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For the third time in 2014, and the first time since the week of May 5th, we saw a crooked number at the start of the weekly total. The other two times in 2014 that we saw more than 200 minutes of wrestling, Raw had 65 and 67 minutes of wrestling. This week, Raw won the week with 66 minutes of wrestling. Thanks to four matches longer than 10 minutes, Raw broke into the 60 minute club for the first time since that magical week in May. Raw also doubled its total from the previous week. It was only two weeks ago that we saw Raw’s total drop by 50 percent from the previous week.
Impact continues to show a propensity for wrestling with another second place finish even with a ten minute drop from last week. Ring of Honor stayed in third place for the second consecutive week with 26 minutes of wrestling. Smackdown finished in fourth place this week with 25 minutes of wrestling. NXT dropped to fifth place with 20 minutes of wrestling. NXT stayed consistent in sixth place with another week of 19 minutes of wrestling. Superstars also maintained its ranking and amount of wrestling from last week with 12 minutes.
By the time Raw ended, we had equaled the total amount of ten minute matches from each of the previous three weeks. Only Superstars and Smackdown failed to have a ten minute match this week. The eight ten minute matches is the most in a week since we had 8 in the last full week of 2013.
On the other side of the ledger, NXT was the only show to give us a one minute match this week and they didn’t want us to miss out because they gave us three in the six matches on the show. In the five weeks since Takeover: Fatal Four Way, we have had a one minute match. This is one of the results when you have wrestlers they are trying to establish as monsters.
In a week when Raw had an average match length greater than eight minutes, it would only be second best because of Ring of Honor’s near nine minute average match length. The same fate befell Raw for its average amount of wrestling per hour. With an impressive 22 minute per hour average, it was still four minutes less than ROH this week.
This week, Superstars became the fifth show to have more than 4,000 minutes of wrestling. If they continue to have approximately 12 minutes of wrestling per show, we will be able to talk about Superstars and 5,000 around the summer of 2016. Next week should definitely see three shows pass the next barrier and a fourth is possible.
Smackdown passed 1,400 matches this week. With Impact passing 1,200 matches and Main Event passing 300 matches the week before, it should be three in a row when Raw passes 1,700 matches this week. Since many people curse Superstars on a weekly basis, it may just be a coincidence, but we have hit 666 matches on that show since February 2010.
The time for the Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady versus Marcus Louis and Sylvester Lefort match was from the bell until Marcus attacked Sylvester.
The time for the Tadarius Thomas versus Adam Page match is from the opening bell until Tadarius Thomas leaves the ring and goes to the back.
The times for the participants in the Elimination Match on Impact were:
Eric Young: 11 Minutes
Jeff Hardy: 11 Minutes
Bobby Roode: 15 Minutes
Austin Aries: 15 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
Dean Ambrose and John Cena versus Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso versus Goldust and Stardust: 11 Minutes
AJ Lee and Layla El versus Paige and Alicia Fox: 2 Minutes
Dolph Ziggler versus Randy Orton: 15 Minutes
Jack Swagger versus Seth Rollins: 12 Minutes
Rusev versus Big Show: 11 Minutes
Miz versus Sheamus: 5 Minutes
Natalya, Brie Bella, and Naomi versus Nikki Bella, Summer Rae, and Cameron: 4 Minutes
Dean Ambrose versus John Cena: 6 Minutes
WWE Main Event
R Truth versus Tyson Kidd: 4 Minutes
Cesaro versus Justin Gabriel: 5 Minutes
Rusev versus Big E: 10 Minutes
TNA Impact
Havok versus Madison Rayne: 6 Minutes
Matt Hardy versus Magnus: 6 Minutes
Angelina Love, Zema Ion, and Jesse Godderz versus Rebel, Knux, Crazzy Steve: 5 Minutes
Tyrus versus Shark Boy: 2 Minutes
Bobby Roode versus Austin Aries versus Eric Young versus Jeff Hardy: 15 Minutes
WWE NXT
Baron Corbin versus Elias Sampson: 1 Minute
Kalisto and Sin Cara versus Buddy Murphy and Wesley Blake: 3 Minutes
