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BY THE NUMBERS: LOOKING BACK AT THE WEEK IN WRESTLING FROM WWE, TNA, AND ROH

All three companies move closer to their next pay per view events with different results. Impact was a week away from Victory Road and they continued to have the most wrestling of any show. Ring of Honor prepared for their two shows in Fort Lauderdale on Wrestlemania weekend with a below average week of wrestling, but featured a solid main event that ended up with the usual finish.

World Wrestling Entertainment moves on to Wrestlemania and the numbers are much higher this year than last year before Wrestlemania. Smackdown tied Impact for the highest total of the week and Superstars was only one minute behind Impact and Smackdown. Raw finally hit twenty minutes of wrestling for the first time in five weeks.

The totals were down slightly from last week, but still above the totals for the three previous weeks. Even with the lower totals, there was only one match that qualified as a one minute match.

This week saw the total amount of wrestling pass the fourteen thousand minute barrier, while Raw passed twenty-eight hundred minutes. It took a total of eight weeks to get the overall total to the next thousand match level while it took six weeks for Raw to get to the next hundred minute level.

Next week, Smackdown should pass the six hundred match barrier.

The time for the Bully Ray versus Bobby Roode match goes from the bell until James Storm connects with the super kick.

The time for the Teddy Long versus John Laurinaitis match goes from the time that Laurinaitis stops yelling at Randy Orton until the end of the match. The two minutes of stalling/promo by Laurinaitis should not be rewarded to avoid a one minute match.

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
Sheamus versus Dolph Ziggler: 9 Minutes
Mark Henry and David Otunga versus Santino Marella: 2 Minutes
Brodus Clay versus Jinder Mahal: 1 Minute
Miz versus CM Punk: 3 Minutes
Randy Orton versus Jack Swagger: 5 Minutes

WWE NXT
Usos versus Titus O’Neil and Darren Young: 7 Minutes
Tyler Reks and Curt Hawkins versus Alex Riley and Percy Watson: 5 Minutes
Maxine and Johnny Curtis versus Derrick Bateman and Kaitlyn: 3 Minutes

WWE Superstars
Hunico versus Justin Gabriel: 11 Minutes
R Truth and Kofi Kingston versus Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks: 10 Minutes
Beth Phoenix versus Kelly Kelly: 6 Minutes

TNA Impact
Madison Rayne versus Velvet Sky: 4 Minutes
Crimson versus Samoa Joe: 4 Minutes
Mickie James versus Gail Kim: 5 Minutes
Ken Anderson versus Christopher Daniels: 6 Minutes
Kurt Angle versus Garett Bischoff: 5 Minutes
Gunner versus James Storm: 4 Minutes

WWE Smackdown
David Otunga versus Kofi Kingston: 6 Minutes
AJ Lee versus Nikki Bella: 3 Minutes
Cody Rhodes versus Great Khali: 3 Minutes
Drew McIntyre versus Big Show: 2 Minutes
Mark Henry versus Yoshi Tatsu: 2 Minutes
Chris Jericho versus Sheamus: 12 Minutes

Ring of Honor
Adam Cole versus Chris Silvio: 5 Minutes
Jay Lethal versus Roderick Strong: 14 Minutes

This Week’s Totals

Total Amount of Wrestling on Shows:

TNA Impact: 28 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week: 32 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 28 Minutes in 6 Matches (last week 29 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 27 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week 28 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 20 Minutes in 5 Matches (last week: 16 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 19 Minutes in 2 Matches (last week 22 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 15 Minutes in 3 Matches (last week: 19 Minutes)

Total Wrestling for the Week: 137 Minutes in 25 Matches (Last Week: 146 Minutes in 26 Matches)

Hourly Averages
WWE Superstars: 27 Minutes (down from 28 Minutes)
Ring of Honor: 19 Minutes (down from 22 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 15 Minutes (up from 19 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 14 Minutes (down from 16 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 14 Minutes (down from 14.5 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 10 Minutes (up from 8 Minutes)

Per Match Averages (this week):
Ring of Honor: 9.5 Minutes (down from 7.33 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 9 Minutes (up from 9.33 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 5 Minutes (up from 4.75 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 4.67 Minutes (up from 6.4 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 4.67 Minutes (up from 4.83 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 4 Minutes (down from 3.2 Minutes)

Longest Matches
Jay Lethal versus Roderick Strong: 14 Minutes (Ring of Honor March 17)
Chris Jericho versus Sheamus: 12 Minutes (WWE Smackdown March 16)
Hunico versus Justin Gabriel: 11 Minutes (WWE Superstars March 15)

