Even with one more match than last week, the seven shows that are covered in this column could not muster more wrestling than last week. This week there was a total of 165 minutes of wrestling, down ten minutes from last week. The main culprit for the decline over last week was Raw, which saw a forty percent drop from last week.
Smackdown won the week with 33 minutes of wrestling, up ten minutes from last week. This is the second time in three weeks that Smackdown has won the week. Raw finished in second place with 30 minutes of wrestling, down twenty minutes from last week. This was the lowest total for Raw since May 18, 2015 when the show also had 30 minutes of wrestling. Impact finished in third place with 28 minutes of wrestling, up two minutes from last week. This was the third straight week that Impact was under thirty minutes of wrestling.
Fourth place went to Ring of Honor with 26 minutes of wrestling, up four minutes from last week. Ring of Honor also had all of their matches go to commercial break. Main Event finished in fifth place with 19 minutes of wrestling, down one minute from last week. NXT finished in sixth place with 17 minutes, down four minutes from last week as they get ready for Takeover. Superstars finished in last place with 12 minutes of wrestling, down one minute from last week.
This week saw Smackdown pass 9,500 minutes and they should hit 10,000 minutes of wrestling in October or November unless the move to Tuesday nights will cause a huge uptick in the amount of wrestling.
The total number of matches passed 9,000. If they keep the same averages, we will hit 10,000 matches around Wrestlemania.
This week saw the total amount of wrestling go past 3,200 hours.
I have started 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: 29
Total Number of Matches with Commercial Breaks: 13
Percentage of Matches with Commercial Breaks: .448 (down from .500 last week)
WWE Matches with Commercial Breaks: 10
TNA Matches with Commercial Breaks: 0
ROH Matches with Commercial Breaks: 3
The breakdown of WWE Matches with Commercial Breaks:
Raw: 3
Main Event: 2
NXT: 1
Smackdown: 3
Superstars: 1
Here are the Year to Date Numbers:
Total Number of Matches in 2016: 640
Total Number of Matches with Commercial Breaks: 269
Percentage of Matches with Commercial Breaks: .420 (up from .419 last week)
WWE Matches with Commercial Breaks: 215
TNA Matches with Commercial Breaks: 20
ROH Matches with Commercial Breaks: 34
The breakdown of WWE Matches with Commercial Breaks:
Raw: 76
Main Event: 37
NXT: 23
Smackdown: 56
Superstars: 23
Corresponding Zip Codes
Overall Wrestling Total: No Corresponding Zip Code (51287)
WWE Wrestling Total: No Corresponding Zip Code (36652)
Ring of Honor Total: No Corresponding Zip Code (05370)
TNA Total: No Corresponding Zip Code (09265)
Total Wrestling Matches: No Corresponding Zip Code (09016)
WWE Wrestling Matches: No Corresponding Zip Code (06736)
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
Kofi Kingston and Big E versus Aiden English and Simon Gotch [c]: 5 Minutes
Tyler Breeze and Fandango versus Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso: 2 Minutes
Rusev versus Zack Ryder: 2 Minutes
Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady versus Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley [c]: 6 Minutes
Dana Brooke versus Natalya: 1 Minute
Dolph Ziggler versus Baron Corbin: 1 Minute
Dean Ambrose, Cesaro, and Sami Zayn versus Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, and Alberto Del Rio [c]: 13 Minutes
WWE NXT
Tye Dillinger versus Buddy Murphy: 5 Minutes
Austin Aries versus Elias Samson: 5 Minutes
Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa versus Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder [c]: 7 Minutes
WWE Main Event
Aiden English and Simon Gotch versus Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady [c]: 8 Minutes
Viktor versus Zack Ryder: 5 Minutes
Summer Rae versus Sasha Banks [c]: 6 Minutes
TNA Impact
Bobby Lashley versus Bram: 6 Minutes
Bram versus Eli Drake: 1 Minute
Rockstar Spud and Tyrus versus Robbie E and Jessie Godderz: 4 Minutes
Allie and Sienna versus Gail Kim and Jade: 5 Minutes
James Storm versus Mike Bennett: 6 Minutes
Drew Galloway versus Abyss, Rosemary, and Crazzy Steve: 6 Minutes
WWE Smackdown
Charlotte versus Becky Lynch [c]: 5 Minutes
R Truth and Goldust versus D-Von Dudley and Bubba Ray Dudley: 4 Minutes
