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Another week without Ring of Honor means another week where we struggle to get three total hours of wrestling on the six qualifying shows. This week we had 170 minutes of wrestling, down six minutes from last week. Even without Ring of Honor, this was the third straight week that the totals for six shows was more than the last time there were seven shows.
Raw won the week with 43 minutes of wrestling, down nine minutes from last week. Impact finished in second place with 41 minutes, up eleven minutes from last week. This is the first time in six weeks that they broke the forty minute barrier. Smackdown and NXT tied for third place with 24 minutes of wrestling. Smackdown was down thirteen minutes from last week while NXT was down one minute. Main Event stayed steady with 23 minutes of wrestling to finish in fifth place. Sixth place went to Superstars with 15 minutes of wrestling, up six minutes from last week.
The fifteen minutes of wrestling on Superstars was the most on an episode of Superstars since the week of September 16, 2013.
This week saw the total amount of WWE wrestling pass 36,000 minutes while Raw passed 12,100 minutes, and Impact passed 9,100 minutes.
This week’s Ring of Honor episode featured matches from Honor Rising. The matches on this week’s show were Jay and Mark Briscoe versus Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows and Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga, and Cody Hall versus Moose, Michael Elgin, Tomoaki Honma, and Hiroshi Tanahashi.
I will be starting a new feature for 2016. Since a the times for the matches can be a little misleading because the counts are only for the time on the show and does not factor the commercial breaks. Starting with this week, if there is a [c] next to a match, it means that there was a commercial break.
The totals for Matches With Commercials for this week:
Total Number of Matches this week: 26
Total Number of Matches with Commercial Breaks: 11
Percentage of Matches with Commercial Breaks: .423 (down from .538 last week)
WWE Matches with Commercial Breaks: 10
TNA Matches with Commercial Breaks: 1
ROH Matches with Commercial Breaks: 0
The breakdown of WWE Matches with Commercial Breaks:
Raw: 4
Main Event: 2
NXT: 1
Smackdown: 2
Superstars: 1
Here are the Year to Date Numbers:
Total Number of Matches in 2016: 500
Total Number of Matches with Commercial Breaks: 211
Percentage of Matches with Commercial Breaks: .422 (up from .4219 last week)
WWE Matches with Commercial Breaks: 164
TNA Matches with Commercial Breaks: 18
ROH Matches with Commercial Breaks: 29
The breakdown of WWE Matches with Commercial Breaks:
Raw: 59
Main Event: 28
NXT: 17
Smackdown: 42
Superstars: 18
Corresponding Zip Codes
Overall Wrestling Total: Scarville, Iowa (50473)
WWE Wrestling Total: Eclectic, Alabama (36024)
Ring of Honor Total: No Corresponding Zip Code (05322)
TNA Total: No Corresponding Zip Code (09127)
Total Wrestling Matches: Somerville, New Jersey (08876)
WWE Wrestling Matches: No Corresponding Zip Code (06628)
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
AJ Styles versus Sheamus [c]: 11 Minutes
Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows versus Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso [c]: 10 Minutes
Sami Zayn versus Rusev [c]: 8 Minutes
Apollo Crews versus Stardust: 3 Minutes
Natalya versus Emma: 2 Minutes
Roman Reigns versus Alberto Del Rio [c]: 9 Minutes
WWE NXT
Asuka versus Eva Marie [c]: 9 Minutes
Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder versus Matt Lee and Jeff Parker: 3 Minutes
Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder versus Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy: 5 Minutes
Carmella versus Aliyah: 3 Minutes
Shinsuke Nakamura versus Elias Samson: 4 Minutes
WWE Main Event
Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson versus Fandango and Zack Ryder [c]: 9 Minutes
Dolph Ziggler versus Viktor: 5 Minutes
Kevin Owens versus Jack Swagger [c]: 9 Minutes
TNA Impact
Tyrus versus Drew Galloway: 8 Minutes
Gail Kim versus Rosemary: 6 Minutes
Abyss and Crazzy Steve versus James Storm and Bobby Roode [c]: 10 Minutes
Bram versus Eric Young: 6 Minutes
Mike Bennett versus Ethan Carter III: 11 Minutes
WWE Smackdown
Alberto Del Rio, Rusev, and Sheamus versus Sami Zayn, Kalisto, and Cesaro [c]: 9 Minutes
Baron Corbin versus Damien Sandow: 2 Minutes
Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady versus Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel: 3 Minutes
Apollo Crews versus Stardust: 3 Minutes
Miz versus Roman Reigns [c]: 7 Minutes
WWE Superstars
Zack Ryder versus D-Von Dudley: 5 Minutes
Kalisto versus Tyler Breeze [c]: 10 Minutes
Ring of Honor
No Qualifying Matches: Honor Rising Matches