Charlotte versus Becky Lynch: 4 Minutes
Colin Cassady and Enzo Amore versus Marcus Louis and Sylvester Lefort: 1 Minute
Carmella versus Leva Bates: 1 Minute
Tyson Kidd versus Sami Zayn: 10 Minutes
WWE Superstars
Bo Dallas versus Zack Ryder: 4 Minutes
Cesaro versus Kofi Kingston: 8 Minutes
WWE Smackdown
Seth Rollins versus Dolph Ziggler: 7 Minutes
AJ Lee versus Layla El: 2 Minutes
Sheamus, Jimmy Uso, and Jey Uso versus Miz, Goldust, and Stardust: 8 Minutes
Nikki Bella versus Naomi: 2 Minutes
Kane versus Dean Ambrose: 6 Minutes
Ring of Honor
Romantic Touch versus Hanson: 3 Minutes
Adam Page versus Tadarius Thomas: 7 Minutes
Cedric Alexander versus Adam Cole: 16 Minutes
This Week’s Totals
Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:
WWE Raw: 66 Minutes in 8 Matches (last week: 33 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 34 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 44 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 26 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 28 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 25 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 22 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 20 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week: 23 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 19 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 19 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 12 Minutes in 2 Matches (last week: 12 Minutes)
Total Wrestling for the Week: 202 Minutes in 32 Matches (Last Week: 181 Minutes in 31 Matches)
Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 26 Minutes (down from 28 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 22 Minutes (up from 11 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 20 Minutes (down from 23 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 19 Minutes (No Change)
TNA Impact: 17 Minutes (down from 22 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 12.5 Minutes (up from 11 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 12 Minutes (No Change)
Per Match Averages (this week):
Ring of Honor: 8.67 Minutes (down from 14 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 8.25 Minutes (up from 4.13 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 6.8 Minutes (down from 8.8 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 6 Minutes (No Change)
WWE Main Event: 6.33 Minutes (up from 4.75 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 5 Minutes (up from 4.4 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 3.33 Minutes (down from 4.6 Minutes)
Longest Matches
Cedric Alexander versus Adam Cole: 16 Minutes (Ring of Honor October 18)
Bobby Roode versus Austin Aries versus Eric Young versus Jeff Hardy: 15 Minutes (TNA Impact October 15)
Dolph Ziggler versus Randy Orton: 15 Minutes (WWE Raw October 13)
Shortest Matches
Baron Corbin versus Elias Sampson: 1 Minute (WWE NXT October 16)
Colin Cassady and Enzo Amore versus Marcus Louis and Sylvester Lefort: 1 Minute (WWE NXT October 16)
Carmella versus Leva Bates: 1 Minute (WWE NXT October 16)
Overall Totals
Total Wrestling Time by Show
WWE Raw: 8,580 Minutes
WWE Smackdown: 6,994 Minutes
[On Syfy: 6,163 Minutes]
[On MyNetworkTV: 831 Minutes]
TNA Impact: 6,656 Minutes
WWE NXT: 4,323 Minutes
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 705 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: 4,005 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 379 Minutes]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 2,473 Minutes]
[On WGN: 1,153 Minutes]
Ring of Honor: 3,694 Minutes
[On Sinclair: 2,344 Minutes]
[On HDNet: 1,350 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 2,275 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 655 Minutes]
[On ION: 1,620 Minutes]
Overall Wrestling Time: 36,527 Minutes
Total Time by Company
WWE: 26,177 Minutes
TNA: 6,656 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 3,694 Minutes
Total Number of Matches by Show
WWE Raw: 1,695 Matches
WWE Smackdown: 1,402 Matches
[On Syfy: 1,250 Matches]
[On MyNetworkTV: 152 Matches]
TNA Impact: 1,205 Matches
WWE NXT: 830 Matches
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 148 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: 666 Matches