Kevin Owens and Alberto Del Rio versus Sami Zayn and Dean Ambrose [c]: 8 Minutes
Jack Swagger versus Rusev: 5 Minutes
AJ Styles versus Kofi Kingston [c]: 11 Minutes
WWE Superstars
Paige versus Summer Rae: 4 Minutes
Viktor versus Jack Swagger [c]: 8 Minutes
Ring of Honor
Matt Sydal versus Kazuchika Okada [c]: 8 Minutes
Adam Page versus Colt Cabana [c]: 7 Minutes
Donovan Dijak versus Jay Lethal [c]: 11 Minutes
THIS WEEK’S TOTALS
Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:
WWE Smackdown: 33 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 23 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 30 Minutes in 7 Matches (last week: 50 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 28 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week: 26 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 26 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 22 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 19 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 20 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 17 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 21 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 12 Minutes in 2 Matches (last week 13 Minutes)
Total Wrestling for the Week: 165 Minutes in 29 Matches (Last Week: 175 Minutes in 28 Matches)
Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 26 Minutes (up from 22 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 19 Minutes (down from 20 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 17 Minutes (down from 21 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 16.5 Minutes (up from 11.5 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 14 Minutes (up from 13 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 12 Minutes (down from 13 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 10 Minutes (down from 16.67 Minutes)
Match Averages (this week):
Ring of Honor: 8.67 Minutes (up from 7.33 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 6.6 Minutes (up from 4.6 Minutes)
WWE Main Event: 6.33 Minutes (down from 6.67 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 6 Minutes (down from 6.5 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 5.67 Minutes (down from 7 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 4.67 Minutes (down from 5.2 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 4.29 Minutes (down from 7.14 Minutes)
Longest Matches
Dean Ambrose, Cesaro, and Sami Zayn versus Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, and Alberto Del Rio [c]: 13 Minutes (WWE Raw May 30)
AJ Styles versus Kofi Kingston [c]: 11 Minutes (WWE Smackdown June 2)
Donovan Dijak versus Jay Lethal [c]: 11 Minutes (Ring of Honor June 4)
Shortest Matches
Bram versus Eli Drake: 1 Minute (TNA Impact May 31)
Dana Brooke versus Natalya: 1 Minute (WWE Raw May 30)
Dolph Ziggler versus Baron Corbin: 1 Minute (WWE Raw May 30)
Overall Totals
Total Wrestling Time by Show
WWE Raw: 12,333 Minutes
WWE Smackdown: 9,503 Minutes
[On USA Network (Thursday Night): 651 Minutes]
[On Syfy (Thursday Night): 1,545 Minutes]
[On Syfy (Friday Night): 6,476 Minutes]
[On MyNetworkTV: 831 Minutes]
TNA Impact: 9,265 Minutes
[On POP TV: 717 Minutes]
[On Destination America: 1,716 Minutes]
[On SpikeTV: 6,832 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 5,936 Minutes
[Season 8 (WWE Network Wednesday): 1,412 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: 5,370 Minutes
[On Sinclair: 4,020 Minutes]
[On HDNet: 1,350 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 4,938 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 1,312 Minutes]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 2,473 Minutes]
[On WGN: 1,153 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 3,942 Minutes
[On WWE Network: 2,322 Minutes]
[On ION: 1,620 Minutes]
Overall Wrestling Time: 51,287 Minutes
Total Time by Company
WWE: 36,652 Minutes
TNA: 9,265 Minutes
Ring of Honor: 5,370 Minutes
Total Number of Matches by Show
WWE Raw: 2,323 Matches
WWE Smackdown: 1,858 Matches
[On USA Network (Thursday): 112 Matches]
[On Syfy (Thursday): 279 Matches]
[On Syfy (Friday): 1,315 Matches]
[On MyNetworkTV: 152 Matches]
TNA Impact: 1,587 Matches
[On POP TV: 108 Matches]
[On Destination America: 250 Matches]
[On SpikeTV: 1,229 Matches]
WWE NXT: 1,152 Matches
[Season 8 (WWE Network Wednesdays): 275 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: 829 Matches