THIS WEEK’S TOTALS
Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:
WWE Raw: 43 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week: 52 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 24 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 37 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 41 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 30 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 24 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 25 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 23 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 23 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 15 Minutes in 2 Matches (last week 9 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: No Qualifying Matches (last week: 0 Minutes)
Total Wrestling for the Week: 170 Minutes in 26 Matches (Last Week: 176 Minutes in 26 Matches)
Hourly Averages
WWE NXT: 24 Minutes (down from 25 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 23 Minutes (No Change)
TNA Impact: 20.5 Minutes (up from 15 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 15 Minutes (up from 9 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 14.33 Minutes (down from 17.33 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 12 Minutes (down from 18.5 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 0 Minutes (No Change)
Match Averages (this week):
TNA Impact: 8.2 Minutes (up from 7.5 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 7.67 Minutes (No Change)
WWE Superstars: 7.5 Minutes (up from 4.5 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 7.17 Minutes (up from 6.5 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 4.8 Minutes (down from 7.4 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 4.8 Minutes (down from 6.25 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 0 Minutes (No Change)
Longest Matches
AJ Styles versus Sheamus [c]: 11 Minutes (WWE Raw April 25)
Mike Bennett versus Ethan Carter III: 11 Minutes (TNA Impact April 26)
Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows versus Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso [c]: 10 Minutes (WWE Raw April 25)
Kalisto versus Tyler Breeze [c]: 10 Minutes (WWE Superstars April 29)
Abyss and Crazzy Steve versus James Storm and Bobby Roode [c]: 10 Minutes (TNA Impact April 26)
Shortest Matches
Natalya versus Emma: 2 Minutes (WWE Raw April 25)
Baron Corbin versus Damien Sandow: 2 Minutes (WWE Smackdown April 28)
Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady versus Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel: 3 Minutes (WWE Smackdown April 28)
Apollo Crews versus Stardust: 3 Minutes (WWE Raw April 25)
Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder versus Matt Lee and Jeff Parker: 3 Minutes (WWE NXT April 27)
Carmella versus Aliyah: 3 Minutes (WWE NXT April 27)
Apollo Crews versus Stardust: 3 Minutes (WWE Smackdown April 28)
Overall Totals
Total Wrestling Time by Show
WWE Raw: 12,123 Minutes
WWE Smackdown: 9,354 Minutes
[On USA Network (Thursday Night): 502 Minutes]
[On Syfy (Thursday Night): 1,545 Minutes]
[On Syfy (Friday Night): 6,476 Minutes]
[On MyNetworkTV: 831 Minutes]
TNA Impact: 9,127 Minutes
[On POP TV: 579 Minutes]
[On Destination America: 1,716 Minutes]
[On SpikeTV: 6,832 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 5,835 Minutes
[Season 8 (WWE Network Wednesday): 1,311 Minutes]
[Season 7 (WWE Network Thursday): 906 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]
Ring of Honor: 5,322 Minutes
[On Sinclair: 3,972 Minutes]
[On HDNet: 1,350 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 4,877 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 1,251 Minutes]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 2,473 Minutes]
[On WGN: 1,153 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 3,835 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 2,215 Minutes]
[On ION: 1,620 Minutes]
Overall Wrestling Time: 50,473 Minutes
Total Time by Company
WWE: 36,024 Minutes
TNA: 9,127 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 5,322 Minutes
Total Number of Matches by Show
WWE Raw: 2,287 Matches
WWE Smackdown: 1,831 Matches
[On USA Network (Thursday): 85 Matches]
[On Syfy (Thursday): 279 Matches]
[On Syfy (Friday): 1,315 Matches]
[On MyNetworkTV: 152 Matches]
TNA Impact: 1,561 Matches
[On POP TV: 82 Matches]
[On Destination America: 250 Matches]
[On SpikeTV: 1,229 Matches]
WWE NXT: 1,133 Matches
[Season 8 (WWE Network Wednesdays): 256 Matches]
[Season 7 (WWE Network Thursdays): 195 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: 819 Matches
[On WWE Network: 218 Matches]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 407 Matches]
[On WGN: 194 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 687 Matches
