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With the return of Ring of Honor to this week’s rotation, you would have thought that the totals would have gone up significantly, but when you take out Ring of Honor there was one more minute of wrestling from the five shows that aired last week. With Ring of Honor having a below average total this week, the total increase from last week was only nineteen minutes.
This was the sixth straight week that Impact was the winner and for the second week in a row led with only twenty-six minutes. Raw finished third again with their third straight week of twenty-one minutes of wrestling.
Thanks to the inclusion of Ring of Honor, we passed the thirteen thousand minute barrier this week. While the total passed thirteen thousand, Superstars feel eight minutes short of two thousand minutes of wrestling.
The time for the Jeff Hardy/James Storm match is from the bell until Bully Ray knocked out Brian Hebner.
The time for the Mark Henry/Daniel Bryan match is from the bell until all of the lumberjacks enter the ring.
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
Epico and Primo versus Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston: 2 Minutes
Zack Ryder versus Jack Swagger: 2 Minutes
Kelly Kelly and Alicia Fox versus Bellas: 1 Minute
Miz versus Sheamus versus R Truth versus Wade Barrett: 4 Minutes
Brodus Clay versus JTG: 1 Minute
Chris Jericho, Daniel Bryan, CM Punk (and eventually Mick Foley) versus Mark Henry, Dolph Ziggler, and David Otunga: 11 Minutes
WWE NXT
Titus O’Neil versus Darren Young: 5 Minutes
Heath Slater versus Percy Watson: 4 Minutes
Tyler Reks and Curt Hawkins versus Trent Barreta and Yoshi Tatsu: 6 Minutes
WWE Superstars
Tamina versus Natalya: 5 Minutes
Mason Ryan and Santino Marella versus Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks: 6 Minutes
Jinder Mahal versus Alex Riley: 3 Minutes
TNA Impact
Gunner versus A.J. Styles: 5 Minutes
Magnus versus Crimson: 1 Minute
Mickie James versus Madison Rayne: 9 Minutes
Angelina Love versus Eric Young: 2 Minutes
James Storm versus Jeff Hardy: 9 Minutes
WWE Smackdown
Cody Rhodes versus Justin Gabriel: 4 Minutes
Epico and Primo versus The Usos: 3 Minutes
Sheamus versus Wade Barrett: 7 Minutes
Hunico versus Ted DiBiase: 2 Minutes
Drew McIntyre versus Santino Marella: 2 Minutes
Daniel Bryan versus Mark Henry: 7 Minutes
Ring of Honor
Eddie Edwards versus Mike Mondo: 6 Minutes
Ricky Reyes versus Roderick Strong: 4 Minutes
Matt Jackson versus Kenny King: 8 Minutes
This Week’s Totals
Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:
TNA Impact: 26 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 26 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 25 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week 24 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 21 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week: 21 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 18 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week No Wrestling)
WWE NXT: 15 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 12 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 14 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week 17 Minutes)
Total Wrestling for the Week: 119 Minutes in 26 Matches (Last Week: 100 Minutes in 24 Matches)
Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 18 Minutes (up from 0 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 15 Minutes (up from 12 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 14 Minutes (down from 17 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 13 Minutes (No Change)
WWE Smackdown: 12.5 Minutes (up from 12 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 10.5 Minutes (No Change)
Per Match Averages (this week):
Ring of Honor: 6 Minutes (up from 0 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 5.2 Minutes (down from 6.5 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 5 Minutes (up from 3 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 4.67 Minutes (down from 5.67 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 4.17 Minutes (up from 3 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 3.5 Minutes (down from 4.2 Minutes)
Longest Matches
Chris Jericho, Daniel Bryan, CM Punk (and eventually Mick Foley) versus Mark Henry, Dolph Ziggler, and David Otunga: 11 Minutes (WWE Raw January 16)
James Storm versus Jeff Hardy: 9 Minutes (TNA Impact Wrestling January 19)
Mickie James versus Madison Rayne: 9 Minutes (TNA Impact Wrestling January 19)
Shortest Matches
Magnus versus Crimson: 1 Minute (TNA Impact Wrestling January 19)
Kelly Kelly and Alicia Fox versus Bellas: 1 Minute (WWE Raw January 16)
Brodus Clay versus JTG: 1 Minute (WWE Raw January 16)
Overall Totals
Total Wrestling Time by Show
WWE Smackdown: 2,825 Minutes
WWE Raw: 2,656 Minutes
TNA Impact: 2,517 Minutes
WWE Superstars: 1,992 Minutes