[On WWE Network: 65 Matches]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 407 Matches]
[On WGN: 194 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 472 Matches
[On Sinclair: 298 Matches]
[On HDNet: 174 Matches]
WWE Main Event: 303 Matches
[On WWE Network: 103 Matches]
[On ION: 200 Matches]
Total Number of Matches: 6,573
Total Number of Matches by Company
WWE: 4,896 Matches
TNA: 1,205 Matches
Ring of Honor: 472 Matches
Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 22.83 Minutes (up from 23.82 Minutes)
[On Sinclair: 22.74 Minutes (up from 22.73 Minutes)]
[On HDNet: 25.96 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 21.26 Minutes (down from 21.28 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 19.85 Minutes (down from 19.88 Minutes)]
[On ION: 21.89 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 18.16 Minutes (up from 18.156 Minutes)
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 22.74 Minutes (down from 22.83 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: 16.69 Minutes (down from 16.71 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 11.48 Minutes (up from 11.47 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 16.75 Minutes]
[On WGN: 19.54 Minutes]
Overall Average: 15.71 Minutes (up from 15.704 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 14.39 Minutes (down from 14.40 Minutes)
[On Syfy: 15.25 Minutes (down from 15.27 Minutes)
[On MyNetworkTV: 13.4 Minutes]
WWE Raw: 13.97 Minutes (up from 13.93 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 13.75 Minutes (up from 13.74 Minutes)
Hourly Averages by Company
Ring of Honor: 23.83 Minutes
WWE: 15.535 Minutes (down from 15.524 Minutes)
TNA: 13.75 Minutes
Per Match Averages
Ring of Honor: 7.826 Minutes (up from 7.82 Minutes)
[On Sinclair: 7.865 Minutes (up from 7.857 Minutes)]
[On HDNet: 7.76 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 7.51 Minutes (down from 7.52 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 6.359 Minutes (down from 6.36 Minutes)]
[On ION: 8.10 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 6.01351 Minutes (down from 6.01355 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 5.83 Minutes (up from 5.83 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com: 6.076 Minutes]
[On WGN: 5.94 Minutes]
Overall Average: 5.557 Minutes (up from 5.553 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 5.523 Minutes (up from 5.518 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 5.21 Minutes (down from 5.22 Minutes)
[Season 7 (WWE Network): 4.76 Minutes (down from 4.82 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: 5.06 Minutes (up from 5.047 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 4.98858 Minutes (up from 4.98854 Minutes)
[On Syfy: 4.9304 Minutes (up from 4.9301 Minutes)]
[On MyNetworkTV: 5.47 Minutes]
Per Match Averages by Company
Ring of Honor: 7.826 Minutes
TNA: 5.523 Minutes
WWE: 5.346 Minutes (up from 5.344 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: 964 Matches
Ten Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 679 Matches
[Raw: 230 Matches]
[Smackdown: 179 Matches]
[NXT: 111 Matches]
[Main Event: 97 Matches]
[Superstars: 62 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 146 Matches
TNA: 138 Matches
Shortest Matches
508 Total Matches at 1 Minute
One Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 430 Matches
[Raw: 200 Matches]
[Smackdown: 157 Matches]
[NXT: 57 Matches]
[Superstars: 11 Matches]
[Main Event: 5 Matches]
TNA: 60 Matches
Ring of Honor: 18 Matches
The Last Ten Matches that Qualified:
Baron Corbin versus Elias Sampson: 1 Minute (WWE NXT October 16)
Colin Cassady and Enzo Amore versus Marcus Louis and Sylvester Lefort: 1 Minute (WWE NXT October 16)
Carmella versus Leva Bates: 1 Minute (WWE NXT October 16)
Kane versus Adam Rose: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown October 10)
AJ Lee versus Alicia Fox: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown October 10)
Tyler Breeze versus Mojo Rawley: 1 Minute (WWE NXT October 9)
Baron Corbin versus Troy McClain: 1 Minute (WWE NXT October 2)
AJ Lee versus Alicia Fox: 1 Minute (WWE Raw September 29)
Mojo Rawley versus Bull Dempsey: 1 Minute (WWE NXT September 25)
Fernando and Diego versus Heath Slater and Titus O’Neil: 1 Minute (WWE Main Event September 23)
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