banks: 3 Minutes
Bull Dempsey versus Angelo Dawkins: 3 Minutes
Sami Zayn and Adrian Neville versus Tyson Kidd and Tyler Breeze: 9 Minutes
WWE Superstars
Adam Rose versus Curtis Axel: 4 Minutes
R Truth versus Fandango: 4 Minutes
WWE Smackdown
Roman Reigns versus Bray Wyatt: 4 Minutes
Rob Van Dam versus Seth Rollins: 5 Minutes
Emma versus Paige: 1 Minute
Rusev versus Jack Swagger: 7 Minutes
Stardust versus Jimmy Uso: 1 Minutes
Sheamus versus Damien Sandow: 2 Minutes
Mark Henry, Big Show, and Roman Reigns versus Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, and Bray Wyatt: 12 Minutes
Ring of Honor
No Qualifying Matches
This Week’s Totals
Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:
WWE Raw: 43 Minutes in 10 Matches (last week: 50 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 32 Minutes in 7 Matches (last week: 24 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 31 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 37 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 23 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 23 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 16 Minutes in 4 Matches (last week: 18 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 8 Minutes in 2 Matches (last week: 10 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: No Qualifying Matches (last week: 24 Minutes)
Total Wrestling for the Week: Minutes in Matches (Last Week: 162 Minutes in 29 Matches)
Hourly Averages
WWE Main Event: 23 Minutes (No Change)
WWE Smackdown: 16 Minutes (up from 12 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 16 Minutes (down from 18 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 15.5 Minutes (down from 18.5 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 14.33 Minutes (down from 16.67 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 8 Minutes (down from 10 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 0 Minutes (No Change)
Per Match Averages (this week):
WWE Main Event: 7.67 Minutes (up from 5.75 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 6.2 Minutes (down from 7.4 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 4.57 Minutes (up from 4 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 4.3 Minutes (down from 7.14 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 4 Minutes (down from 5 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 4 Minutes (up from 3.6 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 0 Minutes (No Change)
Longest Matches
Mark Henry, Big Show, and Roman Reigns versus Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, and Bray Wyatt: 12 Minutes (WWE Smackdown August 29)
Seth Rollins versus Rob Van Dam: 10 Minutes (WWE Main Event August 26)
Jack Swagger versus Rusev: 9 Minutes (WWE Raw August 25)
Bully Ray and Devon versus Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy versus Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards: 9 Minutes (TNA Impact August 27)
Sami Zayn and Adrian Neville versus Tyson Kidd and Tyler Breeze: 9 Minutes (WWE NXT August 28)
Shortest Matches
Stardust versus Jimmy Uso: 1 Minutes (WWE Smackdown August 29)
Emma versus Paige: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown August 29)
Konor and Viktor versus Thing 1 and Thing 2: 1 Minute (WWE NXT August 28)
Overall Totals
Total Wrestling Time by Show
WWE Raw: 8,258 Minutes
WWE Smackdown: 6,788 Minutes
[On Syfy: 5,957 Minutes]
[On MyNetworkTV: 831 Minutes]
TNA Impact: 6,384 Minutes
WWE NXT: 4,189 Minutes
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 571 Minutes]
[Season 6: 1,874 Minutes]
[Season 5: 1,164 Minutes]
[Season 4: 161 Minutes]
[Season 3: 90 Minutes]
[Season 2: 158 Minutes]
[Season 1: 171 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 3,919 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 293 Minutes]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 2,473 Minutes]
[On WGN: 1,153 Minutes]
Ring of Honor: 3,640 Minutes
[On Sinclair: 2,290 Minutes]
[On HDNet: 1,350 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 2,143 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 523 Minutes]
[On ION: 1,620 Minutes]
Overall Wrestling Time: 35,321 Minutes
Total Time by Company
WWE: 25,287 Minutes
TNA: 6,384 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 3,640 Minutes
Total Number of Matches by Show
WWE Raw: 1,639 Matches
WWE Smackdown: 1,364 Matches
[On Syfy: 1,212 Matches]
[On MyNetworkTV: 152 Matches]
TNA Impact: 1,166 Matches
WWE NXT: 800 Matches
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 119 Matches]
[Season 6: 361 Matches]
[Season 5: 197 Matches]
[Season 4: 29 Matches]
[Season 3: 24 Matches]
[Season 2: 31 Matches]
[Season 1: 40 Matches]
WWE Superstars: 652 Matches