Shortest Matches
Brodus Clay versus Jinder Mahal: 1 Minute (WWE Raw March 12)
Mark Henry and David Otunga versus Santino Marella: 2 Minutes (WWE Raw March 12)
Drew McIntyre versus Big Show: 2 Minutes (WWE Smackdown March 16)
Mark Henry versus Yoshi Tatsu: 2 Minutes (WWE Smackdown March 16)

Overall Totals

Total Wrestling Time by Show
WWE Smackdown: 3,030 Minutes
WWE Raw: 2,819 Minutes
TNA Impact: 2,760 Minutes
WWE Superstars: 2,158 Minutes
[On WGN: 1,153 Minutes]
[On WWE.com: 1,005 Minutes]
Ring of Honor: 1,828 Minutes
[On HDNet: 1,350 Minutes]
[On Sinclair: 478 Minutes]
WWE NXT: 1,475 Minutes
[Season 5: 895 Minutes]
[Season 4: 161 Minutes]
[Season 3: 90 Minutes]
[Season 2: 158 Minutes]
[Season 1: 171 Minutes]

Overall Wrestling Time: 14,070 Minutes

Total Number of Matches by Show
WWE Raw: 620 Matches
WWE Smackdown: 595 Matches
TNA Impact: 564 Matches
WWE Superstars: 361 Matches
[On WGN: 194 Matches]
[On WWE.com: 167 Matches]
WWE NXT: 281 Matches
[Season 5: 157 Matches]
[Season 4: 29 Matches]
[Season 3: 24 Matches]
[Season 2: 31 Matches]
[Season 1: 40 Matches]
Ring of Honor: 230 Matches
[On HDNet: 174 Matches]
[On Sinclair: 56 Matches]

Total Number of Matches: 2,651

Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 24.37 Minutes (down from 24.45 Minutes)
[On HDNet: 25.96 Minutes]
[On Sinclair: 20.78 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 20.17 Minutes (up from 20.10 Minutes)
[On WWE.com: 20.94 Minutes]
[On WGN: 19.54 Minutes]
Overall Average: 14.905 Minutes (up from 14.902 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 14.0278 Minutes (down from 14.0280 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 13.79 Minutes (up from 13.77 Minutes)
[Season 5: 16.89 Minutes (down from 16.92 Minutes)]
[Season 4: 12.38 Minutes]
[Season 3: 6.92 Minutes]
[Season 2: 12.15 Minutes]
[Season 1: 11.4 Minutes]
TNA Impact: 12.897 Minutes (up from 12.887 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 12.53 Minutes (down from 12.55 Minutes)

Per Match Averages
Ring of Honor: 7.95 Minutes (up from 7.93 Minutes)
[On Sinclair: 8.54 Minutes]
[On HDNet: 7.76 Minutes]
WWE Superstars: 5.98 Minutes (up from 5.95 Minutes)
[On WGN: 5.94 Minutes]
[On WWE.com: 6.02 Minutes]
Overall Average: 5.307 Minutes (up from 5.306 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 5.249 Minutes (down from 5.251 Minutes)
[Season 5: 5.70 Minutes (down from 5.71 Minutes)]
[Season 4: 5.55 Minutes]
[Season 3: 3.75 Minutes]
[Season 2: 5.1 Minutes]
[Season 1: 4.28 Minutes]
WWE Smackdown: 5.092 Minutes (down from 5.097 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 4.894 Minutes (down from 4.896 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 4.546 Minutes (down from 4.55 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
220 Total Matches at 1 Minute
The Last Ten Matches that Qualified:
Brodus Clay versus Jinder Mahal: 1 Minute (WWE Raw March 12)
John Laurinaitis versus Teddy Long: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown March 9)
Drew McIntyre versus Hornswoggle: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown March 9)
Alicia Fox versus Eve Torres: 1 Minute (WWE Raw March 5)
Kane versus R Truth: 1 Minute (WWE Raw March 5)
A.J. Styles versus Frankie Kazarian: 1 Minute (TNA Impact March 1)
Sheamus and Big Show versus Mark Henry and Cody Rhodes: 1 Minute (WWE Raw February 27)
Kelly Kelly versus Nikki Bella: 1 Minute (WWE Raw February 27)
Drew McIntyre versus Great Khali: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown February 24)
David Otunga versus Ezekiel Jackson: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown February 24)

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