[On WWE Network: 228 Matches]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 407 Matches]
[On WGN: 194 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 693 Matches
[On Sinclair: 519 Matches]
[On HDNet: 174 Matches]
WWE Main Event: 574 Matches
[On WWE Network: 374 Matches]
[On ION: 200 Matches]
Total Number of Matches: 9,016
Total Number of Matches by Company
WWE: 6,736 Matches
TNA: 1,587 Matches
Ring of Honor: 693 Matches
Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 23.97 Minutes (up from 23.96 Minutes)
[On Sinclair: 23.37 Minutes (up from 23.35 Minutes)]
[On HDNet: 25.96 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 20.75 Minutes (down from 20.76 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 20.02 Minutes (down from 20.026 Minutes)]
[On ION: 21.89 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 18.81 Minutes (down from 18.82 Minutes)
[Season 8 (WWE Network Wednesday): 21.23 Minutes (down from 21.29 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: 15.33 Minutes (down from 15.34 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 11.41 Minutes (up from 11.40 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com/Hulu Plus: 16.75 Minutes]
[On WGN: 19.54 Minutes]
Overall Average: 15.98 Minutes (down from 15.9831 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 14.567 Minutes (down from 14.57 Minutes)
[On POP TV: 16.30 Minutes (down from 16.40 Minutes)]
[On Destination America: 17.51 Minutes]
[On SpikeTV: 13.83 Minutes]
WWE Smackdown: 14.49 Minutes (up from 14.48 Minutes)
[On USA Network (Thursday): 14.80 Minutes (up from 14.71 Minutes)]
[On Syfy (Thursday): 15.15 Minutes]
[On Syfy (Friday): 15.13 Minutes]
[On MyNetworkTV: 13.4 Minutes]
WWE Raw: 14.24 Minutes (down from 14.26 Minutes)
Hourly Averages by Company
Ring of Honor: 23.97 Minutes
WWE: 15.60 Minutes (down from 15.606 Minutes)
TNA: 14.567 Minutes
Per Match Averages
Ring of Honor: 7.75 Minutes (up from 7.74 Minutes)
[On Sinclair: 7.75 Minutes (up from 7.74 Minutes)]
[On HDNet: 7.76 Minutes]
WWE Main Event: 6.868 Minutes (down from 6.87 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 6.209 Minutes (up from 6.207 Minutes)]
[On ION: 8.10 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 5.957 Minutes (up from 5.956 Minutes)
[On WWE Network: 5.754 Minutes (up from 5.752 Minutes)]
[On WWE.com: 6.076 Minutes]
[On WGN: 5.94 Minutes]
TNA Impact: 5.838 Minutes (down from 5.842 Minutes)
[On POP TV: 6.64 Minutes (down from 6.75 Minutes)]
[On Destination America: 6.86 Minutes]
[On SpikeTV: 5.56 Minutes]
Overall Average: 5.688443 Minutes (up from 5.688439 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 5.309 Minutes (down from 5.31 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 5.152 Minutes (up from 5.151 Minutes)
[Season 8 (WWE Network Wednesday): 5.135 Minutes (up 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: 5.114 Minutes (up from 5.11 Minutes)
[On USA Network (Thursday): 5.81 Minutes (up from 5.78 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: 5.838 Minutes
WWE: 5.441 Minutes (up from 5.44 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: 1,354 Matches
Ten Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 936 Matches
[Raw: 351 Matches]
[Smackdown: 245 Matches]
[NXT: 141 Matches]
[Main Event: 135 Matches]
[Superstars: 64 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 212 Matches
TNA: 206 Matches
Shortest Matches: 650 Total Matches at 1 Minute
One Minute Matches by Company
WWE: 548 Matches
[Raw: 246 Matches]
[Smackdown: 193 Matches]
[NXT: 88 Matches]
[Superstars: 11 Matches]
[Main Event: 10 Matches]
TNA: 73 Matches
Ring of Honor: 29 Matches
The Last Ten Matches that Qualified:
Bram versus Eli Drake: 1 Minute (TNA Impact May 31)
Dana Brooke versus Natalya: 1 Minute (WWE Raw May 30)
Dolph Ziggler versus Baron Corbin: 1 Minute (WWE Raw May 30)
Natalya versus Dana Brooke: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown May 26)
Jeff Hardy versus Willow: 1 Minute (TNA Impact May 17)
Colin Cassady versus D-Von Dudley: 1 Minute (WWE Raw May 16)
Zack Ryder versus Rusev: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown May 5)
Nia Jax versus Tessa Blanchard: 1 Minute (WWE NXT May 4)
Baron Corbin versus Fandango: 1 Minute (WWE Raw April 18)
Dean Ambrose versus Tyler Breeze: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown April 7)
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