[On WGN: 1,153 Minutes]
[On WWE.com: 83 Minutes]
Ring of Honor: 1,669 Minutes
[On HDNet: 1,350 Minutes]
[On Sinclair: 319 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 1,346 Minutes
[Season 5: 766 Minutes]
[Season 4: 161 Minutes]
[Season 3: 90 Minutes]
[Season 2: 158 Minutes]
[Season 1: 171 Minutes]
Overall Wrestling Time: 13,005 Minutes
Total Number of Matches by Show
WWE Raw: 579 Matches
WWE Smackdown: 548 Matches
TNA Impact: 524 Matches
WWE Superstars: 336 Matches
[On WGN: 194 Matches]
[On WWE.com: 142 Matches]
WWE NXT: 254 Matches
[Season 5: 130 Matches]
[Season 4: 29 Matches]
[Season 3: 24 Matches]
[Season 2: 31 Matches]
[Season 1: 40 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 209 Matches
[On HDNet: 174 Matches]
[On Sinclair: 35 Matches]
Total Number of Matches: 2,450
Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 24.91 Minutes (down from 25.02)
[On HDNet: 25.96 Minutes]
[On Sinclair: 21.27 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 20.12 Minutes (down from 20.18 Minutes)
[On WWE.com: 20.98 Minutes]
[On WGN: 19.54 Minutes]
Overall Average: 14.914 Minutes (down from 14.932 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 14.13 Minutes (down from 14.14 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 13.596 Minutes (up from 13.58 Minutes)
[Season 5: 17.02 Minutes (down from 17.07 Minutes)]
[Season 4: 12.38 Minutes]
[Season 3: 6.92 Minutes]
[Season 2: 12.15 Minutes]
[Season 1: 11.4 Minutes]
WWE Raw: 12.71 Minutes (down from 12.73 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 12.712 Minutes (up from 12.709 Minutes)
Per Match Averages
Ring of Honor: 7.99 Minutes (down from 8.01 Minutes)
[On Sinclair: 9.11 Minutes]
[On HDNet: 7.76 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 5.929 Minutes (down from 5.939 Minutes)
[On WGN: 5.94 Minutes]
[On WWE.com: 5.91 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 5.299 Minutes (down from 5.303 Minutes)
[Season 5: 5.89 Minutes (down from 5.91 Minutes)]
[Season 4: 5.55 Minutes]
[Season 3: 3.75 Minutes]
[Season 2: 5.1 Minutes]
[Season 1: 4.28 Minutes]
Overall Average: 5.308 Minutes (down from 5.316 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 5.16 Minutes (down from 5.17 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 4.803 Minutes (up from 4.799 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 4.587 Minutes (up from 4.599 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
198 Total Matches at 1 Minute
The Last Ten Matches that Qualified:
Magnus versus Crimson: 1 Minute (TNA Impact Wrestling January 19)
Kelly Kelly and Alicia Fox versus Bellas: 1 Minute (WWE Raw January 16)
Brodus Clay versus JTG: 1 Minute (WWE Raw January 16)
Tyson Kidd versus Brodus Clay: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown January 13)
Tamina versus Natalya: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown January 13)
Daniel Bryan versus Kofi Kingston: 1 Minute (WWE Raw January 9)
Brodus Clay versus Curt Hawkins: 1 Minute (WWE Raw January 9)
Santino Marella versus Wade Barrett: 1 Minute (WWE Raw January 2)
Santino Marella versus Cody Rhodes: 1 Minute (WWE Raw December 19)
Beth Phoenix versus Alicia Fox: 1 Minute (WWE Raw December 19)
One Year Ago in By the Numbers
This week, I am going to take a break from the Look Back at last year’s totals, I wanted to provide a look back at some numbers from the 100 weeks of this column.
Over the first one hundred weeks, only two shows aired every week during this time period. Impact, NXT, and Superstars missed one week while Ring of Honor missed 33 weeks.
The averages for the 100 weeks were:
130.05 Minutes of Wrestling Per Week
3.04 Ten Minute Matches Per Week
1.98 One Minute Matches Per Week
24.5 Matches Per Week
5.308 Minutes Per Match
8.72 Hours Television Per Week
14.91 Minutes of Wrestling Per Hour
If each show had run for all 100 weeks and had their current average, this is how the totals would have been:
Smackdown 2,825 Minutes
Impact 2,542 Minutes
Raw 2,540 Minutes
Ring of Honor 2,491 Minutes
Superstars 2,012 Minutes
NXT 1,359 Minutes
After 25 Weeks, the totals were:
3,306 Total Minutes of Wrestling
630 Matches
Raw 623 Minutes
Ring of Honor 543 Minutes
NXT 297 Minutes
Superstars 499 Minutes
Impact 674 Minutes
Smackdown 670 Minutes
72 Ten Minute Matches
55 One Minute Matches
After 50 Weeks, the totals were:
6,822 Total Minutes of Wrestling
1,257 Matches
Raw 1,368 Minutes
Ring of Honor 1,178 Minutes
NXT 541 Minutes
Superstars 1,009 Minutes
Impact 1,283 Minutes
Smackdown 1,443 Minutes
165 Ten Minute Matches
100 One Minute Matches
After 75 Weeks, the totals were:
9,663 Total Minutes of Wrestling
1,822 Matches
Raw 1,986 Minutes
Ring of Honor 1,350 Minutes
NXT 889 Minutes
Superstars 1,476 Minutes
Impact 1,865 Minutes
Smackdown 2,097 Minutes
214 Ten Minute Matches
139 One Minute Matches
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