[On Sinclair: 513 Matches]
[On HDNet: 174 Matches]
WWE Main Event: 558 Matches
[On WWE Network: 358 Matches]
[On ION: 200 Matches]
Total Number of Matches: 8,876
Total Number of Matches by Company
WWE: 6,628 Matches
TNA: 1,561 Matches
Ring of Honor: 687 Matches
Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 23.97 Minutes (No change)
[On Sinclair: 23.36 Minutes (No change)]
[On HDNet: 25.96 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 20.73 Minutes (up from 20.72 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 19.95 Minutes (up from 19.93 Minutes)]
[On ION: 21.89 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 18.79 Minutes (up from 18.78 Minutes)
[Season 8 (WWE Network Wednesday): 21.32 Minutes (up from 21.27 Minutes)]
[Season 7 (WWE Network Thursday): 21.57 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: 15.38 Minutes (down from 15.39 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 11.37 Minutes (up from 11.34 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 16.75 Minutes]
[On WGN: 19.54 Minutes]
Overall Average: 15.985 Minutes (up from 15.982 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 14.58 Minutes (up from 14.561 Minutes)
[On POP TV: 17.03 Minutes (up from 16.81 Minutes)]
[On Destination America: 17.51 Minutes]
[On SpikeTV: 13.83 Minutes]
WWE Smackdown: 14.48 Minutes (down from 14.49 Minutes)
[On USA Network (Thursday): 14.76 Minutes (down from 14.94 Minutes)]
[On Syfy (Thursday): 15.15 Minutes]
[On Syfy (Friday): 15.13 Minutes]
[On MyNetworkTV: 13.4 Minutes]
WWE Raw: 14.2456 Minutes (up from 14.2453 Minutes)
Hourly Averages by Company
Ring of Honor: 23.97 Minutes
WWE: 15.598 Minutes (up from 15.596 Minutes)
TNA: 14.561 Minutes
Per Match Averages
Ring of Honor: 7.75 Minutes (No change)
[On Sinclair: 7.74 Minutes (No change)]
[On HDNet: 7.76 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 6.87 Minutes (up from 6.86 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 6.19 Minutes (up from 6.17 Minutes)]
[On ION: 8.10 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 5.955 Minutes (up from 5.951 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 5.74 Minutes (up from 5.72 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com: 6.076 Minutes]
[On WGN: 5.94 Minutes]
TNA Impact: 5.85 Minutes (up from 5.84 Minutes)
[On POP TV: 7.06 Minutes (up from 6.99 Minutes)]
[On Destination America: 6.86 Minutes]
[On SpikeTV: 5.56 Minutes]
Overall Average: 5.686 Minutes (up from 5.684 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 5.30 Minutes (up from 5.295 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 5.15 Minutes (down from 5.151 Minutes)
[Season 8 (WWE Network Wednesday): 5.12 Minutes (down from 5.13 Minutes)]
[Season 7 (WWE Network Thursday): 4.646 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 Smackdown: 5.108 Minutes (down from 5.11 Minutes)
[On USA Network (Thursday): 5.91 Minutes (down from 5.98 Minutes)]
[On Syfy (Thursday): 5.538 Minutes]
[On Syfy (Friday): 4.925 Minutes]
[On MyNetworkTV: 5.47 Minutes]
Per Match Averages by Company
Ring of Honor: 7.75 Minutes
TNA: 5.85 Minutes
WWE: 5.435 Minutes (up from 5.433 Minutes)
Longest Matches
Sami Zayn versus Samoa Joe: 38 Minutes (WWE NXT March 9 2016)
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)
Total Number of Ten Minute Matches: 1,338 Matches
Ten Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 922 Matches
[Raw: 345 Matches]
[Smackdown: 242 Matches]
[NXT: 139 Matches]
[Main Event: 132 Matches]
[Superstars: 64 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 211 Matches
TNA: 205 Matches
Shortest Matches: 642 Total Matches at 1 Minute
One Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 542 Matches
[Raw: 243 Matches]
[Smackdown: 191 Matches]
[NXT: 87 Matches]
[Superstars: 11 Matches]
[Main Event: 10 Matches]
TNA: 71 Matches
Ring of Honor: 29 Matches
The Last Ten Matches that Qualified:
Baron Corbin versus Fandango: 1 Minute (WWE Raw April 18)
Dean Ambrose versus Tyler Breeze: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown April 7)
Baron Corbin versus Mike Cuellari: 1 Minute (WWE NXT March 30)
Big Show and Kane versus Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas: 1 Minute (WWE Raw March 28)
Cheeseburger versus Foxx Vinyer: 1 Minute (Ring of Honor March 26)
Drew Galloway versus Matt Hardy: 1 Minute (TNA Impact March 15)
Dolph Ziggler versus Miz: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown March 3)
Dolph Ziggler versus Miz: 1 Minute (WWE Raw February 29)
D-Von Dudley versus Jimmy Uso: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown February 25)
BJ Whitmer versus Chase Brown: 1 Minute (Ring of Honor February 20)
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