[On WWE Network: 51 Matches]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 407 Matches]
[On WGN: 194 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 467 Matches
[On Sinclair: 293 Matches]
[On HDNet: 174 Matches]
WWE Main Event: 279 Matches
[On WWE Network: 79 Matches]
[On ION: 200 Matches]
Total Number of Matches: 6,367
Total Number of Matches by Company
WWE: 4,734 Matches
TNA: 1,166 Matches
Ring of Honor: 467 Matches
Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 23.791 Minutes (No Change)
[On Sinclair: 22.67 Minutes (No Change)]
[On HDNet: 25.96 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 21.43 Minutes (up from 21.41 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 20.12 Minutes (up from 20 Minutes)]
[On ION: 21.89 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 18.056 Minutes (down from 18.06 Minutes)
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 22.84 Minutes (down from 23.13 Minutes)]
[Season 6: 21.54 Minutes]
[Season 5: 17.64 Minutes]
[Season 4: 12.38 Minutes]
[Season 3: 6.92 Minutes]
[Season 2: 12.15 Minutes]
[Season 1: 11.4 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 16.82 Minutes (down from 16.86 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 11.27 Minutes (down from 11.4 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 16.75 Minutes]
[On WGN: 19.54 Minutes]
Overall Average: 15.677 Minutes (down from 15.679 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 14.38 Minutes (up from 14.37 Minutes)
[On Syfy: Minutes (down from 15.27 Minutes)
[On MyNetworkTV: 13.4 Minutes]
WWE Raw: 13.926 Minutes (up from 13.924 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 13.58 Minutes (up from 13.57 Minutes)
Hourly Averages by Company
Ring of Honor: 23.791 Minutes
WWE: 15.519 Minutes (down from 15.5209 Minutes)
TNA: 13.58 Minutes
Per Match Averages
Ring of Honor: 7.79 Minutes (No Change)
[On Sinclair: 7.82 Minutes (No Change)]
[On HDNet: 7.76 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 7.681 Minutes (down from 7.6811 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 6.62 Minutes (up from 6.58 Minutes)]
[On ION: 8.10 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 6.01 Minutes (down from 6.017 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 5.75 Minutes (down from 5.82 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com: 6.076 Minutes]
[On WGN: 5.94 Minutes]
Overall Average: 5.547 Minutes (down from 5.5505 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 5.475 Minutes (up from 5.472 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 5.236 Minutes (down from 5.24 Minutes)
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 4.84 Minutes (down from 4.87 Minutes)]
[Season 6: 5.19 Minutes]
[Season 5: 5.91 Minutes]
[Season 4: 5.55 Minutes]
[Season 3: 3.75 Minutes]
[Season 2: 5.1 Minutes]
[Season 1: 4.28 Minutes]
WWE Raw: 5.038 Minutes (down from 5.04 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 4.976 Minutes (down from 4.978 Minutes)
[On Syfy: 4.915 Minutes (down from 4.917 Minutes)]
[On MyNetworkTV: 5.47 Minutes]
Per Match Averages by Company
Ring of Honor: 7.79 Minutes
TNA: 5.475 Minutes
WWE: 5.344 Minutes (down from 5.347 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)
Steel Cage Warfare: 24 Minutes (Ring of Honor July 27, 2013)
Randy Orton versus Daniel Bryan: 24 Minutes (WWE Raw February 3, 2014)
Total Number of Ten Minute Matches: 930 Matches
Ten Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 654 Matches
[Raw: 219 Matches]
[Smackdown: 175 Matches]
[NXT: 105 Matches]
[Main Event: 93 Matches]
[Superstars: 62 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 144 Matches
TNA: 132 Matches
Shortest Matches
493 Total Matches at 1 Minute
One Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 415 Matches
[Raw: 196 Matches]
[Smackdown: 154 Matches]
[NXT: 50 Matches]
[Superstars: 11 Matches]
[Main Event: 4 Matches]
TNA: 60 Matches
Ring of Honor: 18 Matches
The Last Ten Matches that Qualified:
Stardust versus Jimmy Uso: 1 Minutes (WWE Smackdown August 29)
Emma versus Paige: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown August 29)
Konor and Viktor versus Thing 1 and Thing 2: 1 Minute (WWE NXT August 28)
El Torito and Hornswoggle versus Titus O’Neil and Heath Slater: 1 Minute (WWE Superstars August 21)
Jack Swagger versus Bo Dallas: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown August 15)
AJ Lee versus Eva Marie: 1 Minute (WWE Raw August 11)
Mark Henry versus Damien Sandow: 1 Minute (WWE Raw August 4)
Fandango versus Diego: 1 Minute (WWE Raw August 4)
Bo Dallas versus R Truth: 1 Minute (WWE Raw August 4)
Fandango versus Diego: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown August 1)
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